Start-Stop-Start-Stop

Wednesday's are a bit odd around here for service arrangements.  We started out with the group as usual.  I had plans with Big Tony, also called Tony of Anakim by one brother.  We(Tony, Michael(that you met earlier), Eric, and I) went out again to one of the further territories.  We are starting to get soft again, we went by car for the second day in a row!  We worked on separate streets most of the morning, met largely by the common British apathy to our message. We finished up with a row of flats above some shops, and called it a morning.  (I worked with Michael while Blythe mostly worked with Tony. Michael is the pioneer/MTS grad/formal bethelite brother we have previously spoken about. He is a very fun encouraging brother, always having a good word of advice for our future. -Eric)  We all went to a nearby pub, and ordered the fish and chips.  It was a really nice time, the conversations swayed between Bethel and British alcohol, we learned quite a bit.  (The conversation even combined the two at times. -Eric) Then Tony drove us home so we could rest a bit.  At 2:00 we arrived at Rose's house for the next meeting for service, it was the same 5 as last week: Michael, John, Rose, Eric, and I.  Micheal only had his small car this week, a 2 door, but we needed it to get to the territory(Told you we were getting soft).  So we squeezed in, John, Eric, and I; it was a jolly good time.  This afternoon i was able to work with Rose, and had a great time.  She's in her early 70's, but still fun and a little feisty.  The neighborhood was predominantly Muslim and Japanese, and they were pretty satisfied in their mansions.  After an hour we were done, so we headed back into town.  (I mostly worked with John and got to learn a little about his past and how he learned the truth. -Eric)  John invited Eric and I in for a cup of tea(it's just what you do here).  We watched the Spain-Switzerland football game, and were surprised to see the favorite and very popular Spanish team get upset by the Swiss.  We went back home for a little snack, and then half an hour later we were out walking again.  We were off to Brenda's for the 6:00 meeting.  The groups worked out so that I was with Rose again, but we still had a good time.  (I got to work with Tony. -Eric)  An hour later we were done again, and ready to eat.  Sister Elkington had made another curry, of the lamb variety this time.  Earlier in the day we had received a text from a young brother in the hall, Michael D, about playing football with the brothers.  He picked us up around 8:50 for the 9:00 game.  It was a half size field at an athletic club, and about 14 brothers were there.  The game was fast and fairly competitive; even though I was terrible it was a lot of fun, we're going back next week. (Yes it was lots of fun. It's defiantly a game that requires a lot of practice to become proficient in.  My highlight of the night was fighting for the ball then brilliantly passed it over the middle to a team mate who scored. Had hand shakes and cheering all round. -Eric)  A short hour later the time was up, and we went home and fell into deep sleep.