Final week of tooouuurrrrrr!!!!!!!! Our last week is done, I can't believe it! Here's how it went :)
Thursday 21st was when we moved from Ipswich to Bristol and that evening we went to talk to the young people at the youth group. That went alright, only 3 girls were there but it was nice all the same. Meant more snacks for us!
Friday 22nd started with prayers at the church, and then we helped out at mums and toddlers until lunch. Lots of very cute babies! In the evening we helped out at the 12-16yr old group.... Oh my. 30 of them, loud, proud and very annoying. But we came out alive, just!
Saturday 23rd was 'Fun in the park'. The church puts on this free event every year, and it's basically a way to reach out to the community and show them a bit of Gods love. There's bouncy castles, rodeo thing I spent 2 hours manning the Freeset stuff and 2 hours face painting! My hands were stained orange afterwards from painting so many tigers and spider men!!
At about 4 we headed back to our individual temporary places of residence and got ready to go out to the theatre and watch the Phantom of the Opera!! Very exciting.
And then it was about time to go into the theatre. The show was amaziiiing. Love love love going to the theatre! However the funniest part of the day wasn't until after the show. We were waiting for Ellen's mum to come and pick us up when 3 very drunk guys came up to us and one sat down next to me trying to chat me up etc. Offered me drugs and various other things! Luckily he noticed my dismissive tone and with a little help from his friends he left. Highly amusing though. Bless him.
On the 26th we helped set up and serve and the luncheon club (posh name for oldies meal). I love old people though they're so funny. Afterwards Darren (Pastor) took us on a tour of Bristol. We went to various places including Clifton suspension bridge and observatory, Bristol old vic theatre (For Bebe), etc.
Thursday 21st was when we moved from Ipswich to Bristol and that evening we went to talk to the young people at the youth group. That went alright, only 3 girls were there but it was nice all the same. Meant more snacks for us!
Friday 22nd started with prayers at the church, and then we helped out at mums and toddlers until lunch. Lots of very cute babies! In the evening we helped out at the 12-16yr old group.... Oh my. 30 of them, loud, proud and very annoying. But we came out alive, just!
Saturday 23rd was 'Fun in the park'. The church puts on this free event every year, and it's basically a way to reach out to the community and show them a bit of Gods love. There's bouncy castles, rodeo thing I spent 2 hours manning the Freeset stuff and 2 hours face painting! My hands were stained orange afterwards from painting so many tigers and spider men!!
At the Freeset stall with Karen. Pretty sure I'm munching on a burger here too.
Live music from the church band
At the Freeset stand
It was good fun. And the rain held off!! Not bad at all.
Sunday 24th started with, obviously, church. We did our usual talk about what we did in India, and gave our testimonies. We always say we are so bored of saying the same old stuff, we pretty much know each others testimonies off by heart now, but when you find out that what you had said had actually made a girl start to turn back to Christ, it makes it so worth it. God put us there for a reason, and now his child is returning home. YAY!
I don't look very happy but I prefer to call it... concentration...
Last ever church service!
In our sari's again!
We had just enough time for lunch, and then we were back out in the park for, you guessed it, Church in the park! Similar sort of thing to FITP but there was a very short sermon as well. And, us 4 did a puppet show. Oh yeah.
Monday was kind to us and let us lie in. However I was awake at 8 due to losing the off switch on my body clock. But it was nice none the less. We got to church for about 11.30 and got to work on painting one of the church offices. But when you have to paint over wallpaper looks like this...:
...
...Its not so easy.
And heres some painty snaps just for fun...
Ta da!
We got to the theatre early so went around and visited a few people first....
And then we found this big mirrory globe thing:
On the 26th we helped set up and serve and the luncheon club (posh name for oldies meal). I love old people though they're so funny. Afterwards Darren (Pastor) took us on a tour of Bristol. We went to various places including Clifton suspension bridge and observatory, Bristol old vic theatre (For Bebe), etc.
250ft above the floor of Avon Gorge
It was nice to get out and see more of Bristol. Then Darren took us for a drink before we all went "home". Then it was time to relax until the evening when we were taken out to an Indian restaurant for dinner. A lovely way to end a great week. And I learnt a great new skill from Frin which I practiced on my bedsheets to leave a little surprise for Darren and Karen when I left:
How to make dead chickens out a napkin... Or my bed sheets in this case!
What a delightful dead chicken surprise for them!
Anyway, after a lovely lunch at the Pullins residence we left Bristol and now I'm back at IMC, and tour is pretty much officially over!! I'll do a 'feelings' bit in the next one when I will be back in my actual real life house!
It may not be home home, but it's great to be back with the other action teamers.
Its been so crazy moving from place to place, but its good to remember that God is our 'dwelling place'. In him we have a home.
'Lord you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God' - Psalm 90:1-2
'For in Him we live and move and have our being' - Acts 17:28
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