so, i come down with a cough/cold/something chesty. It sucks - i got a fever and my chest feels tight. I should be at Barn right now, but my temp is still up n i dont want to give it to anyone else. Good job im going home for the asthma nurse on thurs anyway!
So yeah, if you wanna meet drop me a whatever n well arrange summat for fri after my appt. :)
nowt much to report rly. Been having lots of philosophical musings, but the weeks been pretty average.
oh yeah u discovered my laptop can cope with skype. Add me if you like :)
over n out~
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Monday, 17 May 2010
Weekend < 3
It seems its been a very eventful weekend despite being no more eventful than usual. These days a weekend where i am not doing anything is a rarity. I have become quite a sociable creature :)
Saturday i sat down to do my theology project and id forgotten how hard it is to focus on an essay! The only thing that got me doing my essays at school was the fear of being shouted at. Now that doesnt seem to scary anymore i dont have any incentive to do them, apart from my own benefit. Lets hope i can kick that in the teeth before Uni!
In the evening i went and watched Monty Python at a friends house - id never seen a MP film the whole way through before. It was funny to see how the films had dated - not as much as i would have thought, despite a reference to the Strikes in the 70s at the end of the Holy Grail. Their kind of humour is everlasting :P
By the time i got home i was knackered and stressed, so i stayed up til about 2am having a nice conversation with Chib. When i get stressed i cant sleep, which is why im often up in the wee hours before a deadline.
Despite all this, by the time sunday came round i was chilled, and YMAD was very good - the lovely Caroline Maxwell did the input and it was refeshing to have something a little bit more structured. I think everyone enjoyed it :)
Sunday afternoon was moar theology project~ Then me and Elaine went to It's All About Him - a fundraising concert for Switch-it, which is a football coaching club for the local youth from the estates. Jezza runs it in Sydenham and Malham. They recently reopened the club in Malham and over the two clubs they had a record of 95 young people turn up, so he put together this concert to raise money for more coaches and training equipment.
It was a fantastic concert and "God merked the scene".
I was amazed at how much id fallen in love with London and with everyone who was there - most of FHCC and Catford CC was there, along with half of XLP and a few of the youth from NB school. I fell to my knees in awe of all that God has done for me and for all these people, and im so priveledged to get to be in on what hes going to do in London. Theres such a sense of expectancy in the air. Loads of peoples prayers are being answered :D
So prayer points - Could you pray that God protects his people here in SE London - the good stuff is increasing but so is the bad stuff - there have been so many police cars and ambulances and stuff kicking off lately in Lewisham.
Me and Ruth have been feeling dog tired since our baptisms, but so full of joy. Could you pray that we keep going for Jesus :)
Apart from that, praise him for being wonderful!
Saturday i sat down to do my theology project and id forgotten how hard it is to focus on an essay! The only thing that got me doing my essays at school was the fear of being shouted at. Now that doesnt seem to scary anymore i dont have any incentive to do them, apart from my own benefit. Lets hope i can kick that in the teeth before Uni!
In the evening i went and watched Monty Python at a friends house - id never seen a MP film the whole way through before. It was funny to see how the films had dated - not as much as i would have thought, despite a reference to the Strikes in the 70s at the end of the Holy Grail. Their kind of humour is everlasting :P
By the time i got home i was knackered and stressed, so i stayed up til about 2am having a nice conversation with Chib. When i get stressed i cant sleep, which is why im often up in the wee hours before a deadline.
Despite all this, by the time sunday came round i was chilled, and YMAD was very good - the lovely Caroline Maxwell did the input and it was refeshing to have something a little bit more structured. I think everyone enjoyed it :)
Sunday afternoon was moar theology project~ Then me and Elaine went to It's All About Him - a fundraising concert for Switch-it, which is a football coaching club for the local youth from the estates. Jezza runs it in Sydenham and Malham. They recently reopened the club in Malham and over the two clubs they had a record of 95 young people turn up, so he put together this concert to raise money for more coaches and training equipment.
It was a fantastic concert and "God merked the scene".
I was amazed at how much id fallen in love with London and with everyone who was there - most of FHCC and Catford CC was there, along with half of XLP and a few of the youth from NB school. I fell to my knees in awe of all that God has done for me and for all these people, and im so priveledged to get to be in on what hes going to do in London. Theres such a sense of expectancy in the air. Loads of peoples prayers are being answered :D
So prayer points - Could you pray that God protects his people here in SE London - the good stuff is increasing but so is the bad stuff - there have been so many police cars and ambulances and stuff kicking off lately in Lewisham.
Me and Ruth have been feeling dog tired since our baptisms, but so full of joy. Could you pray that we keep going for Jesus :)
Apart from that, praise him for being wonderful!
Saturday, 15 May 2010
I cannot think of a more imaginative title so thisll have to do~
Well~
i have just been reading one of my friend's blogs and was once again prodded that honesty is not not-lying, but is actually being open about things. I struggle with this. People who know me will tell you i am difficult to get to know, and tbh probs dont know me as well as they thought they did. I realised this a while back and it kinda freaked me out. The worst feeling in the world is loneliness, and it is scary to think that through dishonesty (despite not lying, lying being one of the things i hate and cant do), i have made myself vulnerable to being lonely, by not opening myself up and being vulnerable with people. I am wincing even as i write this at the reaction of my family, my boss, and all other people who possibly have a shred of authority or hold me in some sort of esteem or claim to know me. Vulnerability is a tough thing~
Despite this i have realised that true relationship is one where you are open to let people to hurt you, and realise that actually they dont want to at all, but they want to lift you up and love you. They cant do that very well if you dont let them know who theyre trying to do it to~
Well, enough of all that mushy outpouring of the heart. Bye bye poetry brain, back to my scientific brain. I am trying to do my theology project. I lie. I should be doing my theology project. Atm its all ideas and i dont know how to stick it on paper. Being a perfectionist i feel i havent done enough research yet and am still reading half the library that Nige gave me when i asked for books on Salvation. Big topic. I think ive bitten off more than i can chew again.
Bah.
Ah well, enough procrastination, even if self discovery is an honourable pursuit - i have my whole life to do that. For my theoloy project i have till monday.
%*^&.
i have just been reading one of my friend's blogs and was once again prodded that honesty is not not-lying, but is actually being open about things. I struggle with this. People who know me will tell you i am difficult to get to know, and tbh probs dont know me as well as they thought they did. I realised this a while back and it kinda freaked me out. The worst feeling in the world is loneliness, and it is scary to think that through dishonesty (despite not lying, lying being one of the things i hate and cant do), i have made myself vulnerable to being lonely, by not opening myself up and being vulnerable with people. I am wincing even as i write this at the reaction of my family, my boss, and all other people who possibly have a shred of authority or hold me in some sort of esteem or claim to know me. Vulnerability is a tough thing~
Despite this i have realised that true relationship is one where you are open to let people to hurt you, and realise that actually they dont want to at all, but they want to lift you up and love you. They cant do that very well if you dont let them know who theyre trying to do it to~
Well, enough of all that mushy outpouring of the heart. Bye bye poetry brain, back to my scientific brain. I am trying to do my theology project. I lie. I should be doing my theology project. Atm its all ideas and i dont know how to stick it on paper. Being a perfectionist i feel i havent done enough research yet and am still reading half the library that Nige gave me when i asked for books on Salvation. Big topic. I think ive bitten off more than i can chew again.
Bah.
Ah well, enough procrastination, even if self discovery is an honourable pursuit - i have my whole life to do that. For my theoloy project i have till monday.
%*^&.
Saturday, 8 May 2010
'tsbeen up lately~
Well, apart from wednesday's events which i have already reported, it has been an eventful week!
I have learned a lot about patience from the young people at Northbrook, and i am constantly being reminded that you cannot coast on past success when working with young people and working for God. Relationships require hard work, but they are so much more rewarding if you put the work in and become selfless, which aint easy in itself! Two of our young people at NB have special needs and are always winding each other up, but last friday it was especially bad and E was constantly kicking, pushing and antagonising M without provocation, but M was showing amazing patience and self control, which was absolutely amazing and inspiring to watch. Despite our warnings, E refused to listen to us and stop bugging him, and eventually we called the teacher over when E slapped him across the face. It was a difficult situation, but M's patience and self control was absolutely amazing :D
The week was a bit slow because of the bank holiday, but on sunday me and heather went to Ruth's birthday bash in central. It was an awesome evening and i am so going to go clubbing again. It was made all the more enjoyable as our church friends and Alia's uni friends are a lovely bunch of people and were really friendly and fun. We finally left at kicking out time and got back to Heather's house at 4am!
Monday passed in a groggy tinitus-filled haze, and i watched Watchmen, which i was expecting to be an action flick but it totally isnt. It's more a look at power and what it means to be human, with lots of blood and gore thrown in. A very interesting film, but not if youre squeamish.
We had tuesday off because NB had a teacher training day, so we had team brunch at Maggies. The highlight was when the waitress called Andy Cindy by accident. The rest of the day was filled with theology project stuff. Id appreciate your prayers for that as its going very slowly! It involves lots of reading, and there are only so many hours in the day.
Friday was a fantastic YMAD, despite me turning up shattered (late night coz of the election coverage - oops), and Josie and Stevie did an excellent job setting up, and we had chips, which went down a treat, and there was a general happy buzz about the place. I always go away from YMAD with uplifted spirits - the young people have so much to share and so much life about them. I love them like theyre my kids. Obv i wouldnt know as i dont have kids but yknow XD
The talk went down well - we are using the Rock Solid material which is really good. If you have 11-14 age group i really recommend it :)
Im getting baptised tomorrow!!! Its well exciting! Cant wait to see all you homies tomorrow. Its gonna be awesome.
over and out x
I have learned a lot about patience from the young people at Northbrook, and i am constantly being reminded that you cannot coast on past success when working with young people and working for God. Relationships require hard work, but they are so much more rewarding if you put the work in and become selfless, which aint easy in itself! Two of our young people at NB have special needs and are always winding each other up, but last friday it was especially bad and E was constantly kicking, pushing and antagonising M without provocation, but M was showing amazing patience and self control, which was absolutely amazing and inspiring to watch. Despite our warnings, E refused to listen to us and stop bugging him, and eventually we called the teacher over when E slapped him across the face. It was a difficult situation, but M's patience and self control was absolutely amazing :D
The week was a bit slow because of the bank holiday, but on sunday me and heather went to Ruth's birthday bash in central. It was an awesome evening and i am so going to go clubbing again. It was made all the more enjoyable as our church friends and Alia's uni friends are a lovely bunch of people and were really friendly and fun. We finally left at kicking out time and got back to Heather's house at 4am!
Monday passed in a groggy tinitus-filled haze, and i watched Watchmen, which i was expecting to be an action flick but it totally isnt. It's more a look at power and what it means to be human, with lots of blood and gore thrown in. A very interesting film, but not if youre squeamish.
We had tuesday off because NB had a teacher training day, so we had team brunch at Maggies. The highlight was when the waitress called Andy Cindy by accident. The rest of the day was filled with theology project stuff. Id appreciate your prayers for that as its going very slowly! It involves lots of reading, and there are only so many hours in the day.
Friday was a fantastic YMAD, despite me turning up shattered (late night coz of the election coverage - oops), and Josie and Stevie did an excellent job setting up, and we had chips, which went down a treat, and there was a general happy buzz about the place. I always go away from YMAD with uplifted spirits - the young people have so much to share and so much life about them. I love them like theyre my kids. Obv i wouldnt know as i dont have kids but yknow XD
The talk went down well - we are using the Rock Solid material which is really good. If you have 11-14 age group i really recommend it :)
Im getting baptised tomorrow!!! Its well exciting! Cant wait to see all you homies tomorrow. Its gonna be awesome.
over and out x
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Stabbing in Sydenham
Well, this week has been a packed week, and i have much to talk about, but it all seems rather trivial compared to the stabbing that happened in Home Park in Sydenham last night, which is just down the road from Here for Good. After youthgroup Zoe texted us telling us to get a lift home because the busses were all on reroute. We dont know his name yet, but its been on the national news and ive heard rumours he was a friend of one of the young people we work with. Your prayers would be much appreciated, for the family of the boy (he had a brother in primary school), and for the team because we are all pretty rattled by it. The topic i was given at the start of the term for tomorrows YMAD is Anger and Violence - and in light of last night's events, i dont really know how to pitch it. Please pray that this ends where it is, and that it wont escalate or affect the young people we work with.
many thanks.
many thanks.
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