Today was a great day of rest. After breakfast I chilled out on the grass outside the house, enjoying the beautiful sunshine and clear blue sky. I read the whole of the Biblical book 'Ephesians', which was fun. It speaks of how God has planned for us to be a part of His Kingdom. He is in control, and eventually, everything will be back to how He wants it. Now we as Christians should live a life worthy of the name, and show in our actions what we know in out hearts. In the afternoon, my parents came to see me. I'm very different to the other students on the YWAM DTS course I'm on: most of them are doing this course and moving away from their parents. For me, I've lived the past 8 years away from my parents while at university and working in Portsmouth, and now is a chance to meet up with them more often, as they live about 10 minutes or so from Holmsted Manor. The weather has been excellent today, which meant we were able to have a nice time outside in a nearby village (Lindfield), watching people feed fish in the local pond, and catching up on recent events. Just now I had an excellent curry and pizza meal cooked by one of the leaders on the course, and we were joined by two of the other male students. Together we will be meeting during the course to chat about how things are going and pray, so it was a fun way to get to know each other a bit more. Also today I got to speak to my girlfriend on the phone for a bit, which was great. God has an amazing sense of timing, which you just have to accept some times. All the time I was in Portsmouth, things might not have been right between us, but just as I left-the very day I left, we finally got together. But now I am here, and she is still there! So we just have to text/email/call each other to have regular contact, and she will very kindly come to see me some times too. I just have to expect that this time apart will help us when we are together more regularly again. I hope you have had a good week, and that next week will be great too. Thanks for reading.
