It’s All Downhill from Here

Χαρις ὑμιν,

I haven’t blogged for a while—been too busy having my head attacked by a masked-man with a knife and getting evicted....

Nearly a year-and-a-half ago, I sneezed far too forcefully and popped a nice, neat hole through 40 percent of my left eardrum and didn’t get the thing repaired until a few weeks ago. I’m pleased to report that the operation was an unqualified success. The skin-graft took hold just the way it should and there’s been no post-op infection (no pain or inflammation whatsoever). God is marvelous (and the doc played a blinder, too).

Moved house last Saturday—our landlord decided to move his dear old mum into the house we were renting and, as there wasn’t enough room for the three of us, Sandy and I had to go.

The shift went like clockwork. We were moving closer to the church and (most) of our friends (Trish, you really are going to have to move closer now.). It was a real church-family affair: We had the high-quality assistance of Pastor Bill and his wife Zak; church elder Steve; deacon & Greek student Trish; and prayer-partners & Greek students Larry & Jocelyn (who’s also the pastor at Kawakawa AOG) kindly let us use one of their trucks.

Thanks, guys, and God bless you all!

And I’d also like to thank Sandy for letting me off cleaning detail the next day so I could take the class. Isn’t she wonderful?

I’m blogging from the new house right now. It’s high on a hill and has heaps of room, five ranch-sliders, and a beautiful view of the Fall’s basin—or valley or…well, not sure what to call it, but whatever it’s called, it’s all downhill from here.

And speaking of “all downhill from here”, we’re nearing the end of the first ever Paihia Baptist Church Grεεk Class. This coming Sunday will be Lesson 17, leaving only three more actual lessons and one So What Happens Next day. Wow, can you believe it’s been six months already?

As for website business, I’ve still to post the latest Why Learn Greek and Lessons 15 & 16. I’ve also got to amend Lesson 14—need to add the Imperfect tense of εἰμι—hoping to get all those jobs done tomorrow.

Right, all for now. See you Sunday!

God bless,
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