And so, 14 years after being published, I have started reading the first book. Six to go...I think?!!
Sunday, 28 August 2011
14 years later...
OK, so I've decided I need to find out what all this hype is about Harry Potter. Until now, I'd read the first chapter of the first book, watched the first film and half of the second film...and that was it. I don't have a clue what happens after that. When the last film came out a few weeks ago people seemed to have Harry Potter fever. I want to know why.
And so, 14 years after being published, I have started reading the first book. Six to go...I think?!!
And so, 14 years after being published, I have started reading the first book. Six to go...I think?!!
Sunday, 21 August 2011
32 days and counting
32 days! It's now only 32 days until my flight to Germany. Oh. My. Gosh.
I seriously can't believe just how quickly it has snuck up on me. I'm a mixture of feelings at the moment, ranging from unbelievable excitement that makes me want to dance around my room, to the feeling that I'm a rabbit caught in the head lights worrying that 6 months is quite a long time to be away from my family and friends and that I'll get home sick! OK, so that's a slight exaggeration as I am coming home for Christmas! But still, it's a long time right!?
I keep checking the facebook group for the 2011/12 year! ...it's made its way onto my group tabs on my facebook home screen, so I'm kind of obsessively checking it at the moment! As far as I can tell, I'm still the only British person going, which I think is kinda cool! There are like 85 odd people in the group, and words cannot describe how excited I am to meet all the people in this group.
I've also come across, through my increasing blog addiction, some blogs of people who went to Bodenseehof the last few years. Reading about how much they loved it just brings a smile to my face. It's clear reading these blogs that these guys had a class 6 months, and their relationship with God just grew during there time there. I'm so excited to get stuck into God's word. Taking 6 months of my life to do just that; awesome. I feel like at the moment I'm missing out on being fed spiritually. My quiet time have become much less regular than I would like, and I don't really have a home church at the moment which I'm struggling a bit with. Hence my excitement.
My last ever placement started this again this week (is that light I see at the end of the tunnel!? Heck yes it is!!) and all the staff have been asking 'ooh, so your job hunting?! Have you got a job lined up yet?!'. And I've just been honest with them. My previous placement, I kind of didn't tell them that I was taking time out straight after I finish my training. I guess I though they would this I was daft doing that. Not about going to bible school, just more not going straight into a job. And so whenever they asked my, I would just say something like 'well, I'm keeping my eyes open for any jobs that I might like. But I've not applied for any yet'. Which wasn't a lie, I was occasionally having a look on the NHS website to see what the job situation was like, and I hadn't applied for any jobs, but I wasn't really telling the whole truth.
But this placement I just told them from the start. Yeah, they probably do think it's not the best move to not go straight into a job, but to be honest, I don't care. I believe it's the right thing for me to do. I believe this is what God has planned for me right now. So I'm going for it.
I seriously can't believe just how quickly it has snuck up on me. I'm a mixture of feelings at the moment, ranging from unbelievable excitement that makes me want to dance around my room, to the feeling that I'm a rabbit caught in the head lights worrying that 6 months is quite a long time to be away from my family and friends and that I'll get home sick! OK, so that's a slight exaggeration as I am coming home for Christmas! But still, it's a long time right!?
I keep checking the facebook group for the 2011/12 year! ...it's made its way onto my group tabs on my facebook home screen, so I'm kind of obsessively checking it at the moment! As far as I can tell, I'm still the only British person going, which I think is kinda cool! There are like 85 odd people in the group, and words cannot describe how excited I am to meet all the people in this group.
I've also come across, through my increasing blog addiction, some blogs of people who went to Bodenseehof the last few years. Reading about how much they loved it just brings a smile to my face. It's clear reading these blogs that these guys had a class 6 months, and their relationship with God just grew during there time there. I'm so excited to get stuck into God's word. Taking 6 months of my life to do just that; awesome. I feel like at the moment I'm missing out on being fed spiritually. My quiet time have become much less regular than I would like, and I don't really have a home church at the moment which I'm struggling a bit with. Hence my excitement.
My last ever placement started this again this week (is that light I see at the end of the tunnel!? Heck yes it is!!) and all the staff have been asking 'ooh, so your job hunting?! Have you got a job lined up yet?!'. And I've just been honest with them. My previous placement, I kind of didn't tell them that I was taking time out straight after I finish my training. I guess I though they would this I was daft doing that. Not about going to bible school, just more not going straight into a job. And so whenever they asked my, I would just say something like 'well, I'm keeping my eyes open for any jobs that I might like. But I've not applied for any yet'. Which wasn't a lie, I was occasionally having a look on the NHS website to see what the job situation was like, and I hadn't applied for any jobs, but I wasn't really telling the whole truth.
But this placement I just told them from the start. Yeah, they probably do think it's not the best move to not go straight into a job, but to be honest, I don't care. I believe it's the right thing for me to do. I believe this is what God has planned for me right now. So I'm going for it.
Monday, 15 August 2011
Saturday, 13 August 2011
nap converted
Naps aren't a common occurrence for me but after THAT nap, they could well become more regular! I may have just been nap converted ...zzZ!
Friday, 12 August 2011
letters
There is something about receiving a hand written letter, I just love it. It makes you realise how much you mean to someone, that they took the time to sit and write you a letter rather than just get in touch via text or facebook. It puts a smile on your face when you read it (...assuming its a nice letter of course!).
And so I plan to try and make people smile while I'm away in Germany. I'm going to get myself some nice stationary, envelopes, stamps and use the good
ol'fashioned method of communication to my close
ol'fashioned method of communication to my close
friends and family.
Thursday, 11 August 2011
How, what, why, who, when
HOW, WHAT, WHY, WHO, WHEN.
Psalm 96:
Sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, praise his name;
proclaim his salvation day after day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;
he is to be feared above all gods.
For all gods of the earth are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and glory are in his sanctuary.
Ascribe to the Lord, O families of nations,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
bring an offering and come into his courts.
Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth.
Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns."
The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
he will judge the people with equity.
Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let the sea resound, and all that is in it;
let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
they will sing before the Lord, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples of his truth.
The Lord is worthy of ALL praise; ALL should praise him ALWAYS.
Psalm 96:
Sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, praise his name;
proclaim his salvation day after day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;
he is to be feared above all gods.
For all gods of the earth are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and glory are in his sanctuary.
Ascribe to the Lord, O families of nations,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
bring an offering and come into his courts.
Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth.
Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns."
The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
he will judge the people with equity.
Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let the sea resound, and all that is in it;
let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
they will sing before the Lord, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples of his truth.
The Lord is worthy of ALL praise; ALL should praise him ALWAYS.
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
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