Two and a half more weeks until I'm back in Canada. I can almost feel the storm cell humidity of the Ottawa Valley and feel the open space of wide roads again. I wonder if I'm going to have reverse culture shock after being away for so long??
I had a wonderful distraction from work the past couple days. Emily, one of my very good friends that I made while at Capernwray, came to visit with her brother. They arrived Sunday evening and left yesterday. I had a great time. We managed to get into Newcastle and see the Haymarket and the Quayside. We had coffee at a trendy bar with huge purple chairs and we went to see the exhibitions at the Baltic. There were some really cool ones. One by Sam Taylor-Wood which was titled "Still Lives" and another one which was a space time tunnel that you walked through. There were T.V. screens all throughout it blasting live broadcasts from around the world at you. We also made it out to Druridge Bay in the evening which is always such a nice place to go.
Yesterday we walked around Morpeth. We saw the Bagpipe Museum which although it may sound boring can always be made more fun when you try on the clothes which are on display! We bought a loaf of bread and walked down to the river to feed the ducks. I've taken a bit of a liking to ducks recently and I really like sitting by the river to eat my lunch and watch them. Yesterday though, we discovered that ducks have an alternative nature other than their sweet quacking cuteness. They also have a vicious, spiteful, biting side! They were going crazy on one another in order to get the bread. At one point this one duck climbed on the back of another and started biting it's neck! Emily started scolding and ran over to scare him off but my goodness. I prefer to think of ducks as cute docile creatures who like rain...that's how Raffi portrayed them! (Give me a shout if you actually know who Raffi is!)
I felt pretty melancholy after they left yesterday. I had to walk home from the train station so I ended up calling Russell so I wouldn't get too down. He's a nice encouraging person :) It was just so much fun to have a friend around. I have friends here, don't think I'm a loner or anything, but someone who understood the past couple months with me, who was able to laugh at the stories we remembered with me, someone who had gotten to know me quite well as one does in a short confined time, and someone who above all understood my frustration when English people corrected the way I say "about." I DO NOT SAY ABOOT!!! :)
Anyway the fact that I was pretty sad when she left did bring me some joy because it meant that I'm getting better at cherishing the people around me! (See my post called "Happy to Love")
The other good thing I have to look forward to is my brother and Steve and Heather arriving! WOO HOO! I'm so excited to see them. It's been far far too long! I mean what if they've developed and matured into an elite society beyond my social status?? It's a good thing they have a few days with the Mosher clan before returning to England just in case they need to be reminded what silliness and immaturity are. Russell is going to hopefully get a chance to come up and meet the three of them as well which would be super cool and great!
Hmmmm what else. In other news I found my missing bank card. It was perfect timing as usual. I'd gone to the bank last Friday to report it missing and request a new one. They were wonderful and assured me my new one would arrive within 5-7 days. I was excited when after just 3 there was an envelope on my bed containing my new card. I went upstairs to put it in my room and Aaron was just hanging his and Emily's towels over my door when he swiped the top of my wardrobe and something whizzed off. Low and behold, my old bankcard landed at my feet! Typical! lol
Ok well, I'd best get back to work. I was writing out letters before this and I should get back to that! Bye for now!
Jenny*
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Midsummer Garden Party
This past Saturday we had a charity fundraiser to raise money for the team of youth going to Canada this summer. It was a Midsummer Garden Party, with a champagne reception, traditional hog roast and fire works. It was a lovely evening and evening and everyone looked great. Here's a few pics of the night:
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Catching Up With Life
Back to Morpeth. Where does the time fly? It almost feels as though the last two months were some sort of time warp and perhaps they didn't really happen...They most certainly did though and I'm so glad! I had such a great time at Capernwray and I would go back there in a second if the opportunity arose.
What did I learn? Well according to our principal, we learned nothing. We heard a lot of stuff but we don't learn anything until we leave and start living our lives. That's when we learn the things we were taught. I'm thinking that learning will probably be the hard part of everything. Already I think I'm learning lots being back. I'm learning that unfortunately Bible School isn't real life. I've come back into a particularly stressful time at work and I'm finding it a bit of a struggle not to just slip back into the rut of things as if nothing happened but to hold onto the changes that took place in my heart while I was away. I guess it's the same sort of syndrome that happens when you come back from a week of youth camp or a weekend youth convention. You feel pumped up and ready to go and then you take the exit back into reality and you seem to merge right back into the regular stream of traffic you were on before you left. However, I'm trying hard to make a conscious decision not to let that happen.
But, going back to my original point of what I learned...we actually covered so much material! We looked at Kings, Song of Songs, Joshua, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, 1 John, Galatians, Ephesians, Revelation, 1 & 2 Timothy, missions, relationships, Christian dynamics, the doctrine of salvation, who needs Theology....and more I'm sure that I can't think of. Some of the lectures were better than others but it was all good sound teaching. I think I learned a lot just being in the environment I was with so many other Christians. It was so encouraging to see Jesus being lived out through other's lives around me. What a blessing as well to be able to make some amazing friends! Most of the students were from North America which was great because I was able to have some good ol' North American fun! (whatever that means, I'm not sure, I think it's just an excuse to let my hair down!) I know I learned a lot about myself as well. I went away thinking I was going to get some specific direction for the future but found that it was more of a time for God to work in my heart and for me to catch up with life and the experiences I've had so far. A bit of space outside of the norm which is probably what we all need at times.
Anyway hopefully I'll be able to update a bit more frequently now that I'm back. I have lots of stories to keep me going for a long time!
I'll post some pictures soon!
Jenny*
What did I learn? Well according to our principal, we learned nothing. We heard a lot of stuff but we don't learn anything until we leave and start living our lives. That's when we learn the things we were taught. I'm thinking that learning will probably be the hard part of everything. Already I think I'm learning lots being back. I'm learning that unfortunately Bible School isn't real life. I've come back into a particularly stressful time at work and I'm finding it a bit of a struggle not to just slip back into the rut of things as if nothing happened but to hold onto the changes that took place in my heart while I was away. I guess it's the same sort of syndrome that happens when you come back from a week of youth camp or a weekend youth convention. You feel pumped up and ready to go and then you take the exit back into reality and you seem to merge right back into the regular stream of traffic you were on before you left. However, I'm trying hard to make a conscious decision not to let that happen.
But, going back to my original point of what I learned...we actually covered so much material! We looked at Kings, Song of Songs, Joshua, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, 1 John, Galatians, Ephesians, Revelation, 1 & 2 Timothy, missions, relationships, Christian dynamics, the doctrine of salvation, who needs Theology....and more I'm sure that I can't think of. Some of the lectures were better than others but it was all good sound teaching. I think I learned a lot just being in the environment I was with so many other Christians. It was so encouraging to see Jesus being lived out through other's lives around me. What a blessing as well to be able to make some amazing friends! Most of the students were from North America which was great because I was able to have some good ol' North American fun! (whatever that means, I'm not sure, I think it's just an excuse to let my hair down!) I know I learned a lot about myself as well. I went away thinking I was going to get some specific direction for the future but found that it was more of a time for God to work in my heart and for me to catch up with life and the experiences I've had so far. A bit of space outside of the norm which is probably what we all need at times.
Anyway hopefully I'll be able to update a bit more frequently now that I'm back. I have lots of stories to keep me going for a long time!
I'll post some pictures soon!
Jenny*
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