Monday, 10 October 2011

Now we're getting into the swing of things...

Well I guess I haven't got into the regular habit of this blogging thing yet!


So last week I finally went to the beach and took some photos of Northern Ireland! We went down as a team after doing an assembly in Portstewart just to chill out and spend some quality time together. It was such a great morning and we had a lot of fun! Portstewart strand is so beautiful and there are some amazing houses there! Maybe I'll get to live there someday :)
We've had lots of stuff at schools over the last 2 weeks, including assemblies, lunch clubs and after-school clubs. My favourite so far was an after-school scripture union (SU) at a primary school. There were a lot of children there and the response from them was really great. They seemed to really enjoy it, and we had fun doing it too and all felt like we played our parts really well. We're all still getting used to it and I still get very nervous about speaking in front of large groups, but I guess I'll get used to it! Today we had our first SU at an all-boys secondary school. Giving a short version of my testimony to about 50-60 11-14 year old boys was TERRIFYING! But I got through it and I'm so glad I got to share with them how God has changed my life! I loved seeing some of the boys from my youth group there too, even if they are some of the more disruptive ones. One of them said to me "you should be thankful I'm here, I've got street cred to keep!" and I really was glad they came even though it's not their thing. Hopefully they'll keep coming as their "street cred" could really come to some good if they could get their friends to come to SU and youth :)
I'm still really enjoying MCF and the family feel of it and I love being a part of youth and the youth drop-in. I feel like I really fit in there and I love seeing how God's plans for me are working out and being reminded of the fact that He always knows what He's doing, even when I'm unsure. I'm really starting to see why God put me here instead of Texas, especially for personal reasons, and it's crazy to think He knew all along. It's amazing to be able to lo back and see how each thing panned out and each door opened along the way.
I love the Sunday night drop-in at the moment, although I don't know if I'll still be saying that in a few months if the guys start getting on my nerves! But for now I'm enjoying getting to know them. They make me laugh and I think it's awesome that they come and know they can just hang out and chat to us, even letting us talk to them about God and asking questions. I think spending time with this year is going to be very interesting and eye-opening! I'd love to see them using their time, energy and influence on the younger guys for good, instead of bad, especially in a church and youth setting!
Please pray that God gives us the words to speak to the students, as well as creativity when trying to come up with ways to convey our messages, and confidence when we are out the front performing and speaking.
Also pray that God continues to open the minds of the young people at youth and that they continue to be asking questions and intrigued to find out more about God, and that He helps me to speak to them and to answer their questions in a way that reaches out to them.


Thank you for your continued support! It means a lot knowing that there are people behind me, believing in me and praying for my work here :)

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