It seems a lot of people have been asking.....

.... how we are.

I'm not entirely sure what the answer is to that, really.

We've both been back to work: Chris just over a week, me for 2 weeks. We're both trying to get back into things, both trying to re-take our normal lives. A major struggle for us both is to think clearly: it's very easy to be fuzzy headed, unable to focus our thoughts.

Generally we've been sleeping well, although the last couple of days sleep has been difficult for me. Monday night it didn't really happen at all, and last night I woke around 4ish, then had constant 'dreams' of trying to evade being burnt alive by molten lava (a childhood nightmare). I suspect it's simply going back to work and trying to press into things - whenever I've thrown myself at work sleep has been scarce, and that's probably just how it is.

A number of people have also asked how they can pray. We both need patience and inspiration to know how to answer everyone who asks "how are you?" with freshness and honesty. We KNOW the questions are genuine, and we don't want to answer the 50th person with a curt "OK". Please also pray that we won't turn self-centred and inward looking, and that we'll not drift away from trying to walk in God's grace, now the main crisis is over.

Please also pray for Dan and his family, and for all those who have been touched through Sarah's life and death.

One more request - there was a major traffic accidnet in Oxford 2 weeks ago, in which a heavily overloaded car crossed the road and struck another car. The overloaded car held 8 - 7 teenage boys and the mother of one of them driving - 3 of the boys have died and some are still critically ill. The driver of the other car - an ex-marlborough school pupil - was killed outright too. One of the local papers published a headline asking people to pray for those still critical from this accident: please do. In addition to this, Chris visited the parents of the other driver at their request yesterday. Please pray that they'll be drawn together as a family, and that God will give them hope for the future.

Thanks