lazy weekend

The end of the week passed quickly, with time in the office and other random things to pass the time. Lauren left this morning to go home for good, it was pretty crazy to think about it. Last night I couldn't sleep thinking of how it is going to be. I am glad the only thing I missed out on was sleep, not experiences in Belfast. Packing up her stuff, I began to really question how I am going to get all my things, namely shoes, home. It is amazing what you acquire in not even a full year! We shall see. Alison is away at Summer Maddness, a youth conference, until Tuesday. While I have the house to myself, I am trying to clean up a wee bit and start to get ready to leave it for the next group, meaning a lot of organizing (my fav!)

Doug preached at church this morning, using the good Samaritan to talk about loving your neighbor. It was a subtle message on the Troubles and how the two sides are now interacting in Belfast and Nireland as a whole. It was a really good message and one that I think Fortwilliam needed to hear. Its not about your neighbor, its about compassion to everyone.

This afternoon I went bowling with some of my youth. I have bowled twice before today in the past 2 weeks, so I've had some practice, but I did really well (for me that is) my first two bowls were strikes. HAHA. My kids thought I was cheating. It was good fun, watching Sam throw the ball harder than I have ever seen anyone bowl and Megan use her bounce tactic on the bumpers! Chris was trying to beat me but I won by 20 points, we will have to have a rematch. I hadn't seen my youth for a wee while, so it was good to hang out with them now that it is officially their summer holiday!


This week should be alright, cleaning and getting in touch with the 174 trust so i can help them with their summer scheme. Something to keep me busy! Our plans for our trip in August around Europe are coming more and more together with trains booked between all our destinations! Should be a good trip. Now I am on to working on getting from train stations to hostels, so we don't kill each other in the process!