An entertaining weekend

We had a dinner party last night; Heather, Ewan and Michael and Lil. They already know each other from a previous evening at ours so there was an nice, relaxed atmosphere, and they all loyally and good-naturedly watched my Luwero slideshow! It is so long since I have done any proper cooking and I have to say that all three courses were distinctly over cooked! Well, the soup was ok (there was not much damage I could do there) but the chicken in the tagine was falling apart and the apples in the crumble were more like apple purée! Not that our polite guests commented, but I really need to practise my culinary skills. 

This morning James, Ally and Cat went hill-walking and I went to Westwood Evangelical Church for a service where Gabriel (who has now arrived in Scotland for the next couple of months) was preaching. 12 out of the 14 pupils were able to be there, as well as George and me. It was such a mild morning on this 1st day of November that I didn't even need a jacket, but Gabriel turned up saying how cold he was wearing two thick duffle coats! It was a lovely service, with lots of children and families - I met a few people that I know from school. They were so welcoming to us and needless to say we were invited up to do some singing. The pupils spoke about their experiences and I was so proud of them. George gave a great speech and Gabriel talked about the Luwero project before singing a song that moved most of us to tears. He has such a wonderful voice and the words were beautiful. At the end we didn't say goodbye but "See you later!" because he will be in school next week.