It was relaxed and fun. The young adult cell that my wife and I hosted for a year and a half bought us a Japanese buffet dinner at Chow House along Robinson Road. Samuel Chan was also going back to Adelaide so this was a goodbye meal too. The sashimi was fresh, the food was good and the company was just great…..with Bible trivia thrown in too.
There was a lot of banter and laughter. This group has developed a spirtual intimacy: very open and honest in their sharing about their lives, caring and praying for one another. This is certainly one of the most important thing about being part of a small Christian community: we can love one another deeply, and share openly in safety and vulnerability and full acceptance; and strengthen each other’s faith while engaging in mission (John 13:34,35). This is what church is meant to be about; this is what I believe folks in their twenties are searching for, what will deeply satisfy them. It has to be more than the kind of friendships, or thrills and varied experiences you can find in the world; it has to be deep spiritual friendships of committed love: a commodity as rare as uranium, and potentially, even more explosive!
The cell leader is XX and he leads well and feeds Joel the “flock” well too. 
We were blessed to host this group in our home, to see them through ups and downs, to steady them through unmet expectations. We grew in our affection for them, and after a long stretch of rootlessness, visiting cell after cell every Friday, we felt a sense of belonging in this cell. But from the beginning, this arrangement was not meant to be permanent, and it won’t, but we are enjoying it till the page is turned.
If love is not the greatest, then what is?
(Report by Kenny)