Breakfast saw my second attempt at eating what the Americans here would call a 'peanut butter and jelly' sandwich. Yes, I'm starting this entry talking about what I ate in my sandwich. I should be willing to try new experiences here, and this was one lf them! I think I need to add a lot more jam, as at the moment, I can mostly only taste the toast! During Quiet Time I set up my laptop to display the song words for the student team leading the worship session which followed. I also spent a bit of time reading what we were meant to be reading- a 'love letter from God', which was a collection of encouraging teachings from the Bible. The DTS student team then led worship (my team will be doing so near the end of October). This was quite a good time. We concentrated on God as the creator, and spent a few minutes outside, appreciating creation, which is quite easy to do here: nature surrounds us here. We finished off our lecture series on The Father Heart of God. This has been a fantastic set of talks which has really helped me to see God as Father. Today we met as 'triplets' for the first time. These are groups of three students who meet together to chat about the week and pray for each other. We will be leading the Friday worship sessions too. The last time I was in a similar group was 6 year ago, so it is nice to be getting back in to it now. I think it is great how we have the 1 to 1 sessions, the triplets, the small groups, and the whole school sessions. It means we get to express ourselves and share things at many different levels. After lunch (fish and chips!), we performed our usual Community Care tasks, then I tried to get on with completing my journal entry for this week. Our journals are written documentary of our time here: our thoughts about what we have learnt/confirmed during the lectures, and what we think God has been saying to us over the week. I think it should get easier to complete these as the weeks g on and I get more used to the format. I'm just about to go downstairs to the common room, as there is a birthday party starting for one of the other students. They have had such a fuss made over them today, it kind of makes me wish I had a birthday during the course too! Tomorrow I'm getting to spend the whole day with my girlfriend, which I've been looking forward to all week. Thanks for reading. Please feel free to add a comment. Have a great weekend.
