I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: doesn’t time go quick?

Yesterday the Cardiff Navigators group, of which I am a member, had our end of year beach party down at Rest Bay, Porthcawl. It was a beautiful day – some of us went down at lunchtime, and went in the sea (well, those of us who weren’t put off by the temperature!), played games like cricket and so on all afternoon. The tide was rapidly advancing by the evening, though, so we relocated to a sheltered spot in the sun overlooking the beach in time for our barbecue. Lots of people who couldn’t spare the time to laze around on the beach all day came for the barbecue, and we had lots of food, even if our skills at cooking it left something to be desired!

Sadly it’s time to say goodbye to some people, who will be sorely missed – such as Susanna, who’s off to Liverpool after spending a year as a Navs student worker. It’s a funny time, the end of the academic year, and it put me in something of a funny mood – slightly melancholic, so I was annoyed at myself for not relaxing and enjoying the evening as fully as I otherwise might have.

Navigators is a Christian organisation. One of the things it does is student work – weekly Bible study groups. This is what I’ve been going along to each Tuesday evening this academic year, and I’ve found it really good. Bible studies can sometimes seem rather awkward and twee, or not really get into the Bible in a meaningful way, but it’s been really good. I get on well with those in my group, and we seem to have gelled well together, and I’ve found the studies really good for getting into the Bible and having good discussions of our Christian lives. Great people – Phil, Tom, Kerry, Dan and Dave (and a couple of others who are less regular and I can’t say I know as much). This afternoon I met with some of the others on the Navs committee, which basically is for the specifically student side of things such as dealing with the Students’ Union, and we were discussing plans for Freshers’ Week and the like – let’s hope we can get some more people coming along!