Day one-hundred-fifty seven

Some time last night, this blog passed 3000 views since it began January 1st. Thank you to those of you who've hung in since then, and to those who've joined after that, welcome.

I'm not sure who's doing this, but every so often, the number of pageviews will rocket for a day. The usual number of pageviews wavers between eleven and fifteen per day. Yesterday, the pageviews totaled nearly seventy. Someone or some group of people is reading large blocks of the blog at a time, then they disappear back into the ether of the Internet for a time.

It's those moments that are a big motivation to keep the blog going daily. As I've kept it going, it's found an audience, however meager. If I wrote less often, my fear would be that my already small audience would eventually leave.

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Tomorrow is the annual picnic for our Bible study, Doulos. I'm not planning to attend, for a few reasons. One, I had forgotten all about it until a few days ago. Two, I don't know many people in the group and most of those I do know aren't planning to attend either. Three, I had plans to help Mom get her nursery room ready for Sunday, but at the moment, those plans are possibly on hold.

I didn't go last year, either. I think that was because I just didn't want to go. I didn't have a very good experience when I went the first (and so far, only) time I've attended the  Doulos picnic two years ago. The one good thng that came out of it was the opportunity to help Samantha and Joshua raise funds for their missions trip to South Africa, and the subsequent friendship that grew out of it.

It's still very hard for me to enjoy large group activities. Get me with a small group of people and I'm fine. In large groups, I find it extremely difficult to engage others, especially in crowds of strangers.

For me, it's about being there on Sunday. I like to get together with others and have some fun activity, but large groups don't do anything for me. On Sunday, we can at least share in fellowship and communal worship of The Lord, and be refreshed spiritually for the week ahead.