In October I joined a group at Cliff College for a course in Christian Life & Mission near Sheffield. I had such an amazing week and learnt so much! There was just under 30 of us taking part, all doing a year out. A big chunk of the group were from an organisation called Time For God and there was also a number of Scripture Union interns. Was great getting to know so many new people from different walks of life! I didn't really know what to expect before the week and was slightly worried that everyone else would know someone and I wouldn't know anyone.
It turned out that there were others, like me, who knew no-one! But by the end of the first day it felt like we were already building strong relationships. A large number of the group were Americans, which was so much fun, listening to their accent and trying to copy it was hilarious...!
We were straight into lectures the afternoon that we arrived and felt like we were diving in at the deep end, looking at Jesus in the Old Testament, followed by Jesus in the New Testament. As a Christian, I'm pretty bad at reading my Bible so felt like most of the things I was hearing were new and I soon realised how little I know! But that was quickly followed by a yearning to want to learn more. Some of you may think this is a weird idea, 'getting to know the bible better and wanting to learn more' but I just find it amazing, how it all fits together and that we can learn so much through it.
Since my week at Cliff I have been working and travelling! To begin with I went to see a friend at Birmingham uni and along with another friend we went to see Kelly Clarkson in concert... It was amazing!! My first concert too, so you can imagine the excitement! I also went to London, where i met some friends and we went to a Worship Central live album recording at HTB which was just amazing! Tim Hughes, Ben Cantalon, Nikki Fletcher were some of the worship leaders. It was an amazing few hours.
Between my travels was my 19th birthday! I had a lovely day celebrating, in fact it went on for about a week, seeing various friends and family at different points. Always the best way to do it.
After my birthday I spent a week in Scotland with my family, relaxing and catching up on sleep!! Was lovely to have a week with my grandparents, who mean so so much to me. Just love how my Grandpa was as much up for going to the swimming pool with flumes and slides as my 9 year old brother!
I wasn't back in Worcester for long before I went to see some friends in Bristol for a belated birthday celebration/long awaited catch up. To finish off my travels I also went to Lancaster for a few days to see my lovely friend from school/college who is at uni and had a great time catching up and meeting her friends.
So.. when I said i'd been on my travels, I really meant it! It has been a great 5 weeks seeing lots of people who mean a lot to me but now I'm quite glad I'm not going anywhere for a while, all that travelling can be quite exhausting.
In other news, I have booked my flight to Geneva! Im travelling on the 6th of Jan from Heathrow airport!. Its going to be a challenge packing my bags to fit in everything i'll need for Switzerland in winter and possibly Africa or some other hot country for 3 months. Opposite ends of the spectrum really. So, my 'to-do' list seems to be getting bigger and bigger, needing to get travel injections for the outreach, travel/health insurance, buy things like mosquito nets and a travel mat.. But I'm loving all the preparation.. so exciting!
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| What my case will look like when I try and fit everything in!!! |
I've been so blessed recently from people giving financial gifts towards my DTS funds. The generosity of people just blows me away, so thank you again to all those people who have helped me! I really do appreciate it all!
Its exactly a month till Christmas tomorrow, feeling festive yet?!
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