I am sitting in my hotel looking out over the lights of Bracknell.  Rolling around in my head are the things I learned today:
•    Flying through Chicago in February is a game of chance.  I landed in a blanket of snow and made it to my departing gate for London in 15 minutes.  John landed and spent an hour on the tarmac waiting for a gate to get off his plane and missed his flight.
•    London is very diverse.  If you counted ethnicity on your hands at Heathrow you’d run out of digits in just as many seconds.
•    Driving on the left side of the road is not so bad – until you come to an intersection.  Making a right turn in the left lane in traffic will really mess with your head.
•    English pubs were built for short people.  I’m 5’ 10” on a good day and I had to duck through every doorway at dinner.
•    The people of Kerith church are amazing hosts.  I am sitting next to a plate of fresh strawberries and white chocolate as I write.  Thank you Simon and gang!
Mostly I learned that you can fly half way around the world and the need of Jesus’ church is the same – capable leaders who are willing to ask what will it take to see lives change and the church flourish, and then willing to go do it.

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