It's all getting a bit real...

Well.. a lot has happened since i last blogged! I've finished exams.. WOOP! Straight after I celebrated by going to Paris with 3 friends. We had the most amazing time exploring the sights and even missing the last metro home and walking proved to be amusing! Here's my favourite pictures from the week.. (Of about 600!)

 Cheesy i know.. but it had to be done!

After we walked up the Eiffel Tower.. so worth it!

Since then I've been pottering about, working, babysitting, this week I'm helping at a french summer club for children primary school age, so so much fun! Next week I'm off to Cornwall to take part in a Beach Mission, run by Scripture Union for 2 weeks. Definitely one of the highlights of my year! A team of 50/60/70ish Christians head down to the beach and spend time chatting to locals, putting on children's clubs, organising quizzes, messy games, beach games and generally having fun! Then after that i'm off for 2 weeks for a family holiday in France which I'm very much looking forward to!


Now that I'm finished college I'm on the look out for a job in september! I did apply for one last week, yet to hear if it was successful so ill keep you posted. As much as i'd like to hunt high and low for jobs, due to my absence for the next month or so I'm not sure employers would be happy if i disappeared after applying for a job! Saying this i've been trying to be pro-active and have managed to secure a few days looking after some lovely children late august which will help DTS funds!


Anyway, my point for today was meant to be about the thought of leaving everyone for 6 months and the fact that yes.. it is getting real now! Now that i do have some money towards my DTS from some amazing, generous people, (although I still have a lot more to raise!!) i can see the idea of going away for 6 months becoming feasible and its now sat on the horizon, not just an idea somewhere in my mind! I won't lie, the thought of leaving for 6 months and not seeing anyone scares me. But then i think of the amazing things I'm going to be doing and people i'll meet along the way. A conversation with a friend the other day made me realise how much our family and friends mean to us. She and another friend will be embarking on an amazing adventure too this september and not for 6 months but a whole year. That takes guts! Even though i will miss them both, i love seeing people wanting to make a difference in the world and sacrificing so much to help others. I think more people should be going out there into the World and experiencing more cultures! Too many of us are caught up in our own little bubbles and don't see what's out there! So do it.. go explore.. i dare you..