welcome to my world

This is my new blog. Welcome.

I hope it is going to keep all those of you who crave information about what's going on with us Sayer's satisfied. I see it as a little window into our world down here in Tasmania. It also provides a quick way for you to share back / comment / say hi etc. I'll be posting bullets about the family; various thoughts I'm having; and of course bits and pieces of what's going on in our lives and ministry.
I'm aware that lots of people still graciously pray for us (despite having no up-to-date information!) I thank God for all of you.
It was really good to spend some time in the motherland over May. We're sorry to those of you who missed us. Unfortunately there were always going to be some casualties. It was a time of BIG hellos and BIG goodbyes. It was a time to marvel at that peculiar level of relational intensity that results when you add two or more sets of children together. We certainly won't miss the traffic congestion. We certainly will continue to miss our family and friends.

All of it seems like a long time ago... especially with the long haul homeward journey in between!
We're back into it again here in Margate. Our senior minister is away on 3 months paid long service leave (great idea! you get it after 10 years service... 8 yrs 3 months to go then!) and the other key leader will be away for a month very shortly. I'd like to remind them that while I was away nothing big and nasty reared up in the church life and so it would be nice if they could reciprocate!

I took my first wedding recently. I don't know about anyone else but I really enjoyed it! And it seems that I did, in fact, marry the bride and the groom before God, according to Australian law and under the rites of the Christian Reformed Churches of Australia. God is gracious indeed. It should be noted that I was far more nervous than at least the groom and possibly even the bride!

Well I'll leave it there for now.