our lovely friend ian from our old church is in auckland this week for work and he kinds came and spent today with us.
we picked him up early from his hotel in town and went to our new church. after that we came home to do some proper chatting and catching up.
then after lunch we went to the waitakere bush where it chucked it down with rain. we had a good (though rather wet) walk then went to a vineyard cafe for afternoon tea.
after some more chatting we went out to some other friends from church’s house to celebrate one of their birthdays. and we’ve just dropped ian back at his hotel. esther is still at the party as she’s having a sleep over.
it was great to catch up with Ian (and receive all the fantastical goodies he brought, including a supply of bic biros !) and to catch up with news from the old world.
thanks to all who sent messages and presents and loveliness. we’re going to spend a happy evening reading the post-it note covered greetings card