Rugby, Rugby and More Rugby

Well the rugby match we watched in the village hall was amazing. Wales was playing France and the first half was an utter embarrassment for the Welsh team. France dominated and it seemed as though Wales had no defense at all. Then came the half, and apparently the coach had given Wales a good talking to because they scored twice within the first 10 minutes of the second half. It was anybody's game right through to the 2 minutes of overtime they went, to finish the last play. Happily, Wales won and the hall went wild!

Since I'm still a bit jetlagged (for lack of a good nap on the first day), we stayed in after dinner, and watched the Jimmy Stewart classic "Harvey," in honor of Harold (a staunch Jimmy Stewart fan) who could not be with us. After the movie was over, Vince got online and found Harold was on Instant Messenger.

I ended up chatting with Harold via IM until about 1:30 in the morning. We got updates on each other and further discussed where our adoption plans stand at the moment (which isn't really anywhere), and discussed a book he's currently reading.

This morning, I was awakened around 9:30 to go to church with Vince and Kathy, and today it was much much easier to get out of bed. I felt very well-rested.

Church was good, and it was about Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman at the well, and the fact that God doesn't call us to be "respectable." In Jesus' day, it would not have been very respectable for a Jew to talk with a Samaritan, or a rabbi to talk to a woman in public or anyone to talk to an immoral woman. Jesus' life was about breaking down the barriers in order to reach more people. A good message, to be sure.

Afterwards, we went into the church hall to have tea and biscuits and chat with other parishioners. Later, we went to The Lion Hotel, their local pub/restaurant/inn to have a wonderful lunch of prawn salad, roast beef and yorkshire pudding (with yummy profiteroles for dessert), followed by a shift into the pub to watch the next game of the 6 Nations series, of Vince's team Ireland, playing England. Vince didn't leave the pub disappointed, as England played pretty badly.

I'm now beginning to feel a little tired, so I will take a little nap before going to an evening worship service with Kathy. Should be good.

On the television, it was announced that next Saturday, there will be a special rugby match in Twickenham (that's in London) to benefit the tsunami victims. I actually think I'll go to that match.

This is a little unusual for me to see so much rugby in one trip (usually I see 1 match and that's it), but since I actually haven't physically been AT a game this trip, next weekend will be the 1 match I really see.

Tomorrow, I head back to London, from here about 2 hours to Birmingham and 2 more hours to London. I have nothing else planned for tomorrow except to check into the hotel, and probably work on my laptop, contact my friend Michael about seeing a show on Wednesday, and procuring a ticket to the Twickenham rugby match.

Well, that's all for now.

D.