Half Term!!

Aloha Amigos!!

How's it going in your neck of the woods? Over in Inglaterra, it is pretty fantastic. =]

       This past week and a half has been crazy non-stop, full of joy, laughter, serving, sickness and tiredness. Yep. Sickness and Joy. Strange huh?

   In England there is a week at the end of October that students get off school. On the first weekend of the half term I took part in an event at my church, funnily enough called 'The Event'. =] 

It was a time where loads of local youth groups met together from Friday-Sunday, and chilled, worshiped, prayed together and encouraged each other. 

    It was such a good soaking time.. there is so much to write but I shall refrain =] Feel free to ask questions though. 

At the beginning of 'The Event', I started to come down with a cold, which got worse despite all the medication and health drinks I consumed -.- On the Sunday night after The Event had finished, my brother, some friends and I jumped in a mini-bus to drive down to Cambridge to join with a bigger event that involved WildFire, Soul Survivor, YFC and other organizations. 

     I honestly had no idea what to expect, I just went along with the flow :) It turned out to be a really great week where we held fun days, a talent show, a ceilidh(Scottish dancing), workshops and I got to chilled out with some elderly people. They were so precious :) 

  However I was(and still am!) completely shattered from all the constant activity. 

Apart from that:...

 Tomorrow I am going to go job searching.. I am really open to any thing. I am going to hand out some CV's

 [equivalent to a resume, my American readers :)] to some shops & cafe's in town, hopefully something will open up! I would really appreciate all of your prayers during this time :) 

And I am also travelling to California next January with my dad, so if anyone is in the area, lets meet up =]

Blessed

                                HEY GUYS  :D

I haven't written in a while.. I should get back into the habit. The delay is mostly because of the lack of diversity in my routine! It is pretty much the same old, which is good. =] 

.....So yeah. The DTS students have been here for about 2 weeks, and they are all really cool :) My day is 50% doing school, 50% hanging out with them. Happy times! I am also falling more in love with my youth group. Since we're all getting older, we're having deeper discussions, crazier times and exploring our God-given talents to the fullest. They're all really great! =]

Last night some of my friends and I went to see Brooke Fraser in concert. For those of you who don't know who she is, LOOK HER UP. Seriously. You won't regret it. She's one of the lead singers of Hillsong and she also does some of her own contemporary work :) It was one of the greatest nights of my life. 

On top of that, I have really been growing in my relationship with God. I've been thinking about the fruits of the spirit and different aspects of love. 

'Love is patient, love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. 

It does not insist on it's own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 

it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in truth.

 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things' 

(1 Corinthians 13:4-7) 

..Woooowwww... I want to love like that. This is my analogy.. 

We can never experience the true meaning of love from humans, as we are selfish and sinful beings. Love like this is impossible for us to fully perfect, since it is flawless. I believe that God is love and that everything he does, he does in love. Therefore the only way that we can truly experience this wholesome love is by knowing and being in relationship with God. 

My conclusion is that in order to grow in love I must grow deeper roots into God

and into HIS love. He is the perfect example. =] 

This will be a long journey and take a lifetime to practice.. Let's go! 

My handsome helper

Brooke Fraser <3 

My youth group =]

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