Induction week was fantastic. We had a welcome service at St Paul’s Shadwell, and got to meet the team and the other students on the course before heading off to the Latimer Centre for our induction week.
It was really great to hang out with everyone before we got stuck into doing our work, and we got to do loads of cool things, like a mini arts showcase (our team did a rap/dance and won!), a lunch club, going for curry on brick lane, a BBQ at the offices, and seeing the boroughs we’ll be working in on the borough day. I am in Lewisham team, with Ruth (from Sheffield), Andy (from Coventry), Davina (from Knowle near Birmingham), Zoe (from Derby) and Heather (from Gloucester). With so many northerners around I’m starting to lose my posh Winchester accent (yusssssssssssss).
My team is amazing, and I’m really happy to be working with such an awesome bunch of people. I am so pleased we are getting along so well, and already we have our running jokes ... Lewisham finger!!
London is amazing on many levels – there is always so much going on, from art to drama, to wacky and totally random things. Walking near the globe theatre we found a group of students running around the streets wearing cardboard boxes playing “human Tetris”, and in St James' Park there was a guy playing a drumkit attached to a bike frame.
On the other hand, slightly illegal and shocking stuff happens and no one bats an eyelid – if you did you’d just be stressed out I guess. We saw a guy hotwiring a car and another running away from the police all in one evening. Mike Coates explained that stuff was kicking off that night because it was the end of Ramadan and everyone was partying. We were also walking through the estate late at night, which we won’t be doing when we start work, so he was keen to stress we wouldn’t have to see that stuff on a regular basis. Its funny how much I’ve changed – a year ago that would’ve stressed me out, but I found it hilarious. Part of knowing that God has called me here takes away the stress of being in the city and adjusting to a new way of life. Because I know God put me here for a job, he won’t let me come to harm while the job is still to be done. And when this job is finished, I’ll go onto the next one. God is more than capable of looking after me.
I have fallen in love with the DLR, which is a train that travels at roof height round the city – I love going on it at night through the city centre, amongst the huge glittering skyscrapers; it’s a magical sight.
If you have any more questions about induction week, just ask and I’ll update this post. More to come soon!
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