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The weekend down at Abundant Life Church in Bradford was good! Though it started of in a bit of a mess:

First of all Steve Ford was to be picked up at St Silas Church though due to the awful weather he decided to wait in the Church office. When Russel and the others came to pick him up they couldn't find him anywhere so, after waiting a long time, they left. Darren then went to go get Steve later on. When we got to East Kilbride (the meeting place) we found that the "fixed" minibus was leaking a lot of oil/diesel. After a bit more cuffule we rented another bus which, we discovered just before we left, one of the doors wouldn't close (sigh). So we got another rented bus which worked and left like 6 hours late. Thank God for answered prayer! Got us there despite the enemies best efforts.

The conference was called "Band of Brothers" yet the theme wasn't really use. The speakers, Paul de Jong (a minister of a Christian Life Centre Church in Awkland) and Paul Scalon (the minister at the Abundant Life Church in Bradford), preached on several different points which where aimed at christian men. Now I've read a few books about this but It was really refreshing to have some more practical pointers on how to be a man of god.

It was difficult to take in everything which was said over the four sessions though I feel I've learned a lot and found it very thought provoking too. Getting to know the other guys in the team was a pleasure too as we don't often see each other off the pitch.