hello Christmas is upon us :)

The last couple of weeks since training have been very good, very busy but good. getting everything sorted for Christmas, getting the crafts ready for carols in the car park.today we was giving out leaflets for that. on Friday when i go listen to the children read to me at the school, well this week it was different i watched there wigly nativity instead, which was very good. on sunday we went through sparkle again and listen to help the kids learn there lines and the songs was a bit chaotic with the younger ones running around but everyone did amazing and sparkle will be very good. We have got the cameo party and the high 5 christmas party this week which will be really nice having a disco and food and games. Which will be really nice to get in the christmas spirit. Tonight i went and had a look at a youth club which was really good got asked to go ice skatign with them next week which will be fun, getting to know the youth better and the team better aswell. I think it will help me get experiance with doing youth work as its what god is calling me to do. Well i hope you enjoy the read its quite short but ill do another one at the end of the week to tell you how this week goes. so after tonight it will only be 15 days till christmas can not wait.

Hello there :)

So the last week we went to training left Eston at 6 got to kent about 12ish so a early long morning. So we had feed backs on things while we were there learning about what we are going to do this week and said our reviews on some books. I quite liked the grave book which is a illustrated version of what's so amazing about grave I'd recommend both, as you learn about grace in different situations. I like one chapter on velvet Elvis which was when rob started a church. It was successful getting bigger the church but he didn't know if he believed in god and the chapter was about that. We have new books now to read darkest England way back in and a book written by brother Lawrence. So on the first night didn't have why games really to play but we bought nerf guns had fun with them all week even if yiu do get shot in the face! We did part of our creditation which was the presenting a presentation which went really well, did that all day then. We then said our stories of how we found hoe and what he is doing in our lives now, so we had to that for 5 minutes mine was 6 minutes 7 seconds everyone did very well. We listend to brother Paul about his journey, of how he became a friar as he was a successful man with quite a bit if money he worked hard on but he listend to god and was talking to him and that's how he decided to be a friar. He told is about the history of the hermit monks and how the branches of different friar families he is a carmanlite friar if that's how you spell it. The building was nice accept no hot water so cold showers and the beds were hard but it was warm and nice. The food was very good and we were fed well. A really lady made is homemade cakes and biscuits everyday. We went to mass one morning it was different but I didn't understand it or connect with it, we had captain Steve Wilson from Abergavenny come in and do bible explorer the New Testament which was really fun and good was hard to remember the actions, but we did try learn it on one day. We all had chats with Matt and Anita if you don't know who they are they are apart of the alove team. They are the ones who sort everything out for us like placements training all f that. So we had individual catch ups which was good. We did a cross walk which was very good as I was trying to listen to god avid speak to him of what I want to do after this year which at the moment is to do essential 2 and become a youth worker that's my calling at the moment. But this week for me was to reflect and listen and speak to god figuring out the plan he has for me. I want to thank everyone for the financial support but the prayers too it's been a great help. So we went to the college Friday night as we had to go regent street hall in the morning to help the fair trade Christmas market thing. But before that the joystrings we're singing and talking at WBC me axl and Chris didn't want to go we even got asked by Joy Webb and we still said no we went and played table tennis instead before we went to bed to get up early. So get up early go to regent hall Salvation Army which was really fun help set up the bunting and then all day stood outside giving leaflets out trying up get people in. Was hard giving them out as many said no thank you but we managed to give some to people which was good. So I go to give some leeflets out and I see my mum and dad as they were going to the fair. So I said hello to them and spent some time with them had some lunch which was very nice :) Was getting a bit cold but at the front was a game being sold in the market which I was the best at. It was called PUCK IT where you ping little pucks through a gap and to win you had to ping all your pucks through to the other side do you don't have any pucks at all on your side. I would recommend it to anyone. So then get back to work and I start giving out free bags which I was getting rid of quickly. The girls who we're giving them out kept saying more already every time I got then out. Theny brother comes and meets up with us with other essential 2s as we all went to the alumni together it was really good seems him and other people I know good was good TC Comissioner Clive Adams spoke well, the first part of the talk to me seemed more  aimed to the Timothy's who were on the Timothy programme and past essentials and towards the end aimed to the present essentials which was good. So overall it was a great week and a great weekend with great people and a great team. I hope you all read this far haha and really enjoyed it too