First ever 'sermon'/talk accomplished! I'm really happy to have achieved it. I hadn't had loads of time to prepare, but I felt like God really inspired me and I got in the flow when I asked him to help me and speak through me. In the end I was feeling really nervous and not looking forward to it that much but when I got up there (with my Britney style headset!) I felt really at ease and could talk quite relaxed with all my usual big hand gestures! It went really really quickly and I know I can definitely improve in different ways but I'm pleased with what I did, and it was really cool that people encouraged me afterwards. I talked about the freeing ability of saying 'I'm living' as in living life to the full right now because of Jesus in me, as opposed to I can start living later on when certain things are out of the way or whatever.
That was such a good weekend. Sunday 27th was a really special day when a load of teens celebrated their saying yes to living with Jesus. It was a massive celebration and a really moving service. It was lovely to see old interns back for the weekend too. We had fun eating Walkers and watching football in an Irish pub!
I'm doing ok with the Facebook fast. I have had lots more time to do good things, like meeting new people and spending time with older friends. It's surprisingly harder to keep in touch though without Facebook!
Some of you long haul blog readers will remember right in my first week in Germany I helped out at a youth event called Jesus House. Well this week was round 2 but it's on a huge national scale, with a big chunk being broadcasted by satellite from the centre in Stuttgart every night. I found it cool to think how far I've come in many ways since back then in September! I've experienced and grown so much since then, and so thankful for that. It was a good week. I had my first visit from a friend in England so I enjoyed doing a bit of translation for him!
This weekend has been generally very social which has been so fun! I've met lots of new people and had fun spending time with people I know a bit more. I need to really concentrate now though, and work hard.
Keep praying for me, I value it! Let's keep in touch.
Love
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