Word Comparison:
British: chunter. American: mutter/complain.
Example: What's that ol' nutter chuntering on about now?
British: whinge. American: whine.
Kids are excellent whingers, teens are expected to decrease their whinging as they mature, and adults that whinge are called Whinge Buckets!
At the beginning of April, our parish had it's annual Week of Prayer, which involves 4 prayer times each day for a week (9am, 1pm, 5pm, 8pm) with each session lasting about 20 minutes. This year's Week of Prayer was fantastic! It was a great way to join together with God and one another outside of the normal Sunday morning service. Everyday there were different members attending, and it was excellent to pray with one another. The Edge youth group fell on the 8pm slot on Friday, and we joined in! It's so refreshing to hear young people pray :)
At a ministry team meeting, the ministry team was given the opportunity to speak during the Good Friday Service, and I did a short reflection on the thief on the cross next to Christ. I was so nervous but it went well! I have been given the opportunity to give a sermon in July, and I thought this would be good practice for that.
For Easter, I was invited to have lunch with Colin and Ann Jones, an elderly couple in the village, and met their family that came to visit from around the country. It was very fun, with a lovely Sunday roast and a beautiful walk in the countryside afterwards. The day after Easter, the Butlers brought be to a Colchester United football game! It was so good to see a professional soccer game, and to experience English football with the Butlers and the Sheils :)
And of course, I can't forget the royal wedding! It fell a day after my 23rd birthday which was the same day as my buddy sister, Becky's, 13th birthday, and two days after my buddy dad, Dominic's, birthday! The Sheils threw a royal wedding viewing party and luncheon afterwards, and we celebrated English style! Also that morning, the Sheils took me to stroke and feed a baby lamb called Burt. He was adorable and so cute and I almost died with happiness!
The next day, I took Becky and Lawrence into London for Becky's birthday. We went to Westminster Abbey and Buckingham palace and Docklands Museum and the Natural History Museum and Hamley's Top Shop and had lunch at my friend Edwin's flat. It was a stunning day!
Our next big program with the Edge youth group is our weekend away at St Mark's College up near Saffron Walden, which should be great! My goal for the youth that weekend is really to bond as a family, a support group, which will bring them into a closer relationship with God. We're planning up a storm! Keep us in your prayers, please!
Farewell :)
