A rather dramatic case of ageing

Sometimes kids say the funniest things ... one reception kid asked me today if I was Mrs Stephens' (my mum's) Mummy, cos I was taller than her I think... hahahaha now that is definitly a first, normally I'm being told I look like I'm 15, lol.

So much has been going on since I last posted ... my travel plans to Hong Kong are finally arranged, I'm definitly going to be working with Cambridge International Outreach for August, the lecturers strike has been resolved, I've moved back home, had my graduation ball, been given a tonne of work to do before I start at Cambridge in September, chereographed and taught 4 dances at school, and just done a load of mad stuff generally. Today for example I've been painting foliage onto the windows at school for scenery with random cut up sponges. I've never had such green fingers!!! The things you end up doing at school lol, but I love the creative atmosphere that's going on there at the moment ... until they've finished the play it's drama, dance and art work all the way =)

Sunday was my penultimate week at Elim and I had to say goodbye to some people who won't be there next week ... I still can't quite make myself understand that I will be gone from there soon it's still not quite real but in about a week's time i'll be getting on a plane to Hong Kong. Unfortunatly my results get released as I'm just about to take off from London so i'm not gonna be able to find out how I did for ages which is causing all kinds of problems with Cambridge but I guess it'll all work out in the end. I am SOOO excited about being back in Hong Kong again though. Got an email today about SCP starting again this week, I love this program its such an exciting and dynamic thing to be involved in. For Students in Hong Kong it's THE place to be, slightly gutted that i'll be missing the start but so glad it's up and running this year, and I guess I'll be there soon anyways.

I'd forgotten how much fun summer can be in England when the weather is good ... evenings and barbecues on the beach, picnics in the park, ultimate frisbee/football matches, mucking about in the sea, and just generally hanging about outside. Looking around on Sunday I just saw all these people who have been such a big part of my life for this year and realised how much I'm gonna miss being around them. But at the same time I am SO excited for what i'm gonna be doing next year and know how important a year it is to enable me to realise the dreams that God has put on my heart ... and that's almost the most exciting thing about it all. At the moment with all the work they have sent me to do in my already packed summer I feel a little overwhelmed but I know that whatever happens I don't want to be relying on my own strength and abilities anyway. It reminds me once again how much I NEED God.