'There is no plane'

These were the words I heard as I was on the little shuttle bus to get on this apparently non-existent plane to England. I felt sick! Images of all the people I had been looking forward to seeing for so long went through my head. Noone was really sure what was happening, people were panicking and the thing I wanted most was just to get back that night. I'm not sure what happened to that plane but we were put on another plane the following afternoon, but that was cancelled last minute too because by that time the snow had reached Stansted. I thought it couldn't get worse! I had already missed a day with my friends in Southampton. It's funny how people react in these situations. Some people really get everyone else scared by rumours and crazy theories.
A group of us sort of bonded together and it was so great to be in a group- everyone looked out for each other despite being total strangers and it was good to have each others company, especially in the evenings at the hotel (very nice of Germanwings actually!).


There were a few points of hysteria when all we could do was laugh. In the end we opted to get a train because we couldn't trust that our flight scheduled for 7pm Sunday would go. So off we went early the Sunday morning for the trek to Paris. The 'fun' did not end though. The whole Eurostar situation was just horrendously chaotic. We breathed a sigh of relief when we 'landed' in London. What a surreal weekend. I could just cry with relief. I should add I could not draw out enough money for the train at once- so one of the women lent me a bit of money. Little things like this I see as God looking out for me. He didn't magic me back but he put people there to follow when I didn't know where to go, carry my suitcase when it kept capsizing, or to talk kind sense to me when I wanted to jump in a car and drive home!

I was really really sad about the Southampton thing but I was grateful just to be back, and I had a really nice day or so in London with friends from there.

The Christmas week at home with my family in Cornwall went by so quickly. It was lovely to spend time with each other. We ate a lot of good food...
...and appreciated Cornwall.

We also just lazed about inside and watched TV, including 'The Nativity' on the BBC. It was the most real portrayal I have ever seen of how Jesus came to this world. It is not just a 'nice' story!

I arrived back in Kassel today. There is a pretty big contrast in temperature to Cornwall! I'm super tired because I 'slept' at the airport last night so looking forward to catching up on sleep before I get stuck in here.
We're organising a New Year party for the teenies so pray for us to be inspired with creative ideas as we organise stuff in more detail!

Good times

It's already Thursday, time is flying by! I had a wonderful weekend with a good friend of mine, Irina. She's from south Germany. You might remember I visited her a little while back. We were roomies when I was in Germany in my gap year. I didn't really have anything on so I really relaxed and had a great time.


We discovered a gorgeous little town called Warburg. There was hardly anyone there so it was really quiet. The houses were beautiful and really really old. We also stumbled upon a lovely restaurant, all to ourselves. The market was really small but that wasn't the main attraction. The whole town was just so interesting.

Irina enjoyed seeing where I live and meeting people. We had a good time at 20+ meeting on Sunday. After going out the night before we were really tired so on Sunday evening we chilled and watched a dvd. On Monday we did some Christmas shopping and ate at my favourite Turkish restaurant. It was so lovely to have her around :)

I'm writing this with a numb mouth.. had the first 2 teeth out today! :(

This morning it was snowing really heavily, although in the last week it hasn't really snowed that much. It also isn't so deadly cold, yay!
Because of the expectation that I would be in pain today, I swapped and led last week at Mattenberg instead of today. Our theme was joy. We played the stamping on balloons game (take note though, use string not elastic bands to tie the balloons- really doesn't work!) and ate party burgers. I got the children to think about why we celebrate with particular joy at Christmas. I shared about why I personally have a lot of joy. I told them about how coming to know Jesus gave me a joy that freed me from trying to be the best, and changing myself to be accepted by others. It was sort of tough though because the girls were in a really giggly mood and kept interrupting and making it hard for me language-wise. I think though that God enjoys working through us, even if our efforts don't seem to be that great. I'd like to go again today but I'm going to see how I feel.


This photo isn't that clear but it is the view from my window this morning when it was snowing like crazy!

Not long til I fly home- I can't wait!