March Updates

British: knackered
American: exhausted
This is such a descriptive word, because you simply can't say the word 'knackered' without feeling the full weight of it.  A few hours digging in the garden, an evening with the youth group at Solid Remix, an afternoon of football with the boys, and you will be completely knackered.

British: plonk
American: cheap wine
Example:  Some people take the ferry to France because there's no tax on alcohol, so they can get good French wine at plonk prices.
Save that bottle of plonk for the next time we need cooking wine.

Hey!  It's been a bit since I've last posted, so I thought I'd run through the most significant things that have happened since my last post, after the TFG conference in Wales.

First things first: My CRB check came through!  Which means I can now work in both Primary School in the villages (Boxted and Langham Primary).  Now, I volunteer at Langham Primary on Wednesdays and Fridays, and at Boxted Primary on Mondays and Thursdays, during lunch time and at break afterwards.  I spoke with the head teacher of Boxted Prim and she asked about anything else I'd like to do with the school or ways I'd like to work with the kids, so I might start tutoring as well :) Very exciting!

Solid Remix:  We took the Edge youth group to Chelmsford Cathedral for Solid Remix, an event for all the CofE youth groups in the Chelmsford diocese.  It was sooo much fun!  Solid Remix had a bunch of different activity stations, like music circles, relay races, a bouncy castle, art projects, etc.  There was also a time of worship and a sermon in the middle of the program, while we were eating dinner.  All in all, it was brilliant!

Connect Contemporary Worship:  We had our first Connect Contemporary Worship on 6th March!  Connect worship is something that's been in the making for about 5 months now.  When I first got to England, the kids were really interested in going to the local contemporary worship service in Colchester called St Johns, and we went about every other week for months.  This is something the youth were really passionate about, so we organized a contemporary service created and run by the youth and their families!  We now have a worship band, and our service centered around connecting with God.  It seemed to go really well, and our next service is 16th May!

That's all for now!  Travel light :)