Hiya again!
So, yesterday was pretty slow as everyone in our church is on holiday at the moment. Well, almost everyone. I got to spend my morning praying and in the Word. I'm going to start reading the Old Testament again, as I've found that I can't quite remember all the stories like I used to. So, I'm trying to figure out where to start. I'll clue you all in when I find it out.
After my relaxing morning with God, I decided that I would overcome my resentment with the bicycle (do remember I went on a 27 mile bike ride where I almost died). So, I biked down to the town center across from Caerphilly castle in order to get some candy for Bobby. He did a MARVELOUS talk at PCY that night, and he needed candy for sword drills (the kids didn't know what they were apparently)! It wasn't too terrible of a ride although the last hill got really tricksy because there were all these cars, and I couldn't figure out how to cross the road and keep momentum to get up the hill. All in all, I gave up and walked up on the pavement (side-walk for you Americans) then hopped back on after I crossed the road. It worked well, and I made it back in one piece.
Then after that we had the school fete which is like Grayson Days. Basically all these local businesses get together and pitch tables and tents out the back of the school and all the kiddies come running around to buy your stuff. We were decorating gingerbread men for about 2 hours, which was grand fun. I learned how to make icing sugar. (: I forgot to bring my camera, unfortunately, but it was good anyway.
Near the end, Claire sent Bobby and I off to hand out leaflets/flyers to people she didn't know because "We're American. We can get away with it." Honestly, I'm terrible at it. I gave half my flyers to Bobby because he was brilliant, then I got Charys to help me. She passed out several to her friends then pointed out people to hand leaflets to. Bobby was just teasing me the whole time, but I didn't care. I got rid of them, which was the whole point!!!
Afterward was Bath night at PCY where Bobby spoke on the Word of God and the importance to be reading it. He did such an amazing job. He has such a wonderful gift for exhorting the word, and I hope he continues to use it for God's glory. I am so excited to be able to see where God is going to take him. It is a blessing to me to watch him grow and use his gifts. Most of the kids really seemed to enjoy it (or they were at least paying attention), so all in all it went really, really well I think. We went home after that to watch Mr. Bean which I had never seen before. Brilliant. Really brilliant.
Then. This morning! It began with the Lions.
Who hunted the Wallabees with an ending score of 41 to 16. Superb game. Again, Halfpenny scored most of the points (or at least assisted with them), and he got MVP which just tickled me. Such a wonderful start to the morning!
Then today was Bobby and mine's first Saturday off since we arrived. There was talk of going to Spree, however, after talking to a few people, some thought that just going for the afternoon wouldn't really be worth it (since we couldn't go friday, and we didn't want to camp the night). So, instead, we took the day for ourselves and took a train to Cardiff! Cardiff is the big city around here as it is the capital of South Wales. We basically just wandered around for a few hours, bought a few things, and ate some food. Incredibly fun. A very relaxing yet long day. Oh! And apparently my family is famous over here. While I didn't get a picture with them, my family builds model trains!!! Heh. So cool. But, anyway, I may add some more details later on our trip, but for now it's bed time.
And when I got home, I found a letter from my future roommate, Alanna!!! Oh, it just made my day. I was so incredibly excited. I am so grateful for her encouragement, and I am so excite to e living with her beautiful self next year. Today has been so full of finding such wonderful treasures. It's just been good and beautiful. God is so wonderful to me, and I am so grateful for his love and grace. "Rejoice! Again I say it: Rejoice!" "This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!"
Pray that we might sleep well and be rested for tomorrow. It's going to be a very long day as there is much to do!!! Thank you all for your love and support. I appreciate you all so very much!
Ta-ta!
So, yesterday was pretty slow as everyone in our church is on holiday at the moment. Well, almost everyone. I got to spend my morning praying and in the Word. I'm going to start reading the Old Testament again, as I've found that I can't quite remember all the stories like I used to. So, I'm trying to figure out where to start. I'll clue you all in when I find it out.
After my relaxing morning with God, I decided that I would overcome my resentment with the bicycle (do remember I went on a 27 mile bike ride where I almost died). So, I biked down to the town center across from Caerphilly castle in order to get some candy for Bobby. He did a MARVELOUS talk at PCY that night, and he needed candy for sword drills (the kids didn't know what they were apparently)! It wasn't too terrible of a ride although the last hill got really tricksy because there were all these cars, and I couldn't figure out how to cross the road and keep momentum to get up the hill. All in all, I gave up and walked up on the pavement (side-walk for you Americans) then hopped back on after I crossed the road. It worked well, and I made it back in one piece.
Then after that we had the school fete which is like Grayson Days. Basically all these local businesses get together and pitch tables and tents out the back of the school and all the kiddies come running around to buy your stuff. We were decorating gingerbread men for about 2 hours, which was grand fun. I learned how to make icing sugar. (: I forgot to bring my camera, unfortunately, but it was good anyway.
Near the end, Claire sent Bobby and I off to hand out leaflets/flyers to people she didn't know because "We're American. We can get away with it." Honestly, I'm terrible at it. I gave half my flyers to Bobby because he was brilliant, then I got Charys to help me. She passed out several to her friends then pointed out people to hand leaflets to. Bobby was just teasing me the whole time, but I didn't care. I got rid of them, which was the whole point!!!
Afterward was Bath night at PCY where Bobby spoke on the Word of God and the importance to be reading it. He did such an amazing job. He has such a wonderful gift for exhorting the word, and I hope he continues to use it for God's glory. I am so excited to be able to see where God is going to take him. It is a blessing to me to watch him grow and use his gifts. Most of the kids really seemed to enjoy it (or they were at least paying attention), so all in all it went really, really well I think. We went home after that to watch Mr. Bean which I had never seen before. Brilliant. Really brilliant.
Then. This morning! It began with the Lions.
Who hunted the Wallabees with an ending score of 41 to 16. Superb game. Again, Halfpenny scored most of the points (or at least assisted with them), and he got MVP which just tickled me. Such a wonderful start to the morning!
Then today was Bobby and mine's first Saturday off since we arrived. There was talk of going to Spree, however, after talking to a few people, some thought that just going for the afternoon wouldn't really be worth it (since we couldn't go friday, and we didn't want to camp the night). So, instead, we took the day for ourselves and took a train to Cardiff! Cardiff is the big city around here as it is the capital of South Wales. We basically just wandered around for a few hours, bought a few things, and ate some food. Incredibly fun. A very relaxing yet long day. Oh! And apparently my family is famous over here. While I didn't get a picture with them, my family builds model trains!!! Heh. So cool. But, anyway, I may add some more details later on our trip, but for now it's bed time.
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| We found Lego Darth Vadar. |
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| We found the Ministry of Magic. |
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| We found a NFL sweatshirt. |
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| And a wolf puppet. |
And when I got home, I found a letter from my future roommate, Alanna!!! Oh, it just made my day. I was so incredibly excited. I am so grateful for her encouragement, and I am so excite to e living with her beautiful self next year. Today has been so full of finding such wonderful treasures. It's just been good and beautiful. God is so wonderful to me, and I am so grateful for his love and grace. "Rejoice! Again I say it: Rejoice!" "This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!"
Pray that we might sleep well and be rested for tomorrow. It's going to be a very long day as there is much to do!!! Thank you all for your love and support. I appreciate you all so very much!
Ta-ta!
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