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I was really sorry to hear today of the death of Rob Frost.  A lot of people  probably won’t have heard of him, but to me he was one of the main reasons why I have the faith that I now have.

Rob set up an organisation called Share Jesus International and it was with this organisation that I went on a mission in 1987 to the North East of England. His heart was to enable others to hear about the message of Jesus and he did this by encouraging the church to step out  beyond the 4 walls and engage with people in their communities. It was on this mission in 1987 that I found myself sitting around a kitchen table drinking coffee and listening to the rest of the team I was with, talking about their faith and about a God who was involved and present in their lives. Hearing them talk naturally about God in this way really affected me and helped me on my journey of faith. Ever since then my desire has been to ’do’ church in this way – in a natural environment – ‘around the kitchen table’ where people have the opportunity to hear about God in the same way that they would hear anything else. To hear about God as they were sitting around chatting and having a drink with friends.  That’s why I am currently training to be a vicar in the Anglican Church as a Pioneer leader - as someone who is being given the opportunity to set up churches that have these values. So Rob Frost was a key person in my Christian life and someone that I think will be missed by many.

Read about Rob Frost 

My internet is rubbish at the moment. I reached my useage limit so my provider reduced my download speeds. They have never returned to their original speeds ever since, even though I did pay more money. I am not happy! So I decided to bite the bullet and swap providers (not just because of this – I have been thinking about it for a while). To do this I need to swap my telephone line back to BT. Had a lovely chat to a very happy, friendly person at BT who was very pleased to “welcome me back to BT”. Ever since my experine with them has gone downhill. I needed to contact them to cancel an item I had ordered and spent 4 lots of at least 20 minutes being on hold. Their website also went down which also meant I couldn’t contact them that way. One morning I wasted 25 minutes being on hold “your call is very important to us – If you would prefer why don’t you contact us via our easy to use website……”   I finaly hung up on them and rushed to the car so as not to be late for work only to get stuck behind a van driving at 40 in a 60 limit. The company that the van belonged  to? Who else but BT! I finally managed to contact them but now they are holding up my broadband transfer. I am not a happy man…………………………