So there are some perks to 3 weeks away from the family - this is Ian's hotel in Bangkok (for the first night anyway!). I shall be encouraging him to take up their service of a guided run with the concierge(although I'm told he actually has a shed load of work to do).

Meanwhile, during another day of torrential rain, we had one of those little moments today that make it all worthwhile. I was sitting holding Imogen on my lap while Ethan was bouncing up and down on his chair,singing at the top of his lungs and making strange noises. Immy was obviously watching him intently as she started giggling at him (her first real giggles). He then tried to make her laugh all the more until we were all laughing. She seems to be growing up so fast.

When I get a chance to blog about something other than family stuff, and have the brain power to put thoughts down on paper (so to speak) I would love to tell you about a book that I have just finished reading. It's called Organic Church by Neil Cole. The subtitle tells you a lot about the book - "doing church where life happens". It's about starting churches in coffeehouses, pubs, workplaces, anywhere where people gather. One phrase has stuck with me because we saw it all too often in England(and now here); in discussing some of the ways in which a church building can affect the way a church grows, Cole described some church buildings as a life support system for a congregation that has dwindled to almost nothing and is effectively "brain dead" - doing very little and reaching no-one. Harsh?- but fair?