And so I conquered London now off to PARIS!!!!!

Well Merry Merry Christmas everyone! 

This week and month have flown by so quickly, my time here in London is coming to a close. Its sad but  I am ready to head of to Paris. But first here is a quick recap since last time. I ended on Wed and so I will begin with Thursday. i have realized that my days have all become mixed together and so I will try my best to remember everything and their appropriate dates. I must start writing it all down each day but by the end of the day I am tired and just want to sleep. Any who thursday we took a trip down to see the Tate Britain. I would suggest to see well in general all the musuems in London are free to go in and so if you are here go see them all if you are here for a period of time. There was art that was really old and then there was some freaky weird modern art. Later that day Beths family went out and so they said that us three girls ( Christy, Brianna and I) could stay and hang out in their flat. So we got our laundry from the hostel, picked up frozen pizza, chips dounuts and reeses and had a girls night. We watch 27 dresses, chilled and just hung out untll it was time to head back. The thing was that the washer/ dryer wasnt working so our clothes were still soaking wet after 2 hours of drying so we took them back to our hostel where I stayed up till 1 finishing and drying them. 

Friday was Beths birthday and so we spent the day with her doing what she wanted to do. So stop number one  was Primart. If you have never heard of this place, let me put it like this, it is a massive clothing/ everything under the sun shop that Zach bought his wonderous tiger onsie at or you can buy cheap anything thing really. I got some much needed warm nylons and leggings and a few head bands and a pair of shoes to go with a dress. We then continued our shopping where I bought new walking shoes that were a good price. Later we went and hung out at Beths went out for really good greek food. It was a different way of doing it. You sort of all order appies and share them among the table it was yummy, I wasnt really that hungry or feeling a hundred percent either. I also had ginger beer for the first time, which isnt beer its this pop kinda like ginger ale but stronger and more gingery and I shared a greek yogurt with rasberries and honey with Christy, So the two lactose people shared a highly dairy concentrated dessert. To put in a gross note here it just ment after we could have started a forrest fire if you got a match close to the two of us. 

Saturday being Christmas Eve, the Tuckers went out to see a show and so me and Brianna were left to our own devices. So what else do you do on Christmas Eve in London. Well of course you go to one of the biggest department stores in London one that, you could afford none of it. We went and visited the one and only Harrods. It was fantastic, if you ever get a chance go go go see it. 5 stories of amaziness, clothes that cost a fortune. A jacket for a baby that cost a 1000 pounds do the math in canadian and its insane. I touched designer clothes, for adults and for children. I laid my hands on things I could never buy, but wish i could. I did some in my head shopping. i wanted to have a house to decorate and a baby to dress and a reason to wear a gown with amazing heels. It was wonderful probably  most girls dream. I loved it. Me and brianna where in heaven. Side note I saw sugar cubes in the shape of hearts, insane right they were like 15 pounds. They also came in little silver balls and frogs and everything you could imagine. We finished Harrods in 2 hours or more and then decided to wander so we tubed to St Pauls, walked around there and saw protesters and long lines. We walked across the millenium bridge and walked along the river. The best part was as we were trying to find a tube again we saw the London eye with the sun going down behind it and we could see a bit of Big ben. the sky looked like it was on fire. It was amazing, as we were walking acorss the bridge to get to Big Ben and westminsiter abbey we took some amazing pictures of the sun going down behind it. So sweet and amazing. Later that evening we went to Christmas eve evening service at this local church, it was angelican/ catholic, which was really neat to see and hear.  It was a lot different of a service from anything I was used to ever seeing.  

And then there was Christmas, which was really good, I wasn't sure how it was going to be, with being away from home and being in a hostel and just not being anything like normal. And yeah it was quite different, We slept in took our time went our for breakfast to the only open place anywhere near where we are staying. We went back to the hostel, hung out read, and then watched some episodes of Community and then had pumpkin soup for lunch with Christmas cookies that we had bought the other day. We had to walk to the Tuckers flat, because the subway was closed for the day. It was only like a half hour walk, it wasn't bad, we took the long way so it was more like 45 mins. We got the flat and watched the queens message and played some Uno where I won and I wasn't really even paying attention. I then got to talk to Zach on Skype which was really really nice. We helped make Turkey dinner and then I got to call my mom and talk to her and my brother on the phone. It was such a comfort and I enjoyed it when you don't get to be home for the holidays, you realise just how much you wish you were there. I can only imagine how different it is for my family back home to not have me there for Christmas plus my sister Bailey is not coming home for Christmas this year so it was I am sure a rather quiet Christmas. We spent the rest of the evening drinking tea and coffee and watching Christmas things. We watched the cartoon version of The Grinch and then The Christmas episode of Glee. I got to talk to my dad and step mom today which was really good. Overall the day turned our pretty decent. 

And then today we are off to Paris to spend 5 days there. Wish us luck and continue to pray for my group of travel buddies. We are heading off on a train later tonight and will arrive late in Paris and then taxi to our hostel which hopefully we find. I am a little bit nervous but I am very excited and I am sure once I get there it will be all good. I am sure my hostel could not be nearly as bad as sleeping on the ground of a circus tent, which is what my mom and dad tell me they did when they travelled. So I just have to continue to pray and have faith and trust that everything will work out just fine. We are also meeting up with Zach in Paris, he comes in on the 27th so just pray for his safe travels as he is travelling alone. 

I will continue to keep  you all updated as much as possible. I am missing you all very much and hope you guys had a marvellous Christmas wherever you were and who ever you were with because I realised Christmas is more then just about the presents and food, its about the people who are with you and about the birth of a wonderful Jesus. Happy Christmas as the Brits would say. 

Love Moriah

It's been a week and I am still Alive!!!

So I left off on what we did Saturday and so Sunday morning we woke up rather early to go to a communion service at Westminster abbey. The service was a lot shorter then we had thought and so we were left to figure out last minute what we wanted to do for the day. We ended up seeing people from Capers at the service and afterwards we went and had coffee and figured out what there was so do so early on sun. We walked around the old part of London for awhile and just took in the old buildings and such and then made our way down to  Buckingham place and walked through the gardens and this cute path thing towards where all the embassies are. The group found the only Timmies in London which is just Timmies coffee at this little store. Apparently not really the real deal but good enough for most of us. We continued to walk and look in shops and that. I found myself a really pretty dress for really cheap for when we are in Paris. We went and picked up Beths family from the Airport and then me and Brianna and Aaron headed back to the hostel to eat and then head out to Hillsong United Church Service. It was soo amazing and sweet and I loved every minute of it. They had awesome music and an awesome message of Faith, Hope and Love. There was so many people there and they do it inside of this Theatre. 

Monday was a very  stressful unhappy day. It was probably the worst days on our trip. It was me and Brianna stuck with our fellow Aaron who we felt like we were dragging around the city. Plus it was rainning all day. Not a very pleasant way to spend the day. Our day went like this we went to the tower Bridge and the sites around there where we walked across the bridge and and then we had lunch. We were suppose to meet up with Beth and Christy and family at Hyde Park Christmas market but they left before we got there so we three went anyway. It really wasnt the day to do an outside Christmas, cause it was pouring rain out side. But when we entered the park we believe that we saw Will and Kate driving. It looked exactly like them and they were in a nice car and then we found a picture on line of them in that same area. As we were walking around the market we happened to have lost Aaron and we did not purposely lose him, we didnt mind but we didnt do it on purpose. We waited around and looked for him for a good half hour but we were cold and tired and done. We were becoming grumpy unhappy people and so we walked to where Beth and company where and found them and walked around the expensive shopping district and did some window shopping which made our moods a lot better. Turns out Aaron stayed at the market looking for us for a few hours. We saw the place where Beth and company are staying, my pants where really wet and so we tried to dry them in the washer/ dryer but it washed them instead of dried them and I still dont have them back because we have washed them I think 3 times now. For some reason we cant figure out how to dry.  Oh and our night got even better we had a orange flashing light outside our room all night and then a fire alarm go off on a regular bases throughout the night

Tuesday was a much better day. It started off soo much better, it was sunny and sorta warm. We have really nice hostel roommates from Austria who are heading over to Canada in a week to snowboard, anywho I was talking to the girl who was such a sweetheart and we were sitting and planning what we were both going to do. We went and got coffee, I had a London fog that actually tasted like one, no one knows what it is. We meet up with Beth and Company at Abbey road where the Beatles crossed, and yes we took the wonderful picture of us 4 girls crossing and we sign our names on  the wall and then we headed over to Regents Park, which is gorgeous and beautiful. We stopped at the London Zoo and spent the afternoon there. It was cool we got to see all sorts of animals including, llamas, reptiles, giraffes and soo much more. It started getting cold and the zoo closed early because of the season so we didnt get to see everything. Afterward we walked down to Camden Market and looked around for a bit. It is such different shopping down there then where we are used to shopping. It was kinda like where all the immigrants go to get work and hang out. We went back to the where Beth is staying and hung out before going for dinner at this East Indian food place. It was really yummy and I miss actual Indian food. We got back to the hostel late and slept and woke up to Wed. 

Which is today, Today it was just Brianna and I hanging out, we went to the National Gallery and National Portait gallery where we realized after awhile all the old photos that are painted of people start looking the same. We enjoyed the modern photography and the Paintings of landscapes or random cool looking things that dont envovle people. After we were done we had a lot of time left and didnt know what to do so we wandered up and down the streets of London looking in shops and what not. We went into a few modern photo galleries and found an antique maps place. The guy was really nice and let us look around and actually let us touch this 400 year old map of England which was so cool. Didnt look anything like England but was so sweet to touch it. i found my self better walking shoes as well and found awesome couture shops where the clothes where on the runway. That made my day it was so cool and the guy didnt care if we touched them. We were really tired so we headed back early took a peek in the Library again and then we are off to bed. 

Missing you all right now but I am having a great time. I am getting used to being with prettty much me and Brianna and exploring and not feeling so frightened and stressed. We have figure out how to work the Subway and we use it all the time. I love it best invention ever. We are eating sandwiches and soup from tesco, cheapest way to eat plus we eat rather little and walk a lot so I am hoping those extra pounds from school that I have gained come off my body. I am wearing the same clothes again and feel like a traveling student who has very little money and on a very tight budget. I have to say we have found places around here that sell Reeses Chocolate bars which have made us girls soo very happy its been 3 months with out chocolate with peanut butter in it. I have missed them a lot. That Is all for now, Pray for safety and that I might not be too homesick with in the coming days of Christmas being around the corner. I am looking forward to the rest of my travels and will continue to update. 

Lots of Love Moriah

London, london london...

So for those who are curious, which I am sure if you are reading this you must be.  i have made my way to London, safe and sound. We arrived here thursday morning at 3:30, after leaving the school at around 10 pm Wed night. It was a long not so comfy, lack of sleep bus ride. The bus stop didnt really have anywhere for us to sleep or stay warm, so the 5 of us ( Beth and Christy from Burnaby, Brianna and me from Chilliwack and then Aaron from somewhere in Alberta) decided to call a taxi to take us to our hostel. We arrived asked to keep our backpacks in their storage until we could check in. They kindly allowed us to use their tv room to sit and relax until it we wanted to go out and have coffee. However they specifically told us not to sleep. As you know 5 young people who have had a lack of sleep can be very tired and so the 4 of them slept while, I read my bible and watched the news for once. We left for coffee and breakfast at around 7 and then bought oyster cards for the underground. Which is amazing and I love the underground soo much. We took our first tube to Oxford St and did a bit of shopping, you guys should be proud, I only bought magic markers with the girls. I am trying not spend a lot of money on things other then food and things of need and some fun stuff. We got back to our hostel having a lack of energy and had our make shift dinner and hit the sack early. Friday we went to the British National Museum and spent a few hours there just looking around and seeing everything. Its so cool to see things that you have learned about in school. We wandered the streets some more and found some really cute shopping area with Christmas decorations everywhere. i love how I am in London for Christmas, the decorations around here are amazing and festive. After wandering we got on the tube and headed over to the British Library where we saw all these old books and even pieces of a really old bible in greek. We also saw music that the beatles wrote out long time ago, and lots of other such things. We had dinner at this pub, where we ate real food instead of sandwiches. We were soo happy to have all the ketchup we want, actual salad thats good looking with SALAD DRESSING! and warm food that we could choose. Our waitress said we were the happiest people she served. 

Today being Saturday we woke up and decided to go across the river to this awesome Christmas Market. It was so festive and sweet. The London Eye was right there, so I took a trip on it, and got to see the whole city. It was so amazing and beautiful, i went on the perfect day. The weather here has been turning better throughout the day and so it starts out raining and then gets nice and sunny, but always cold. We ended our day by heading over and saw big ben and the parliament. We went on the tube and found Primark and shopped got stressed out and realized how much we hate people. There are so many people all over the place, its last minute Christmas shopping. By the end of our shopping we took so side roads and just slowly made our way back to our hostel where we made some soup and dinner. 

I am having a pretty good time. The weather has been holding up really well for us and all of us girls are getting along really well. It is so much fun hanging out with these girls. Aaron brings some interestingness to the mix, we are learning a lot of patients with him. We have been eating sandwiches and some nice random cheap food. We have been walking and exploring, drinking coffee and hanging out, we have been using the underground and are learning to walk around lots of people and find our way around London. I am so looking forward to the rest of our time traveling. Tomorrow Beths family is coming into town and we are going to Church but Beth and Christy are going and staying with Beths family so its me and Brianna at the Hostel but we are learning our way around and I think we will be good. Continue to pray for safety and our health but also for patience with each other. Lots of love Moriah 

And away we go... oh how time has flown

As far as this week has been concerned it has been pretty boring, uneventful, less happening then other weeks, I have done little to nothing. Mon-thurs has just been lectures which is cool and all but not anything new nad exciting. We have started two new lecture series this week one on The Early Life of Abram by Rob  W. It is a really interesting series, he literally picks apart the verses one by one and explains it from different perspective. The last lecture he did was one of my favourites he talked about the will of God. There was an awesome illustration to why He allows it. The illustration he used was Rob allows his daughter to touch the hot stove so that she can learn from it, he doesnt go and force her hand on the hot stove to teach her but he allows it to happen so that she will learn from it and not do it again. It is very much like that way with God he allows us to do things so that we hopefully learn from them and that we will draw near to Him.  Our other lecturer Mark Thomas, the head guy at the school is doing a lecture series on 1 and 2 Corinthians. I quite enjoy these books however, his voice puts me to sleep. I have been able to write quite a few letters during his lectures. I do listen from time to time but he talks on one thing for half hour and you can get his point in 10 mins of listening. I did start focusing more near the end of the week. I also went through the chapters before he talked on them and studied them for my self.
Friday was our seminar day and we had our seminar on daily devotion. Which was really awesome, and such a great reminder, Sue was the speaker and she talked on how we should see God everywhere, becuase he is everywhere. Not just praise Him at church but everywhere you are and everywhere you go. She also talked about finding a time a place and a method to daily devotions. This past week I had already been focusing on alone time with me and God. And so I have been waking up really early like 6:30 am early, so that I can email quickly and then read my bible and then later when i have few time i can pray and read and do my devotion. I have been enjoying waking up early as well it makes me wake up by breakfast and to be fully awake during lectures. Oh but another thing that has pushed me this week is that Thursday night we had New Testament discussion group and I realized that I want to just dig into the books of the bible and spend time in the word really studing and know it. After our seminar on Friday we just had a few day but we had a tea party in the afternoon that I went to for a bit and then left to work on my essay. Friday night we had the dress rehearsal for the Christmas concert.
Saturday I had such a productive day I woke up at 630, talked with Jessica on facebook, then did my Old testament reading and then did my devotional and started my essay all before brunch. Then we went for a walk around the loop twice and then I sat in the lounge all after noon, working on Christmas cards, reading this new book I grabbed and then finishing my essay. Saturday night was a Christmas party, in the lounge with apple cidar and cookies with people playing games and music playing all around. I ended up having a really nice chat with one of the girls here. After that we did a block party with all the rooms in our hall, which was a lot of fun. Sun we had our church service in the lounge again and then, I literally hung out in here getting to know my RA finally a little bit better, wwhich was really nice, becuase I dont think i had ever really talked to her before. Then after lunch me and Jessica from alaska went with 3 of the staff girls to a staffs house and we baked all afternoon. Then there was Christmas choir production so I hung out and went to bed early for once.
I probably wont get another chance to post before I leave considering I leave tomorrow night at 11 pm to go down to London. I still havent packed yet, I dont know when i am going to but I have to pack my room up plus all the stuff I want to bring with me travelling. I am realizing I have a lot of stuff. This week is pretty slack we only have morning lectures which is nice and tonight we have our Christmas banquet where we get to get all dressed up and we get our food that is going to be amazing served to us. It should be a very fun evening. I am also having my room get together today and we are doing our secert santas. We are going to just hang out, pack together and get ready for tonight. We also find out who our secert sister is today. And then I just have to pack and last min details. Tomorrow we are cleaning and preparing and just hanging out and relaxing before we go away. I'll be gone travelling for 3 weeks and will probably keep you all updated. Please pray for safety and health as we go out. That we might just enjoy each others company and not want to strangle each other, but also that we might take what we are learning here and apply it in the real world and not forget but continue to live in the Word while we are out exploring
Lots of love and miss you guys in this Holiday season, Wishing I was home to celebrate.

The Father Son and Holy Spirit

So this week was pretty decent over all, Our principle Rob Whittaker came back from lecturing at Two other Torchbearer schools. So it was nice to have him back here lecturing to us, he finished his lecture series on The Upper Room Discourse and then Ian our dean of students did a lecture on The Holy Spirit. Both lectures were really good this week and got us all thinking about what we believe and it brought up some good conversations on just the different beliefs of people. We talked about how the holy spirit works in us and just being filled and what the holy spirit is all about but also the spiritual gifts.
Monday the beginning of the week i headed into town (Carnforth) and went for coffee at this cute little coffee shop with Jordi. Tueday we went to Lancaster to finish all our travel plans, we are officially done. So just so you know I am heading to London till the 26th and then to Paris to spend new years theres and we are finishing off this wonderous journey in Dublin from the 1st to 7th and then back to school for 12 more weeks of life here at Capernwray. Wed and Thurs were chill days we walked the loop and worked on homework and just hung out. Friday was work day so i cleaned rooms and washed window ands bathrooms and hall ways with my dear friend Christy from Burnaby. We decided that we are going to know each other so well by the end of our 3 weeks of travel that we wont want to seperate. So when we get home we are going to spend all our time together. When i get home its going to be such a culture shock going from always being with the same people to being pretty much at home alone. Going to be slightly crazy.
The fact of the matter is that this week has been a slightly emotional week I have felt grumpy that there is always people around and I have felt like I just want to go home. I have missed my daddy and my family and friends and a normal life but I have also realized that I dont want to leave this place. I am loving what I am learning and I love most of the people here. I am having a blast and I feel so blessed to have a great group of frriends here who live in burnaby, surrey, lowermainlan area so that when I do go home we can still stay connected. It is so hard to believe that we are leaving to go to london in less then 2 weeks it is coming up so fast and I am so looking forward to it. It is crazy and i love the people I am traveling with.
Friday night was family group night(Family groups is every wed. morning and they divide all the students up randomly and place a staff memember or two with them and call it a family.) So after a lazy friday we went to our family leaders house and watched Elf and played apples to apples and ate some food. Our family groups baked or decorated or played games or watched movies as well. It was a pretty good night, if I was feeling better then it would have been better and more enjoyable.
Saturday is our free day, but I decided to go with the school to Manchester on the coach to do some Christmas Shopping. I didnt really do a whole lot of Christmas shopping but I did shop. I have to buy something for my secert sister and my secert Santa that we are doing in my room. Other then that I found some really cute stuff. I found a red purse which I love and i found hobbo gloves to match and then a black dress for the christmas formal, which hopefully if my sister likes it I can use it for her wedding. There was also this vintage, crazy, few decades ago but now in style store that was over whelmed with Big ugly sweaters and big bold printed everything! It was so crazy and awesome, I found some sweet shoes. Later in the evening we had a basketball 3 on 3 tournment. It was a lot of fun to watch but it was far to long and so I got bored rather quickly. However The Brady bunch won the tournment. The team consisted of Zach, Brady (our RA), Kaitlyn (my roomie) and Vanessa Funke. I ended up hanging out with Beth and Christy from Burnaby during the game and I went shopping with them during the day which was a blast and a half. I quite enjoyed my time with them and am really looking forward to spending Christmas travels with them.  After the basketball a few of us watch this show called Community.
Sunday we did service a little bit different then normal, usually we do it out in the conference hall, (where we do lecture). However we had it in the lounge which was tight and a lot of people had to sit on the floor. But we had the fire on and sung a few christmas songs, and did advent service. We had cookies and tea after and hung out and talked in the lounge till lunch. As the day progressed, it went on in a typical sunday at capernwray manner. We walked the loop twice and we came back and chilled in the lounge till Tea (dinner), I sat with Beth and just talked all afternoon it was really nice and relaxing. Later on in the evening we did our usually night service however it was slightly different, a lady came in and talked to us on the persecuted church. It is such a sad topic but one that needs to be discussed, it really made me think of how little I am willing to stand up for my faith. She was talking about how people die for what they believe all the time, and that isn't right in anyway. Its hard to hear but at the same time I can barely stick up for what I believe at home, yet people sign their name saying they are willing to die for God. Its a hard thing to think about because a lot of us have families and friends we love and we aren't willing to give them up yet. So I felt really challenged last night for when I come home to stick up for my faith and not let people walk all over me.
It has started to get really cold and sorta wet here, we have been trully blessed to have had nice weather thus far but now it is freezing, I have bought myself stuff to keep my hands and head cold. At night I sleep with multitudes of clothes on and blankets and hot water bottle. The castle is freezing and out side is freezing. Half the school population is suffering from a stuffed, running noise. My hands are contently cold, and never really warm up. The roof of the school leeks from time to time and our windows never really close. Dont feel sorry for me I live in an awesome castle with a week and a half left to go. I leave for London on the 14 at like midnight or something like that. I am very excited and happy and cant wait.
Love you all

Just a typical week

Hmm to be honest, i thought about not updating this week, it has pretty uneventful and i was feeling a lack of need to write. But I suppose I should or else ill probably forget all of the happenings. So as per usual we had lectures Mon though thurs. How ever we did not have lectures thursday night, becuase of a "Special night" which was their way of not calling in americain thanksgiving when it on the day of thanksgiving. It was pretty good food.
This week as for lecturers were concerned they were pretty good we had Stewart and Jill Briscoe from Wisconsin come and lecturer us on Servanthood and as well as what the church should really be. Stewart made sure immediately that we knew that Church is not a place you go but something you are. He talked about what it means to be part of the church body and that church isnt the place but the people. His wife Jill talked on servant hood, she had a ton of awesome amazing cool stories and was so fun and relaxing to listen to. I loved having both of them here and i learned so much, but also had new realization just about how I act and behave. We also had Kim lee speak on The father heart of God. Her lectures were alright in jsut the area that its nice to have a reminder of what the heart of God is like and just how amazing his love is for us.
Other then lectures we had our tract project that was due thursday so we spent most of the time before that working on it and getting it done. I got my results back but apparently I am fine so I have just been drinking cranberry juice. I have been feeling a lot better other then there is another cold going around, so sore throat yeah!! But Friday we did have a seminar on Budgeting which was far too long and all stuff I have already heard before and then friday after noon I walked to this cute cafe at the end of the canal again with Zach and had coffee. But the weather has gotten cold and so its been extremely windy and geting wet and cold. Friday night we watched a movie and just hung out. Saturday I headed to the cafe with a few girls, Jessica, Kendyl and Caitlyn and it poured rain by the time we got there we were completley soaked and muddy. So we didnt stay long but it was so fun to walk there in the wind and rain and was a moment to be remembered. We walked really fast back so that we could put our pjs on and do laundry and just wrap our selves in blankets and drink tea. It was so quiet when we got back becuase a lot of people went to a football game (soccer). I loved hanging out in my pjs it was so relaxing and was defiantly a chill day. Saturday was also German nights and so the 10 Germans put together a fun filled nights with german facts and games. After a bunch of us girls got though half the movie Sound of Music. Best movie ever!! It was a really good day. Sunday was church and one of the students here from Abby did the sermon, he spoke on Faith and courage. He did a really awesome job. After chruch I went for a nice walk along the canal, Sunday was one of the best days weather wise at least.
It really was a pretty relaxed week and not a lot of excitement going on.

The power of a great friendship

I am honestly loving life here, it is so amazing. It is so cool to hear and see how awesome God is and how he is working in everyones life here. I love it and fully living it up. This week has been an actually really decent week overrall it was not bad. It turned out a little different then I thought.
Monday was fairly normal, tues I had a doctors appointment which turned out that my back is hurting because my kidneys are slightly infected. I am still waiting to hear back from the lasted test results on what is fully wrong with it. But until then if you could all just pray for my health and the pain in my back . The pain is intensive and quite horrible. It hurts when i sit or stand as long as i am moving I am doing alright and so lectures this week were hard. It was hard to stay concentrated and focused on what the lecturers were saying. Other then That i am just waiting to hear back from my test and hope that my body isnt too messed up. So hopefully this pain goes away because it is not a fun thing really.
 We had two guest speakers this week one named Cristi who spoke on Sunday. i quite enjoyed him , he encouraged us to read deeper in the the passages that we were going over with him. He was speaking on the sermon on the mount, and he was able to encourage me. Our other lecturer this week was Derek Stringer, who was alright, who speaks on a radio and you can defiantly tell. his voice is monotoned and during night lectures it can truthfully put you to sleep. He was quite funny and did have some good things to say but not my favourite speaker. He spoke on Colossians.
Tuesday our essay was also due and so I finished and handed that in on Monday and so I was able to go to lancaster on Tuesday and we booked our train tickets to Paris and also our hostel in London.
Wednesday was kinda a slack day, we went into Carnforth again and then just spent more time trying to figure out Christmas travels. Thursday was a great day we walked the loop a few times and I walked to this little cafe down the canal with Zach. It was a lot of fun, and a nice change of senary. There was little mini sheep and no i dont mean lambs, they were full grown  but they were mini. So so very cute i wanted to steal one. There was also this really really quant cute little store with all sorts of nick knacks. I think its going to be my new favourite hang out place while I am here. I am planning to go there a few times this next week with some girls here.
Friday was a blast, i really enjoyed the day and everything it had to offer. I had cleaning duty so I had to go around and give everyone clean sheets and so we ended up finishing early so we got to go lie down and relax a little bit before lunch. After lunch I walked the loop and it has been so sunny and gorgeous here. As we were comning back from our walk we meet up with a group of sheep who decided to chew through the rope on the gate and let themselves out so me and Zach herded sheep back into their cage. Quite the experience, not something i want to do regularly. And we also booked our hostel for Paris and then I went for another walk with this girl named Jordi. She is super sweet and we realized jsut how much we have incomman with each other. It has been really nice finally feeling like i have people to talk to here again. I am beginng to grow real friendships with the girls here and it has been so amazing just to see where everyone has come from. I am realizing how important deep connections with girls are. I also got to watch some glee with the girls from room three. I am in room two and our whole room is really close with room three and so we end up spending a lot of time in each others room. Its a lot of fun. Friday night there was open mic night with lots of singing and that and then a few of us went outside and watched a movie under the stars with blankets and popcorn. It was a great way to end a wonderful day. Its so crazy to think that its November and we can still enjoy being outside.
Saturday was our trip to silverdale so there was about 20 or so people form school who went. We walked along the ocean and through this forest, it was a good hour or so walk. It was so beautiful and nice to see the ocean again as well as something different. It is so easy to see the same people and the same things around here again and again. The rest of the day i just relaxed watched some more Glee and a movie. I also went swimming with a few girls and then just hung out went for a walk, talked to my dad for a bit which was really nice.  I believe we are also doing Dublin for after Paris so Christmas plans are almost done. Today has just been Church and the speaker was good but I couldnt sit through the whole thing my back is hurting a lot today. There is also a meeting today for people who have had parents who have divorced.
I am honestly having a great time here and becoming really good friends with people here and learning so much. Its been an amazing experience so far and I am looking forward to the next 4 months and for christmas travels. The weather here has been amazing and sunny with some rain and more clouds but no snow.
Love you all

What a wonderful God !!

It's already the beginning of week 8, its hard to believe how fast time has gone by. I am loving everyday here, more and more. I am beginning to see the glory of everything, and just realizing how blessed I am. It has been an overall decent week, with a few crazy moments. My body has just been ever so kind to me this week. I having a very painful back pains right now with someother aches and pains though out my body as well as contuniation of my stomach problem or joy is me. Whatever I am surviving and doing well other then that. Our week has been pretty un eventful and dull. It has been nice most of the week with a few times of rain and mostly jsut cloudly times. Saturday and Sunday where absolutely gorgeous. It sucks cause they were suppose to be my essay writing days but its hard to do when you just want to go outside and enjoy the wonderful weather. We have been blessed over here with the weather thats for sure. Everyone told me that it just rains and is cloudy all the time here which I am thinking that the weather back home is worse then the weather here.
So this past week what has happened I dont really remember too too much. I have been trying to socialize with some of the other girls and so I have been out on walks and talks with a few of the girls in my hall. Last Sunday we had our typical sunday chruch servicce Brady, our RA did the sermon on encouraging each other. So we all wrote letters of encouragement to each other. Later we had our evening service which the Koreans did the worship and then some of the staff shared their testimonies with us. The Koreans did such an amazing job or worship. They have this way of truly showing their passion for Christ though music. Its always a blast when ever they do worship. Mon-thurs were lectures as usually. Although monday and tuesday we did walk through the new testament with Paul keeys. And then the rest of the week was lectures on the upper room discourse with Rob or principle. His lectures this week were amazing, it got us to realy take time and think about what we believe and why and then having the information to back up what we believe with things from the bible. This week I also went to town did some grocery shopping and just hung out and went for walks and started my essay and reading. Friday was seminar day for me, se it was on Singleness and Sexuality, it was interesting to say the least. Friday was a really good day overall. I went for a walk with this girl named Jessica from Alaska. She is so sweet and nice and we had a really amazing talk about jsut how amazing being here is and how awesome God is. We reflected on all that we have learned and talked about things back home. It was nice to talk to someone finally on a bit of a deeper level, and to be able to get my thoughts out and heard and to jsut hear how someone else is doing with being here. Its so easy to know everyone by name but it is hard to feel like you really know anyone. There are 173 people here and I feel like so often you jsut know their names and not really know them on a deeper level. I am beginning to feel like I need those deeper relationships with girls like the ones i have at home. I dearly miss my girls back home and just the fun crazy times we have and how they know me better then anyone here. I miss you guys! Friday I also got working on my essay and ended up talking with this girl named Chelsea who is super sweet and is from Wisconsin. I have talked to her before but not actually sat down and talked to her. It was a good day for getting to know people and jsut talking and socializing. Later that night we ended up doing a worship night, which was a lot of fun and we focused on just all the blessing we have. We also spent the evening watching the show Community. Saturday I worked on my essay for a bit and went for a walk a few times and jsut relaxed. Saturday night we did an auction for Kenya and Romania. I bought a chance to do christmas baking and also I bought the most expensive cookies I have ever bought, they were really good. Today we had church service and Christy this guy who is going to be our lecturer for the week did the sermon. He spoke on Matthew 6:28. I continued to work on my essay, I am almost done only 300 more words and we also did roomates picture. I also got a picture with a sheep today.
We just got back from our evening worship service which was pretty good.
This week is just another typical week, although we are planning and booking all our train and plane tickets for christmas. Our plans are starting to come into place, I am extremely looking forward to spending time in london and paris. Please continue to pray for health and safety for me over here. Also my dads dad isnt doing so well so if you can pray for his health and safety as well. Thank you I love you and miss you all so much

Fruit of the spirit!!

This week has turned out to be a pretty crazy week, in a few different ways. Our week was rather short cause we only had lectures on Tuesday and Wednesday. We had all our lectures on Revelation, which was pretty awesome, our lecturer this week was by far my favourite. He had his view on things but he also allowed us and enabled us to figure out what we thought on it as well. He was a great person to listen to and he went up and I think at least talked to each of us students at least once. Thursday we had our day of prayer which was nice to be able to sit in quiet and pray and just reflect on everything. Our theme for prayer day was the fruit of the spirits, so to be able to reflect on where we are in comparsion to where we should be was a good way to just regroup and rethink. I found that I myself feel like being here the fruits (Love, joy, peace, Kindness, Gentleness, Goodness, Patienteness, and self control) of the spirit our growing inside of me. I am not perfect in them at all but I can feel a change in my attitude in some ways. I am growing slowly but I am growing which is what counts. We ended the day with doing an evening services which was lead by the Koreans, they do such a good job.
Yesterday was our seminar/ cleaning day, I was on cleaning duty for the day and so I had to collect all the dirty sheets and then put out the new clean sheets in everyones room. It was kinda gross in the way the this week the flu has been going around the school. It hit hard and fast, a 24 hour flu that really knocked you out. It is slowly leaving and everyone is starting to feel better. I myself never actually got sick but I have been very tired and exhausted and a tad stressed out which has increased the good old stomach pains once more. I also had to clean the conference hall one last time and so I was purely exhausted by the end of the day and so it was nice to just go to bed and sleep in for once. We did a roomies night yesterday and just hung out and ate food and talked till late evening.
I slept in today until 10 and had brunch and spent some time alone and reading my bible. It was the perfect day it was gorgeous out and sunny and not windy. I sat outside for a bit to just enjoy the fresh air and the beauty around me. I realized today that God is wanting me to live in the now, the today, not the future. I often find my self trying to plan for the future and wanting God to tell me what i am suppose to do with my life. I realized today though that God wants me here for a reason, his plan is for me here for me to enjoy my time learning and growing. So that one day I will be ready for his plan for me, until then he wants me to be happy and enjoy life and live it to the very fullest. I also realized how much he loves me, he provided a way for me to come here, he also has shown me how wonderful he is. I love being here and learning and growing. I love experiencing God in a whole new light.
This week has also been a week full of different stresses of sorts, i have finally started unpacking some of the baggage that I brought with me here and not the luggage baggage. That I unpacked long ago, emotional baggage, I am feeling very at peace with my baggage and having people to talk and discuss it with has helped a lot. This week I also realized the people I was suppose to be travelling with for christmas, that it wasnt going to work out at all. We weren't meant to travel together we just kept butting heads when in Scotland. So we have had to regroup and me and Brianna have had to figure out a new plan. We are still going to travel but we are thinking about going with Beth and Christy and spending Christmas in London with Beths family and then spend New Years in Paris and hopefully finish off in Amsterdam. The plans are still up in the air but thats what we are wanting to do and proabably end up meeting up with people in the last week. Also this week my friend Zach had a nice little lung problem which he went to the doctors and then got xrays but he is doing much better. Overall it was an eventful week other then there being lack of internet all week our internet has been absolutely horrible.
We had a  bonfire last night over by the pond here. Yesterday was a big day here in England just becuase of the fact that it is Guy Fox Day and so everyone around here has big bon fires and lights off fireworks and all that jazz.

We came, we saw, we conquered...Scotland

We got back yesterday from an amazing weekend away. The weekend defiantly had some highs as well as some lows. Spending 3 straight days with 4 girls was bound to have some crabby moments. Day 1 we learned that we should not allow lunch to wait untill two and that we should start looking for a place to eat at like 12:30. Girls with no food in belly and doing a lot of walking can be quite destructive. So what all did we do exactly, well we woke up walked the streets of Edinburgh visited the famous castle. I thought it was pretty sweet, it was rather large and old, making it really cool. We also shopped, very bad and dangerous. However during our shopping experience we ran into 3 guys from our school who we took them shopping, so that we could help find the one new clothes. Which was funny because just this past week we had talked about helping him find better clothes. He looks a lot better, trust me on this one, it was an amazing transformation as long as he can keep it up. We ended up going for dinner and just hanging out. Sunday we slept in a bit, did some more shopping, went up to these ruins on this little mound. You could see over all of Edinburgh. I ended up going up again with one of my friends from the school who i meet up with . It was amazing to see in the day time but at night it was unbelievable, speechless. I loved it so much probably my favourite thing was just the amazing buildings and how everything is so old and so beautiful. I almost want to stay here and live in Europe forever, I can defiantly see why some people said I would never come home.We did have pretty amazing weather while we were there other then a lot of wind and a bit of rain but we all survived and made it home safe and sound, ready to sleep in our own bed with all our stuff and free food.
This week is a little different we only have lectures today and tomorrow. Thursday we do a day of prayer, so in preparation for that they suggest fasting from the media for a few days, so internet, tv, music, so that it can allow you before hand to become used to the quietness. I am looking forward to the day of prayer, i think it'll give a much needed time to think and pray of course. For those who are praying for me back home, continue to pray for my health and safety but also for my sanity. Its hard living with so many people sometimes. But also lately, I have just felt lonely for the people back home, for my support group, my friends my family. I may be surrounded by so many people but at the same time its not the same. Also pray for my friend Zach who is having problems with a lung of his. Before he came his lung partially collapsed and he says it is starting to feel like it did before it collapsed.

Scotland here we come!!!

The last couple of days have been absolutely amazingly gorgeous. It has been sunny and slightly warm, but it all went down hill today. It is a cloudy sorta rainy day, making everything a tad muddy. I believe all my shoes have either mud of some sort of poop on them. Anywho, we leave for Scotland tomorrow morning which is a tad exciting, actually extremely exciting. I get to leave this place finally. I love it here but at the same time i need change. I am going a bit stir crazy or cabin fever, just because we do the same thing every day, i see the same people and the same things every day. I go for walks just for a change to see something new, we have been starting to walk along different roads just to see a new country side which all look the same by the way.
My time here flys by, Sunday evening the Koreans put on our evening service. It was so cool and so much fun , it brought out emotions and some roommate love. It was truly amazing, I have a hard time trying to describe what it was like. It was fun and interactive and showed the amount of love for God and how much love God has for us. Mon-Thurs has been regular lectures, getting ready for the weekend, hanging out but mostly finishing up the essay. We had to hand our essay in today and clean our rooms before we leave. I vacuumed for almost 2 hours which is a blast and a half. We finished up our lectures on personal evangelism with Rob and we have one more lecture on Acts with Graham. I really love Rob's lectures, i could listen to him all day and his lectures seem to be so quick.
We leave for Scotland tomorrow, not a clue what we are going to do but we have our hotel and a general idea. We are planning to hang out shop, see a castle maybe, walk the streets and have an amazing time together and just chillaxin. I still have to pack and get ready, clean our room. Please pray for health, safety as we go out in the big wide world, to explore and learn.
I am learning so much here and am having a great time! I miss home and normal life but I am enjoying my time here while it lasts.
Love you all!!

Our greatest fear should not be failure but rather succeeding at the things that don't matter

This week has been a trully amazing week, it has gone by extremely fast. I have a hard time believing that tomorrow is laundry day again and that it is the beginning of week 5. This past month here has been quite possible one of the best months of my life. I have already learned so much and have meet so many different people from all walks of life. Living here in a castle on the other side of the world is both an blessing and at the same time it is also full of its own challenges. The fact that I am here learning and exploring the bible and creating some fantastic friendships has been a blessing but living in a new place with 173 people and missing my home with the familiar life, is hard. I am learning and growing which is good. I am glad I am not doing this alone.
So far this week has gone by like a car going 200km/hour, it was there one second gone the next. Kinda like when you drive though those really small communities, they are gone before you even knew you where in one. That was this week, we had our lectures with John Allan which were great. We went to Carnforth on wed and stocked up on food and then Friday we had seminar on time management. Which by the way made you feel like you were wasting your time but was none the less still good. I also had my daily duty which involved me vacuuming for 2 hours, The vacuums here stuck plus the conference hall floor is so nasty by the end of the week. Friday night was also our social night, I went with Erika to our principle, Robs house and watched movies and ate food. Saturday was our free day and I stayed behind to work on my essay for a bit which I got the first part done and today i got the third part done so I am 2/3 done. Yesterday I also went for a walk with my friend Zach, we walked up to these ruins and walked around there and though these fields. Which turned out to be very muddy and I being really smart wore flip flops which i took off quite quickly and walked around in barefeet. it was cold and wet and muddy. I managed to cut my leg and get stingynettle over my leg. Over all though i'd have to say it was a pretty epic adventure and very fun. We also had a pigeon hole party last night, in which we had to dress up as something. We go a note in our pigeon holes (mail boxes) which told us what we had to dress up as. I was a gladiator, a very pretty one at that. It was a lot of fun we danced and played games.
Then there is today, which is a pretty chill day. We had church service which was amazing. We had this guest speaker who was really good, he was from scotland and really had a passion for speaking and sharing the word. He talked about going from superficial to supernatural. He was saying that we need to get rid of our baggage that is weighing us down and to allow God to take it but also needing to focus our eyes on Him. He said that " Our greatest fear should not be failure but rather succeeding at the things that dont matter." I was really encouraged by his sermon this morning, and I am starting to realize that i need to let go on my baggage and my problems or I am going to have a hard time trying to have a relationship with God.
I am looking forward to the next week here and for our new guest lecturer. I am looking forward to what God has in store for us this week and what he wants to show us. I am excited for this weekend as we head off to Scotland . Good bye

Enjoy Life, It's God's Gift!

This is me procastinating on the essay I have to write for next week. Big surprise, I know right, me putting things off, I would never do anything like that ever. Well I have actually finished reading the book for the essay, its just that the book did not inspire me to write anything on it. I actually almost fell asleep reading it. It did have a few good points and some repeated information as well, I dont think I would read it again. It was called "Alive in Christ" and it discussed the fact that we as Christians need to know that God has given us himself, to allow us to have Him live in us and for him to be our strength. I enjoyed the points in the book, I just felt like it had the tendency to be a bit all over the place. 

I have some helpful bits of information if you were ever to live in a castle as well. Remember to have warm clothes on hand at all time, wear sweaters and layers to bed or you will never leave your bed. Also be careful when leaving your windows open you might find your self with a bird family in your room. When it rains where a rain hat in doors at all time. You dont want drops of water landing on you inside. As well for getting up the big stair cases, go double time, take two stairs at a time. Try three if you are really talented. The steps are pretty close together and there are a lot of them, it feels like you are going to die everytime you go up them. Also when living in a castle remember you are not a princess or prince, people dont come bring you food or tea. You also will have to pinch yourself a few time to remember that it is actually reality. Crazy isn't it, I live in a castle, Its a gorgeous place and i have always dream of it. I wish I could upload pictures but the internet here sucks. Thats another thing about a castle, internet is almost a foreign concept. It is amazing how slow it goes so if you want anything done fast you might as well go to the local starbucks. Planning for holiday is been a slow and torture project. Another thing about the castle here is that you should be careful what you say and how loud you say things in your room, because the walls are almost paper thin. We do have sheep who are all preggo so dont think about going and chasing after them unless they chase after you! Then run run run!!

Any who things are going good we have a new guest lecturer name John Allan who is pretty good. He is Scottish and very interesting to listen to. And for the most part I stay awake during his lectures. He is doing two different series one on Ecclesiastes and the other on Facing the Modern World. The first on is a little depressing just because Ecclesiastes is a depressing book but its a very real book in the sense that, it shows how a lot of people actually think. It goes on about whats the point of life but though living in God there is a point because what he does lasts. I could go further but that might take all day. The other one so far has just been a history lesson about the changing of the world and how people have become more individual , in the sense that they are making their own choices and deciding what they want to do and think and often going away from what their families once were. Its explaining our Christianity is slowly declining and why it is. Our other lectures this week are given by our principle and I love listening to him he keeps you interested. His series is on personal evangelism. So far we have started with the fact that we need to start showing Gods love where we are now not some where else or at another time but now. We are looking at motivations for evangelism and how and why we should do. 

Other then that life is going pretty good, I must start writing my essay but i have more then a week. We are going to town to pick up food tomorrow and then thursday our RA is doing a fashion show/ workshop for the girls and then Saturday a bunch of us are going to Lancaster to go for dinner and see the new Footloose movie. 

Au-revoir and Goodbye

Christ in Me!!

Weather report for England, grey cloudy with rain with a chance of 5 minutes of sunshine!! Yeah, pretty much the last week has been cloudy with misty rain or down pour rain, other then yesterday which we had a glorious bright sunny day. It was even pretty warm until evening, we got the chance to go out and walk the canal loop which was nice and muddy in parts but dryer then most days. We also booked our hotel for travel weekend, one of my friends mom was able to get a good deal for us in a hotel in Scotland, as well we looked into what we are doing for Christmas. We are hitting up London, Paris, Germany, Denmark and Holland, exciting times!!

This past week has been pretty mundane and uneventful. We have had lectures with our guest speaker, Robert A. He was an older fellow whose voice was so calming it almost put me to sleep a few times. It doesn't help when he does lectures during 7-9 pm and you are already exhausted. He overall wasn't a bad speaker, he was just a little confusing at times and he was speaking on the book of Hebrews, which is a hard chapter in its self. I had my outreach monday night which was interesting to say the least. It was at this youth group , which is more like a group of kids from the computer who hang out for two hours and talk and just chill. I found it hard to communicate with some of the younger ones mostly because as soon as we tried to talk or hang out with them they pulled out their cell phones. We ended up talking with two girls and a few guys who were a little more welcoming towards us. It was completely different then I would have thought and we have to go back in a week and so I am hoping that it will go a little bit better next time. Lectures were monday-thursday with friday being a work day for me, so we cleaned the zoo boys room and then later we had the history of capernwray which was alright nothing exciting other then the movie we watched which was from 1960. It was hilarious, at least I thought it was. 

Today we had a really good church service, we had a speaker named Graham who is supposed to be coming back in a few weeks to be our guest lecturer. I quite enjoyed him and what he had to say. He was talking to us about whether we have religion or if we have life. Most christians just have religion with out the life. Life being the fact that instead of life for Christ, we are to live our life with Christ in us. It was a perfect message today because I have felt very empty latley and have been feeling my insides with food for the last couple of days. 

Its still amazing being here and I love what I am learning, its just difficult to try and take everything in when we are learning so much. As well as the fact that alone time here is pretty much impossible, I am learning that I need to start making time for myself everyday even if 30 minutes to just reflect on my day and spend time in prayer. Its overwhelming to spend all your time with people, everyday. 

This week has flown by and I am excited for what the rest of my time here has to offer and I am excited to see my relationship with Christ grow more and see what he has instore for my life.  I ask that you pray for safety when we travel and our health here as we are in a damp castle with 173 people. Thats a lot of germs.  Also prayer for my sanity here and that I can open my heart and my eyes a little bit more. And for sleep. 

Thanks lots of love Moriah

I will wit upon the Lord!

These past few days have felt like a whirlwind of activities. We finished off our lectures Thursday night and Friday was our cleaning or seminar day. I cleaned last week and so Friday morning I went to a seminar on worship and planning a church service. Later in the evening we had games going and we had a pretty big bonfire where we sang pop culture songs mixed with some good old camp worship songs. Saturday started off pretty awesome because we got to sleep in and I woke up to someone playing piano down stairs (The piano around here is awesome, because usually there is someone playing, if there isn’t it gets quiet. It is very relaxing and so easy to fall asleep to.) Our trip to Silverdale ended up getting cancelled due to the fact that it was sorta kinda not really rainy. You’d think that we are in England so that these events wouldn’t need to get cancelled due to rain. So we had to do some quick last minute planning of what we were going to do and pretty much the school population quickly called taxis waited half hour plus and drove off to Carnforth, Lancashire and some went further. I went with 7 other girls, 5 from Abby and two from the states and we head off to explore Lancashire. We shopped till we dropped, took advantage of fast starbucks internet (and amazing coffee) and ate some good food. I ended up finding boots for 6 pounds and a shirt for 2 pounds from a thrift shop plus a few other goodies. We got back to school after dinner and watched a dodgeball tournament. My good friends who played on a team called “We are BATMAN” actually won. They wore these awesome yellow shirts with this mullet head and they had bat capes as well. My tall giraffe friend Zach found himself an onezie that is actually a tiger outfit. It is the funniest thing ever especially when he has the cape on. But they ended up winning.

Today is just a typical Sunday and so we have just been hanging out but we had our Sunday service which one of the staff named Trevor spoke. It was a good service, he is just very hard to understand and so for a good 5 to 10 mins I thought he was saying wit when he was actually saying wait. He talked about waiting upon the Lord and being patient. We have an evening service tonight and we are back to lectures tomorrow.  I also have my outreach to a local youth group tomorrow night and I have no idea what I am in for. But that’s what I am here for, I here for an adventure.

As for how I am feeling, I am doing pretty well. Other than the fact that at home today/tomorrow is Thanksgiving and so I am missing out on Thanksgiving dinner. In the UK they don’t do anything at all so it’s our typical vege and meat with potatoes lunch with some berry crisp and custard.  I have started missing home a little bit. I miss the food and my bed and just being able to do whatever I want whenever I want. I want to sit at home on the couch with a cup of tea wrapped in a blanket watching TV. There is no TV in the castle and the internet is so slow. Plus we have no idea what is going on in the world. I feel as if there could be a huge riot somewhere and we would have no clue that it happened. It’s gorgeous here and I love it and the people are so sweet but it would be so very nice to hang out by myself with no one else around. I am excited to see what the week has in store and I am excited to see how the Lord will work in my life.

P.S We have also started planning our travel weekend and our Christmas break. We are either going to Scotland or Dublin for travel weekend and we are going to Spain, Italy and Greece for Christmas break.

Accepting is different then approving

The winds are blowing and the skys have gone over cast, but no matter how cloudy or grey or cold it gets this place is still gorgeous. We made our way into town to pick up a few things and it the wind was blowing everything every where. The girls managed to have potted plants blown their way and have dirt end up every where. We got balloons and banners and birthday stuff to decorate our room for my roommates birthday tomorrow and picked up more healthy options because we don't get enough fruits and vege.
Our guest lecturer finished up yesterday evening and so we now have 77ish hand signs and words to memorize in order to try and have a clue of all the events in the old testament. Today we had our family groups where we get together with a group of people and talk and play games and get to know each other on a little bit deeper level. We also had Rob our principle speak and he is speaking on transforming friendships. The part that I think a lot of people don't know but should or if you do know it you should put into practice is the fact that it is okay to accept a person no matter where they come from but that doesn't mean you have to approve of what they do. Meaning you can be friends with some one who you don't necessary approve of their decisions or life choices but you can still love and accept them as a person. We have two more lectures tonight and some of the girls have their first netball game. So gooo Panthers!!!!

Indescribable Lord

I am having a hard time believing that I have only been here a week. And when I begin to think about the fact that I still have another 6 months ahead of me, I don't know if I am happy, sad or I just really have no idea of how I feel. the idea of not seeing my family or friends for 6 months makes me sad but the fact that i have made so many amazing friends already, is making me have an amazing time here and making me really excited for the next 6 months of my life. But the most exciting thing and the reason why I am here is to learn more about my awesome creator and to better understand his word and to grow in my relationship with him. And that makes me jump for joy and scream to the hills because his word is amazing, he is amazing and he created a indescribable world.
Today we had a gorgeous sunny midday which has now turned into a bit of a chilly windy. We have a feeling that we are in for a bit of rain later on tonight, what a surprise right! I am in England who would have thought it would rain here. Its beautiful when there is no rain but with the rain it makes it seem a little bit more real. It does feel like I am living in a bit of a dream world, sometimes.
I am excited for this week, we have a amazing speaker speaking all week and he his doing a walk though the bible lectures. He is so much fun to listen to and the stuff he teaches and the way he does it makes it seem real and a lot easier to understand. We have just gone though genesis and he gave us these sweet little hand gestures to try and remember the main events that take part in it. Also later this week we are heading into town and then to Silverdale on saturday. Its an awesome place over here and I looking forward to what God has in store for me for the next 6 months on my new journey.
Love Moriah

One week complete

My first week over here in England has been an absolute blast so far, I am looking forward to another 6 months here with my fellow classmates. Everyone has been so nice and awesome so far, and I have been meeting people from all over. Majority of the students here are from Canada and the states we have 25 people from B.C. alone, and lots more from the rest of Canada. We have a few people from denmark and Germany and a few from Asia and other parts of Europe as well. We have 6 lectures a day, 4 in the morning and another 2 later in the evening after tea, which is actually dinner back home. We have quite a bit of free time which we can either read, walk the loop or just hang out with friends. Fridays are cleaning and seminar day, depending what group you are in and then sat we get the day off, this last saturday we went to the lake district. Its very much like home other then smaller mountains and brick fences and buildings everywhere. And then on sunday we have a morning service as well as an evening service and then we have free time in between.
Today is the first day that I have been here where it has actually rained. The last week has been gorgeous and sunny all day. Its been actually very warm and i wished I had brought along some more shorts. But they say that from here on in its suppose to rain a lot and even maybe snow here soon. Which means a lot more hanging out inside and less time outside. Although we did head out for a short walk around the loop today, with our umbrellas and raincoats.
As I have mentioned, I have meet some amazing people here so far. It feels like we have known each other a lot longer then just a week. I want to believe that I have the best room in the castle with some of the most amazing people here. There are 4 other girls in my room with me, which you never know what kind of situation that will bring about, but we are getting along very well. We have managed to keep our rooms extremely tidy thus far and have been managing to get along and share as well. There are two girls from B.C. in my room one from Surrey named Rachel, she is very bubbley and social and got us to go out of our comfort zones and sit with new people at meals. And then there is Laura who is from Abbortsford, she is super sweet and nice. And then there is a girl from Alaska named Kaitlyn and a girl from Germany named Franzi and they are both extremely nice but just a bit quieter. I have also meet many other people including two guys one of which is from Surrey and actually live just down the road from my dads, he also was the one who sat beside me on the plane ride here, his name is Zach. And i have also become friends with his new friend named Trevor who is from California and has never seen snow or rain( he actually has). But this two go on speed walks and we practice our british accents which sound quite horrid actually, but it is very amusing and fun.
Being here is amazing but I wouldnt be here with out God wanting me here, and as I spend more time here learning about him and building a relationship with his son, I am seeing his plans for me a little more clearly and  that i am here for a reason. I am soo glad to be here and I thank god every day for it, becuase the things i am experiencing are things i would never even know if I was at home. Good day and good bye!

In England

Soo, 7500 km later and I have made it safe and sound to Manchester. We are currently waiting at the train station here to head to carnforth to catch a bus to the school. Yesterday I left not knowing anything really, and now I am in a new country with new currency and new people. Getting to the airport, I found out that my check bag was far too over weight by 15 lbs there abouts and so we paid the extra weight (Thanks mom and dad). Said our sad teary eye good byes and I walked off thinking what in the world am i doing. I feel much better about it now that i have gone though customs and the luggage situation, but as well have meet some new people. I found out that the guy next to me was going to capernwray as well and so we talked and found our way to the train together as well. Customs took all of 2 mins at the most, which was a true blessing from God.
Will update again. Love and miss you all