Home again
Back from Madrid now, even though a bit late – my flight was moved more than four hours later, so I had a long wait in the airport, and did not get home until 10pm. I have not had much luck with my flights lately: my return from Madrid in September was put back a day by the airline, so I was stuck there an extra day, whilst the company I was going to go to Madrid with this time went bankrupt in December, and I would have got an unpleasant surprise at the airport if I had not happened to find out by chance a couple of days beforehand that the airline was no more.
Anyway, the girls were happy to see me again, especially Stefania who, after a moment of hesitation, wouldn’t stop patting me on the chest and back, as if to check that it really was me again. Whilst I was away, she learnt to kiss as well – or at least put her mouth to someone’s cheek and wet it a bit. On Thursday night five people met at the group at Rovereto without me, the first time that it has gone ahead without someone from Trento going there to lead it. Having arrived home late, I missed the band practice on Friday night, whilst on Saturday there was a good time in the Youth Group, with all four of the regulars and a friend of one of the girls who comes occasionally. Today we invited a family and a single girl to lunch after church – Stefania has never laughed as much as she did playing with their 4 year old son. Since he is one of only a couple of males in the church around her age, maybe we should be cultivating this relationship more!