brr

hello i am writing this email from West Cork and it is v v cold though i am inside! brr my nose is all cold!last weekend was soul mates house party which was class n possibly my fave thing of team, so far! i had a small group of all boys n they were v class- didnt stop talkin n were so much fun- they just had soo many questions but had an ammzing knowledge of the bible-i loved just chattin with them well moslty listenin to them as it was hard to get a word in edgewise! they thoughti was bout 13 at first lol which was quite upsettin but i have just accepted my young lookingness and know that when im 40 i shall be v grateful for it!

pray for us all though as we r all shattered n r v much so looking forward to being off for christmas! it is v strange as it doesnt feel like christmas to us at all n was a shock to realise that its not this sun but next!!! ahh so many presents to buy so little time! we r havin a christmas party with dycw the day we get back- monday 19th which shud b gr8 crack as ethan joel n hopefully baby sarah will be coming too!- i hope that i dont miss mince pie day in church as i have yet to have a decent mince pie this month whch is disappointin!

i am loookin forward to seein everyone again n to just chill though i know i wont chill probably as i get bored if im not with ppl or if im not doing something!we r havin lots of fun as a team though we r laughin at bizarre things as we r all so tired! we persuaded helen that the mince in mince pies was actually made from beef but the reason i cud still eat them was coz there were raisons in them too so it cancelled it out lol and she believed us! v v gullable!

at the minute we r watchin a movie in italioen at the ministers house- v random! there isnt too much to do at this mission which is trange- we have assemblies every mornin = early mornings n then a kids club at night n thats bout it!
well better go n continue to watch italien movie! hmm!

ahh i am rather tired as are we all so pray lots as e still have another week of mission and leanne has a sore head and rozy has a sore tummy im actually all right for once and as such have nothing really to complain about"! katherine harte thinsg im a hypercondriac lol! well stuff in maghaberry went well we didnt get alot coming but we still had gd crack- at the hot choc drop in there were 2! ubt we had bout 5 to the games night and 7 for the worskshoips but they were all boys n all wanted to do football but it was still a gd night! and one came for the thing on sunday night which was tonight which was kul- there were a few ppl forom other churches as well so it wasnt just us and him lol!
oo and has everyone seeen harry potter?? very very exciting im now re reading the 5th one although itupsets me so im not getting very far! i was staying with a family with 3 kids that i might have mentioned in my last blog but now i have moved and i am staying with sheep!!!!!!! lol there r 100 sheep outside my window v random! and the ho8se is huge like a big maze and there r aain3 kids but the youngest is 19- joanne and shes lovely havent really talked to the other too much- but isnt it random im living with sheep?? the other night as we were living then house i absentmindely waved goodbye to the sheep lol until leanne asked me wot i was doing!! we are gettin on well as a team n oi can def say im gettin closer to leanne as we had to share a bed last week lol we dont now though- seperate yipee- on the last night of sharing a bed i forgot she was also in the bed and turned over tryin to wrap the coversd rounds me n kicked her oops!

well i am v v busy at the min which is tiring so pray lots- we r all greatly lookni 4weard to wednesday which is r day off yipee- although tomorrow is alo exciting as we are doing a christmas party at a cu in a primary school which should be kul- helns being santa! and we r makin buns for it lol! o n wud anyone like to go and see brothers grimm with me on wednesday? i really want to see it b4 its not in the cinema any more! well g2g as im in one of their roomms using their comp- with permission of cource
o and stephen lost- nicky won yipee go her!
night night xoxo

i am chweating bloggin as i dont have time to blog properly as im goin tosee harry potter now so i just pasted part of an email i just sent to a friend! hehe ! -at the mniute i am in craigmore but today is my day off yipee and im going to see harry potter in bout half an hour- exciting! i am enjoy being somewhere for longer although we are working in four diff churches while we are there but we get to go to tea at diff familes houses each night which is class- gives us a chance to get to know them better!- pray for this weekend- we are doing a "BIG WEEKEND" in maghaberry with drop ni's and things and wud be kul if young ppl came- as no yong ppl go to the church there!- we did a leaflet drop round all the hosues there- was v cold!- its strange in the country there as its so so foggy- on the news u might see ireland covedred in fog tis strange but also scary as we have to drive at night along wee cuntry roads which we dont know too well and theres black ice so pray lots!
also not this weekend but the next we are doing a night of 24/7 prayer so pray for that too just that it;'ll really impact the community- i got qwuite excited about nit and we are going to put up prayer sheets in schools so if anyone has any prayer requests they can write them down and then we'll put them up in the 24/7 prayer room and ppl will pray for their prayer requests!

my badnesss

oo i have been v bad and not blogged in a rather long time but i am being good again- i wonder who9'll be the first to r4ealise im blogging agsain? my bet is stephen! well we r back from r knock mission which i did enjoy lots- was really kul getting to know alister a bit better- i think he's class and its exciting that he's r yp! n now im about to go on mission to glenavy and moria etc so plz pray for that-- ahh ah ahh hlen is knockingon the window n saying we have to go now ah! well better go but do text me lots when m away so i dont get lonely- love hannah!

my Tomness

O dear i have not blogged in a gd wee while - i was so gd for a while! Well I shall tell u about shankill- we went there last weekend! We were doing a kids club on the fri and sat night after which we held a youth event. I loved the kids clubs as the kids were soo enthustiatic- we only got about 8-10 but it didnt seem to matter! They were all obsessed by the parachute n loved singing and doing the creative prayers- they all went silent when they were writing the prayers- was v kul! The youth event was also kul- we decided to hold the first night as a more drop- in type night with games set up like connect four and kareoke etc. They kept getting us to sing and my voice was very hoarse by the next night! We decided for the 2nd night we were do it as more of a youth group- with more organised games like cat and mouse and the balloon bursting one. We had done a leaflet drop in the area of over 1000 leaflets- very tiring but was totally worth it- there were two guys who came by themselves on the sat night coz they had got a leaflet in their door n it said on it free refreshments- they were in first year and loved the games and got really into it! Two kids who had come to out kids club came to the church on sunday- waiting outside to see us- they came inside n they said they had never been inside a church b4 and they r now considering going to sunday school which is so class!!!

The SUnday service was certainly gd experience- a few technical stuff went wrong for example the words to IN christ alone- the second half of the song completely disappeared off the power point and so rozy and leanne were left at the front singing by themselves- and they cudnt remember all the words and the organist stoped playing- v embarrassing!- but the ppl said they really enjoyed the service so it was k! we were v tired after that weekend but was nice as we all went out for lunch after in the old mill- i got us lost on the way though! oops!

Next weekend we are going to wicklow so u must ll pray lots as i am giving the sermon on the sunday- aha ahah aha!!! but it is not too bad as there is only 10 in the congregation so it will be gd practice and it doesnt really matter if its terrible as im only embarraasing myelf infront of ten rather than 300! The service is based on Jesus and peter walking on water so im getting points for the book "If u want to walk on water u have to get out of the boat!" at the min im writing it as i wud write essays- mking points while reading through the book n then im goin condense it down to like a few mainpoints n see wot fits- scary stuff though!

i am also v excited about oming to Knock- Alister is so excited about it that its contagious. Itll be strange coming to my own church- its supposed to be the hardest!

WEll we really have alot to do so pray lots that r planning is productive and that we get it all done!- on monday we are writing the vision out- each line though as to be done creatively and diff- its for the prauyer room at autumn soul- so u all better go to it and admire!!

Love Hannah

Corrymela

hello i am writing here from corrymela- the sea is v beautiful here. Helen is behind me as i type this she says " hello there u big foxy hens. Sharing a room with Hannah has been my worst experience so far only joking lol there is a BIG swan made of paper swinging from the roof here. Adam should be a model hes so sexy!!" Rozy says " Hannah smells lol i porobaly do as i was dancin n bein all usy playing games all night Leanne says "Hellooo wots the crack (in a country accent!, shes from armagh!) I had to go to hosptial today as i got really bad pain in my stomach was quite scary but the pain went away n Im grand now- i just had to take some antibiotics- but nmow im getting out of doing anything as i can use the excuse thAt i was in hosptical today"! but im totally ok now i just worried everyone for a wee while!
Tnoight was gd crack as we had to do a PARTY AS emyc IS 30 years old so we played t=lots of fun party games like pass the parcel and i held a germans hand v excting! There are some volunteers at corrymela who are here for the year and we have made friends with some of them sxo i have some fellow card buddies which is kul. also beattie was up here tnoight which was kul to see her. i am being a grumpy moany hannah lol but only to adam on the phone i was moaning lots but im bein more hyper here .
well i am rather tired and think we may be watchin a dvd now so i better go- stephen keeps winning someone has to beat him hes gettin far too big headed lol!
Night Night!
Send me a letter!!!

hello

ahh feeling slightly annoyed a just typed a longish email to a friend nd the computer i being weird and wont send it n has frozen! ah! also my shoulders r rather sore so plz pray- i think i slept really strangely or something! Islept at home last night as i am off at the minute yipee but woke up in the middle of the night and did not know were i was! was strange!i was on retreat tem las few days up a moutain- it ws really gd relaxing time- we plyed games all afternoon the first day s i wws incharge of gajmes hehe! but was gd crack i taught them consequences and empires!i won empires yipee! then we had creative prayer time whcih was very peaceful was cud getting a chance to just rest in Gods presence n feel ur worries leaving u! o u all have to pray for corrymella as we go there on thurs n we hqave to plan a party for the sat night- its a european youth workers conference but there will be some youth reps from each country as well also its beside a beach and we get free time so will be gd!

well it is also now official- i am doing TOM tis scary to think that training is now over! i am very excited about the year ahead and really want for God to be the 5th member of r team! im so scared that we'll forget about nGod and try to do it on r own strength iam lloking forward to the conversatins i will have this year plz pray that i will be bold in those conversations- that i wont be afraid to talk about God!

misisng u all lots
love hannah- stephen lost to phil although stephen pointed out that phil did not text me so technically stephen still won! lol

hehe well i think stephen won aain today as he text me at lunch time but Hannah mckimm was a very close second as she emailled me at 445 but then i suppose she was in school! HEHE! we played lots of fun games today with the YFC ppl although we played the one were u put jam on ur nose n then cotton wool which was not so gd and one were u had to get sweetie out of flour n i got covered as one of the YFC guys kept throwing flour over me n we played a passing an egg game with r feet n this guy broke it on purpoe over my foot so i have rather smeely eggy feet! n very bad garlie breath as we had garlic piza bread n my breth reeked but we were singing a song in worship which was saying bout God taking ur breath n it made me laugh as i felt God was saying that he loved even my smelly breath!

David Stamfield took a talk yesterday about hearing Gods voice for yourself and others n at the end he gave us each a postcard n wot he felt God was saying to him for us through it. mine was off a dancer with load sof shoes infront of her n he was saying how i was going to proclaim the Gospel of Peace n have an evangleistic role n how i seemed to have loads of choices but all the choices were really the same. i chatted to him about it aftern he was sayig how wot i waqs going to be doing was more off a progreession of wot i ave already been doing that like a dancer starts off not being very gd at dancing but she progressers into a performer. but i dont really know wo Im already doing!? he asked me wot i would do if I could do wotever i wanted with a group of young ppl n i said play games. n he said that could be to do with it- that ppl r drawn to me as an entertainer ut through that they then get to encounter Jesus n get on the journey. it was all quite exciting but rather wscary- i said i didnt know wot i was passionate about i was passionate about alot of things liek injustic oppression n simplier things like ppl being crushed n he said it seemed i was compassionate about ppl. but i dont see how doing anceint history is really helping ppl n i really dont know if im meant to do it or even go to uni but then i do enjoy studying n did do well in my exams hmm! but i am not to stress or worry i feel n I know God will be faithful n that his plans r for gd- im soo impateint lol but im quite excited too- but feel i just need to take each day at a timen just see were it all leads but that he;s giving me a little more of the jigsaw puzzle.
well i feel this was all quite deep for so late at night n that i must go to sleep as i have three sessinos tomorrow ahh! (the timetable is slightly wrong!) n clare hill is talking to us tomorrow lol!
bye!

hehe well i think stephen won aain today as he text me at lunch time but Hannah mckimm was a very close second as she emailled me at 445 but then i suppose she was in school! HEHE! we played lots of fun games today with the YFC ppl although we played the one were u put jam on ur nose n then cotton wool which was not so gd and one were u had to get sweetie out of flour n i got covered as one of the YFC guys kept throwing flour over me n we played a passing an egg game with r feet n this guy broke it on purpoe over my foot so i have rather smeely eggy feet! n very bad garlie breath as we had garlic piza bread n my breth reeked but we were singing a song in worship which was saying bout God taking ur breath n it made me laugh as i felt God was saying that he loved even my smelly breath!

David Stamfield took a talk yesterday about hearing Gods voice for yourself and others n at the end he gave us each a postcard n wot he felt God was saying to him for us through it. mine was off a dancer with load sof shoes infront of her n he was saying how i was going to proclaim the Gospel of Peace n have an evangleistic role n how i seemed to have loads of choices but all the choices were really the same. i chatted to him about it aftern he was sayig how wot i waqs going to be doing was more off a progreession of wot i ave already been doing that like a dancer starts off not being very gd at dancing but she progressers into a performer. but i dont really know wo Im already doing!? he asked me wot i would do if I could do wotever i wanted with a group of young ppl n i said play games. n he said that could be to do with it- that ppl r drawn to me as an entertainer ut through that they then get to encounter Jesus n get on the journey. it was all quite exciting but rather wscary- i said i didnt know wot i was passionate about i was passionate about alot of things liek injustic oppression n simplier things like ppl being crushed n he said it seemed i was compassionate about ppl. but i dont see how doing anceint history is really helping ppl n i really dont know if im meant to do it or even go to uni but then i do enjoy studying n did do well in my exams hmm! but i am not to stress or worry i feel n I know God will be faithful n that his plans r for gd- im soo impateint lol but im quite excited too- but feel i just need to take each day at a timen just see were it all leads but that he;s giving me a little more of the jigsaw puzzle.
well i feel this was all quite deep for so late at night n that i must go to sleep as i have three sessinos tomorrow ahh! (the timetable is slightly wrong!) n clare hill is talking to us tomorrow lol!
bye!

well today i am feeling rather tired again n keep yawning which is quite rude! we have messy games this afternoon whihc shud be fun lol about from the whole messy side of it! I have got my programme for next year yipee but it is all very hectic- not much free time! r first proper missino is at shankill- scary stuff we have 2 hours 2 do stuff with kids n then 2 hours to do stuff with young ppl on the fri n sat night- its fuly up to us what we do and its neve 4rbeen done b4- n we have to come up with a catchy title by the end of this week so any ideas wud be greatly appreciated! wot title wudd make ppl want to come? they r putting it on a flyer n dropping it round ppl's houses!
we r heading to corrymela next week for which we have to plan a party for youth leaders from all over europe- ppl will be translating wot we say! lol im quite excited about that part of it! n shud be fun planning a party- n its beside a beach n we get free time yipee!
o my commissionging is on this sat night at 730 n a church is lisburn do come- its like the official one b4 we start n i wana look like i have friends lol! o on my space on msn i put up some pictures which u shud all look at n go oo and ahh - colin has just killed me with a sword!
bye!#
stephen keeps winning!

i want a baby lol! (not really dont worry adam)

hello!
I had a fun wee night last night as adam stephen n claire T all came round n had tea with me and ROzy (everyone else had abandoned us and gone home) and then we made cookies which took ages but were fun to make although in the end they did not taste too good but they were batman cookies and we wanted to keep with the superman theme! adam also thought it wud be a fun idea to blow up the air mattresses and then go down the stairs on them- but i tried to stop him hurting himself by putting cushions down n in the process he went flying down n his kuncle i think went under my toe nail and it bled so i moaned lots but i am fine!
today we went to David Rocks house for tea which was very exciting! his wee baby Sarah is so adorable i just didnt want to let her go!- colin was getting quite broody lol!- all in all in was a gd day today- Rozy and i decided to lie in as we felt wrecked so felt alot better today n had lots more energy- we went to mine for lunch so today we had two full on dinners- very filling and yet my stomach is now making strane noises?hm!
the Praise Party yesterday i think went well- was gd fine getting to dress up and i think i made a very life like MR incredible!hehe! it was gd seeing he kids again- was kul they rememberd my name- i was worried they woudnt!- i shall be popping into Knock from time to time this year just so u all dont forget me! im already feeling left out wot with all the new youth pastorness and the new building! but i m also doing rather exciting things thi year- tonight in worship i got quite excited about the year ahead- although it still hasnt quite hit me wot im doing- i always looked up to the TOM ppl so much so it is weird to think that thats now me!- i cant wait to get r hoodies i think thatll help make it more real lol!
well night night!
stephen has won every time as to who has read my blog first lol! so i expect he shall again! hehe bye

Hello

hello!
im feeling rather hyper at the min thoughti also feel the tirdness starting to kick in but i also had the sudden urge to blog!
I thought i shud tell everyone wot my devotion was about. I prayed about it b4 planning and felt God was telling me to talk about the spiritual armour- Ephesians 6 v 10-18 so i got us all to close our eyes and literally put on the armour while i read out the passage. Im also reading Red Moon rising which is a fantastic book and in it is the vision so i read a few lines from it- "You see bones. I see and army"- that verse gives me shivers everytime i read it i just think its so powerful. and then i got us to pray about wot we felt passaiontly about. I felt quite scary and intimidated at first as all eyes were on me and it waas like ahhhhh! but once i got talking it was ok as i felt passioante about wot i was saying which i think will be helpful to remember for next year!

Im having good fun so i am but also feeling rather drained by the afternoon time- like its not so good but i have a lil Hannah time were i kinda shut down n dont talk to any one lol but then im grand the rest of the day!

Itde nearly my turn for under the spot light which is quite scary- under the spot light is when one person from the team tells kinda their story n then everyone can ask them any question they like and COlins decided to keep mine to the end because i ask the awkard questions so then they can really get their own back on me! they all thought i was really quiet at first but are now realised im not so much- bu i also feelim really coming out of myself as well as i feel really comfortable around themand feel i can be me- im being alot cheekier than normal lol but i think bethany brings it out in me! its strange to think her and Emma will be leaving at the end of next week n that theyre not gona be with us throughtout the year as were gettin quite close- its hard not to being with each other all the time- just think bout j 24/7 and how close we all get then! and thats just a week! but i am having good crack and learning lots of new skill too- and Im keeping my room at the chaplancy tidy- we still h ave to pull out of the hat who is sharing a room next year- i dont mind either way as the sharing room is a huge room and the nicest so i can see the pro n cons of both!

well my hypeness has now gone! time for bed me thinks ask adam from my address and sesnd me a wee letter- that wud be v exciting!!
Love Hannah

i tok devotions today- scary stuff! pray for rozy as shes taking her driving test now! g2g bye

good morning!

today i am fasting as i willbe doing every monday till autumn soul along with the rest of the team- do pray for us lots as it is rather hard as we are all so tyired and have to listen lots as well!
i was at craigha methodist yesterday for church which was lovely-it was v v family orintated and the minister was the Rev Brian Fletcher and he got us up to the front- very emarrassing but gave us a taste of what its going to be like next year- being on show and stuff!scary!

im getting on well with the rest of the team and will missn the urban junction guys when they go down south! i have discovered that we have a visitors book in the TOM flat that has been going on for the last 10 TOM years which is quite exciting so you all have to come and visit me and then u can sign the visitors book lol! it was strange seeing the diff ppl who had visitede the flat like Ross Harte and Katheryn Best visited the flat at the same time years ago which was funny hehe!

dont worry Jen I shall try not to be a clique if u think i am then give me a wee shake and ill try to change the cliqueness! Stephen nicky and adam visited me last fri which was higly exciting and we played bible trivia- the kids questions which were actually still quite hard lol!

Im looking forward to the Praise Party next week itll be good seeing everyone- at the nmin we're argueing as to who will do the talk lol! hehe! i wondeer wot costume i shall have...?
well we drew the names out of the hat and it was colins name yipeee!

well whoever reads this first text me- stephen won the great mate award last week- who shall it be this week? pray for strgnth n my tummy is hungry already ahh! its social night tonight though which shud be kul!
well g2g
bye¬

hello

a thought i should do a quick wee blog before falling fast asleep! training is very good like im loving it and im getting on really well with my fellow team mates like i think we're starting to become friends which is gr8! i laughed till i cried tonight a gd few times which was gd for me i think! we have all been very very tired as trainging is really quite intense (see Stephens blog!)
I also want to say a great big THANK YOU for everyones support presents and prayers- i really am very very grateful!- do continue to pray- expecially against sickness as the YFC ppl have been getting sick alot so im worried we might too! michael spence was training us on drama tonight which was gd crack and after we played hide and seek in the dark and all got lil hyper! its gd as we're all startin to be more comfortable around each other- a huge contrast from the first day when we all sat in awkward silence making polite convo! it still hasnt fully hit me that im doing TOM- its starting to but hasnt yet!- like ive looked up to so many of the ppl who have done TOM like Lisa Own Mary Rose and Ryan who came to r church- and its so strange to think- thats now me!
but i am enjoying it just feeling a bit drained- pray for tomorrow as its first aid which is supposed to me a very very long day!- im lso reading Red Moon Rising at the minute which is all about the 24/7 prayer movement and its so class- its very very inspiring and i guess its helping teach me totrust in God and is encouraging me to try and be more radical in my faith!- i think throughout training Gods really been saying to us to depend on me- like when we say "give us our daily bread" that we;ll really mean it and Fully Rely on God!
well really must go to sleep as im starting to feel wrecked! But you are all free to visit any time- just send me a wee text and see if im free- Fri n sat evening im free n sun morn n afternoon! also next Tues night im free- is Yabs on?i would love to go if it is!
o and r hoodies are going to be sky blue with brown writing!
if Jackie is reading this then send me a wee text hehe!- tell Tori that Im prying for her! i was telling Gillian today how gr8 Jackie and Peter are! i do miss everyone so send me wee texts!
love hannah

lol after doing soooo well blogging i have neglected it shamefully! Alhough I have had a busy wee summer! I went to Spring Harvest with my family which I was not looking forward too as I reckoned I would be rather bored but I really enjoyed myself when I was there! I made friends with fellow card loving people- Heather and Matt Jones- it was gd crack just siting and playing cards or going to the pool. But I really loved that it was a christian camp- i felt that it made the atmostphere so much freindlier n nicer and in the morning we had bible study where a speaker came to chat to us n it only lasted an hour n went really quickly- it seemed quite different from church which to me goes quite slowly but i suppose thats the same in school- 2 periods seem to last forever! I wud quite like to help out at something like spring harvest- a christian camp in france! very kul! Heather and Matt are from England n I am emailing Heather regularly which s exciting as we are prayer partners across the water- she is involved with loads of Christian stuff like soul surviror n lighthouse n its kul chattin about the different things we've been too!

Im just back from Castlewellan as well and have come back with the cold - Mckimm got it first n then Algie then me! we were all sharin a tent so I suppose it was inevitable! But Castlwellan was really kul I thought- coming back from it I feel more intmate with God and a wee bit more confident bout next year. Rozy and Helen two of the girls Im doing team with next year were also there and it was kul gettin to chat to them and to start to know them a wee bit better! On the Friday night we went down to the lake together to pray. It wa a really gd bonding time as we were all scared as it was soo dark n all freezing so we linked arms and it was really intimate praying together- we've decided that this time next year at the end of TOM we will do the same thing again! But we also want to pray together every day and get an excersise video so we can keep fit! This guy from Colraine was praying for me in our bible study group and he prayed that God would be the 5th member of our team which I though was a realy kul way to think about it- the other girls thought so too and I think its going to be a really special year. I also think I will miss Knock though and all the people in it especially my wee Adam! i also got quite close to nicky and Hannah at Castlwellan and it will be strange not being with Knock as pracically every day for a gd few years now Ive done something to do with Knock- Like Panto, Tori's, mine group, impact, church,prayer meeting, worship group- all of which Ive loved being a part of. Mime group was possibly my fave this year- its so exciting to see so much potential in those little girls- they are soo gd at it and it was a pleasure getting to know them! Anyone who is reading this I would appreciate ur prayers for next year! Traning looks to be pretty intense with like two speakers a day- brekkie being at 830 every day and this thing called under the spotlight- were basically everyone can ask u anythiing they like while u stand at the front- ahhh! it was gd chattin to Gary and Caleb who did team this past year- they were giving u hints and tips!

Well all in all it has been a gd wee summer and I am rather excited about next year and all it holds! Love Hannah x

Boredom...

well i am feeling rather bored today as it is a raher wet n miserable sort of day. I would like to do something productive but do not know what! Any ideas?
I received a leter from Queens today which confused me but also excited me as it mademe wnt to go to uni now n be part of it but I cant have it both ways and I do still really want to do TOM as well- this inbetweeny period I feel I am being lazy with the knowledge that next year Ill be working hard but I do not like hving nothing to do I am even bored with reading!! hmm well I am going to pray now and ask God what he would like me to do today as I am quite sure that being lazy is not his plan for me!

I have had a rather lazy day today- I finished reading my book- The other Boelyn Girl. It was very good I couldnt put it down but at the end it was very side. I forgot what happened to Anne Boelyn- it is set in the times of Henry VIII and I have decided that I definitly would not like to have been alive at that time epecially as a woman!! I would have had no status apart from that of my family or husband and it was most likely my family would have arragned for me to marry when I would be about 13. So at the minute I am definitly valuing my indepedence it is amazing how far we have come. The dresses did sound fun though and the balls but I do not think it would have been worth the price.

On a different not entirely I was thinking of arranging a cinema trip for Sat night to see Batman begins at Movieland as its cheaper- it'll probably be on at 730 but we could maybe get our tea b4hand?

Well I have to go babysit again- from 4-8 itll be my first proper job as au pair how exciting! Also Im having a carboot sale on Sat morning to race funds for TOM team so if you have any things that I could see let me know and I would be very grateful!

Thanks x

http://spaces.msn.com/members/foxylady102/ I have added photos to this address of the church formal photos and I am going to add some more too like the photos from laser skirmishing on my bday!

I was babysitting today from 3-6 was quite fun I played lots of games and got tired out lol but luckily it was only one child as the other one was having a nap. I will be doing alot of babysitting as I am being an au pair in from now til end of the summer or any suggestions of games or ways to keep the kids amused would be very helpful! There is a girl who is 5 and a boy who is 10 hard work!

well i did not just get a new top a got a new skirt as well and a little jacket and new shoes!! i never really wear skirts so was quite a new thing to be wearing it but now a slightly regret it lol ill tell you why now- my commissioning service last night was lots of good fun but when I went up to the front we all had to introduce ourselves and this was when disaster struck. Gillian Best got us all to line up at the front and into her mic we all had to say where we came from and what team we would be doing- that went fine until Gillian's mic got caught under my skirt and my skirt started to lift up! I tried to untangle it but couldnt so then just couldnt stop laughing-same with every1 else but evenutally someone untangled it for me- was very embarrassing but also very funny!! As I said to me fellow team members- first funny incidient this year! Although hopefully it doesnt indicate whats to come- i.e. more embarrassing moment for me but Im sure it will! It was a good night though I lost my voice and its still sore today :( I think I may have caught something as my head is all sore and Im feeling very tired- had to go home early from impact last night which was disapointing.

I found out that I officially start on the 31st August and I move into the methodist chapal place at Queens where I do training for a month with the rest of TOM people. Then in October I move into the TOM flat with the other travelling team girls- Rozy, Helen and Leanne and Colin who is doing an internship with Whiteabbey. So is all rather exciting although also rather scary but at the minute I am focusing on Psalm 5 v 8 "Let your will be done. Make your way plain for me to follow" I want God's will for my life and at the minute I'm asking him to make his will clear even in the everyday things.

Well teatime now!

Bye x

lol this is quite exciting for the first time ever i fel i am blogging two days in a row! though i was quite surprised to find that stephen had already read yesterdays one- go him! I went to see mr and mrs smith last nitght and loved it I wud def recommend it!!do go n see it! was gd crack as well lots of different ppl went which was kul. well Im about to go shopping to get a new top for my commissioning service tonight- any excuse to get new clothes! bye

hey well i m at home with not very much today in fact the word bored could be used to decribe how Im feeling so just as I was about to go to www.bored.com (which really is a gd siteespecially the lemonade game- very addictive!) I thought why not blog!
My exams finished yesterday and my teacher was right when she said youll be nat a loss as to what to do with your time!I have read a book this morning but feel Ill be too greedy if I read another one! There is also my room to tackle but on my first day of freedom I do not want to start tidying my room- it reall is very messy Im going to try and teach myself to be tidy for TOM next year- also how to cook meals, work out how to use the washng machine and iron properly- I can however change a plug so in a way I am one step there to being self suficient!

I am looking forward to doing TOM team- I was at lemongrass last night and was thinking I will be living across the rd from here next year! it is going to be very strange living with people other than my family in a way its kinda like Big Brother although at the same time not at all- I will be in a house with three people I do not know particularly well- living with them and being with them practically every day- I wonder what my role will be? Any thoughts anyone who is reading this?Also any suggestions as to productive things I can do with my spare time? I would like to make thank- you cards for all the people who have given me money for TOM but dont think Im particularl good at making things like that- although I do art (well did art) I am not good with nice neat presentable things- for my art I always did big and old things- for my final piece this year I did four sheets of A1 in charchol of a photo of me and my mum when I am just born- working sooo big is very me and I loved doing it!

well time for lunch my tummy is telling me

Bye x

hey
todays sermon in church was amazing!!! I had jut been speaking to ally about church n how we loved the ppl just not so much the services. and i otally agreed with what Ken was saying about how we shouold praise God for the work he is doing through us and what he was asying was really exciting but then it was follwoed with a song that i found hard to praise God with. I have to work on it but I find it so hard to worship God with praise with the organ and songs in our church- I want to dance and sing my heart out to priase him sometimes but feel restricted.
well g2g for lunch bye

Hey! This post is a wee test for Jackie to see if you check up on blogs thouroughly! When your read this send me a wee text and Ill see who long it takes you to read it- Ill tell you soon though incase you never check! Hehe! This weekI hve had three mocks in school which does stress me out a wee bit but its also useful and I can see its benefits I jut need to do some other revision as well not just revision for the mocks!

I had my TOM intereview on Sat which was again stressful and I didnt sleep much the night b4 as I kept going over possibole questions in my head. But I feel everyones prayers were indeed with me as I really enojyed myself and got on well with all the other ppl. There were 6 other ppl who were to be interviews- 5 girls 1 boy. At the start I really was quite nervous and didnt say much but as we did more and more group building activities I became more myself. ALthough they really will be in 4 a shock nxt year as one of them said I seemed far too nice to act mad for this drama we were doing and tht they could never imagaine me taking a psycio I warned them that I could indeed as I was not a morning person! But still was nice to be thought of as being a nice gentle person- that is the type of person I am striving to become. My personal interview went quite well although at the end they asked me an extra question- if i could only say one thing to the ppl I will meet nxt year wot would it be? I went for the good old cheesy Chistian answer and said "God loves you!" I find out at the end of this week if I have a place on the team and mb a bit after that wot team Im on! Exciting!
Well I am away to Tori's now!
Bye