Week Five!!

Hello, Everyone!

Week five is down. I've had so many incredible experiences...I don't really know where to begin.

I've managed to lose 5kgs, which is about 12 pounds. That's quite a feat seeing as the food at Yeldall Manor is AMAZING. I've also started jogging. In fact, tomorrow I'm going to jog with one of the residents, but instead of doing the normal "cross country," we're going to go back and forth in the backyard. I guess you could call it "touch sprints" or something like that. 'Til be good...and I won't like it...but I'll be buzzin' afterwards.

I went to a conference a few weeks ago and met volunteers from ALL over. Mainly Europe, but there were two people from South Korea and one other volunteer from the States. Most of the volunteers were German, but there were a number from Hungary as well. A good time was had, and I'm so glad that I'm here...doing what I'm doing...meeting all of these people...having this incredible experience.

Last week I was in Wales on holiday with the lads. We went on a hike, did a high ropes course, and did an indoor wall climbing...thing. I have never screamed so much for the good Lord as when I was on the high ropes course. I sang "Jesus Loves the Little Children," and not because I was filled with the Spirit but because I was scared out of my mind. The sheep in Wales were all over the place. There's probably more sheep than people. The landscape is...unbeatable. If someone ever tells you that they're going to give you a trip to Wales, TAKE IT.

I'm still looking for a church to go to regularly, but I've found one church that I think I'm going to go to. Wycliff Baptist in Reading, which has a good young adult group. In fact, I've been hanging out with some of them, and I'm going to go out with a few later tonight.

Mmm...actually, I need to take a shower and get ready to go. I have to bike to the Twyford Train Station, which is 2.5 miles from where I am, and a good 15 minutes. I'm so scare that I'm going to be hit by a car because people don't drive in a straight line here. The lines separating the lanes are more of a guideline than an actual rule...a suggestion rather than a law.

Keep on keepin' on, KIDS!!