Journeying together

Well, it's the end of a week and I feel I owe you guys some details or something though you never seem to complain whether or not I give them to you. In any case, I have had a really great week which ended with a really good time of Bible study last night. I don't know if I've already mentioned but our group is going through the book of Hebrews this year and I think it is definitely an exciting challenge.

 

Myself, I'm just going through the book of Joshua now since beginning from Genesis way too long ago- I did warn you that I was slow at this. I'm stuck on the passages where land is being distributed amongst the different tribes of Israel so I have found a book, surprisingly from my dad's shelf called "Understanding the Bible in 30 days", which I am convinced is quite a deceptive title but nonetheless it does have a helpful chapter of the geography of Bible places, etc. I hope I'm not boring you with these details but being a very slow learner, I find that having such background knowledge is really helpful for better understanding all the intricate details the Bible relates. I'm sure most of you reading this will be far more advanced in their knowledge and understanding of the Bible than me and if not, I would definitely encourage you to try and do the same in going through the entire Bible from cover to cover. I am almost ashamed to admit that I haven't it sooner. I wonder if I'm slower in understanding because I'm not very good in asking the right questions... which is probably what I love most about having Bible study in a group- other keener learners tend to ask questions that better stimulate my thinking... I wonder if you even know what I'm going on about.

 

Well, it is now past 1pm and my mum and I are going to call my dad in Japan since his phone has run out of battery. It doesn't feel like he has been away for as long as he has but we definitely do miss having him around. Then again, having him back would mean we'd all be twice as busy... not always a bad thing.

 

One prayer request that I have on my mind, is that I have a class test coming up on the 12th of November. I wouldn't normally have bugged you about such a small thing but my family and I are travelling up to Belfast over the weekend and I only arrive that Monday morning from Stanstead airport and then rush to school for my 1pm test. It happens to be one of my harder modules (the one with the Russian lecturer) and seeing that I'll be rushing from early in the morning to get to school, I'm not particularly looking forward to it. Please pray that I will be able to absorb and understand the material and that I won't be too lazy to pick it up and revise each moment that I can. Thanks for your ever faithful prayers.

 

 

I can't believe it's been more than 2 weeks since my last update but I'm sure (or at least I can hope) that you'll find it somewhere in your heart to forgive me, though I don't even know how often you even read this or perhaps this is your first time that you came across it.

 

In any case, I have now gone through my first class test of the school year. It counts for 5% of the module (one module out of 4 in this semester and out of 8 in the year). I have no idea how well or bad it went though I know it could have gone a lot better than it did. Thanks to those who knew about it and were praying. I have just been on facebook, again, and really appreciating the number of people I can so easily get in touch with there. If you're on facebook add me or find me or whatever using my gmail address if you have it.

 

I have another class test coming up next week. I'd explain what it's about but I think you might just roll your eyes and think I'm some sort of geek so I'll just say that it's one of my harder modules (or at least one of the modules that I don't understand as well). I've been foolishingly trying to avoid REALLY concentrating on understand the material, which is obviously my fault, but my distractions have definitely been fun. I've got a quadruple birthday party coming up, which sounds like fun and I know it sounds really early but I'm also starting to plan a Christmas outing for some of my friends and myself. Among other things that are happening, my dad is now in Japan (I wonder if I already mentioned this in my last post).

 

I'm not sure what else to say now or how to end this blog... in my own defense, it's been quite a long day and I'm almost proud to say that I actually managed to get a lot of work done so I am a little light-headed and very possibly brain-drained. Would love to be getting more emails *ahem* but if I don't hear from you I do hope you are all well anyway. =0)

Where do I begin? To be perfectly honest I don't want to be typing this email even now but I know it has been a while since my last update and I DO want to try and be more consistent.

 

Again, honestly, my first week back at University has been everything but good. I do have one very nice lecturer who has been consistently understandable and generally nice but it has definitely been a struggle for me to understand the other 3. Even today, the first day of the second week, even the weather was quite miserable. Coming back on the train I nearly passed out from lack of air because of how crowded it was but more specifically because of this one couple that pinned me against the wall cutting off precious air supply. I guess it sounds funny now but at the time I was definitely not a happy bunny.

 

Even now, I fear I'm still feeling the harsh throbbing in my head and a slight queasiness in my stomach. In short, I'm tired. It sounds so wierd when you think I've just had about a 4 months "break". I'm already looking forward to the Christmas holidays.

 

I feel like I'm being really selfish and that is never a good thing so please pray for me that I will think more positively and that I will actually be able to understand my lecturers (I'll explain some other time) and of course, most importantly that I will especially draw nearer to God at these times and that I may overcome the flesh.

 

Good night dearest friends... I am missing you all dearly.