So my new adventure is taking me 5,000 miles from home to the United states I will be doing training and mission work... Excited but it doesn't seem real yet!
Planning to try to keep this updated a couple of times a month if I have internet- if i don't well then I will have to work out what to do about that!
Wednesday 20 August 2014
Friday 15 November 2013
So I haven't written in a while
I haven't written in a while I know this is because well I have been really busy and life has gone a bit crazy.
I have got a job in shop now which is infinitely amazing. and I start next week. so thanks for all the prayers.
So what have been learning on the discipleship year and in my internship more about the bible what the word pentatuech means which is the first five books of the bible. Reading the bible and understanding what is behind the scripture for example whom the reader is and what the cultural implications in the text. I am really enjoying getting deep into the bible.
Identity in Christ. So we are learning about what Jesus said to us and whom we are in christ jesus and trying to know it and believe it.
Prayer and pathways to the father. we have been learning about how to persue the secret place. to grow in intimacy with jesus
I have got a job in shop now which is infinitely amazing. and I start next week. so thanks for all the prayers.
So what have been learning on the discipleship year and in my internship more about the bible what the word pentatuech means which is the first five books of the bible. Reading the bible and understanding what is behind the scripture for example whom the reader is and what the cultural implications in the text. I am really enjoying getting deep into the bible.
Identity in Christ. So we are learning about what Jesus said to us and whom we are in christ jesus and trying to know it and believe it.
Prayer and pathways to the father. we have been learning about how to persue the secret place. to grow in intimacy with jesus
Monday 21 October 2013
better late than never.
I am little more than late with this week It has been a crazy week there was another job interview and some crazy parties which is why I haven't written my blog. Everyone here seems to have come down with a cold or sore throat execpt me. Which is fun.
God is doing some amazing stuff as ever and life is just plodding along here.
Hmm I expect there are going to be weeks like this. I love it here and it is very exciting but we have kind of hit that nothing is new lets just get on with it place which is great.
Anyway I still don't have a job so keep praying for that...
Saturday 12 October 2013
Retreat and a little more than a week.
This weekend 4-6 Oct was the national Discipleship year weekend retreat. It was amazing because we got to meet all the other people from all the other centres across the country which was great. God really spoke to me about my trust issues and I abseiled down a huge tower. The guy who was running the abseiling prayed for me and he said think on what it says in psalm 23 ' yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil...
On monday I started an evening theology course because I am clearly not getting enough theology. I enjoyed it and I now have some reading to do. This doing lots of theology made me remember why I dropped RS at school. I mean I did it GCSE but not A level. Firstly because at that time I was scared that if I studied my faith I would realise there was nothing there. Secondly because I get confused by the bible quite easily. One of my tasks and targets for this year is to read the whole bible I have read it all at least once at some point in my life just not in the space of a year. The other is to get together some foundational theologies.
This week we learned about God's promises to us and about how to read the bible knowing the context of the genre and what form the text was supposed to be that was great. we had good fun writing our own genre specific stuff. I also have been helping with Alpha which is good fun I get to be on the door giving out stickers which is really fun and the team are great.
Thursday was my second week with the older people because my church internship is split between working with the students and the seniors. This Thursday it was their dinner which was fun I got to meet some lovely new people. I love working with them. Student Alpha was great we had good fun with it all. We were on who is Jesus which is always an interesting one.
So Job front well this is the reason for the lateness in post. I have had a telephone interview this week with a well known UK department store and they have called my back for interview next Saturday so I am hoping that something comes of it. I didn't get the jewellery shop job because of my hours being wrong and it turns out I am not eligible for job seekers. So that just leaves trusting God which I have been doing for months and months hmm do we think I am learning a good lesson in patience?
On monday I started an evening theology course because I am clearly not getting enough theology. I enjoyed it and I now have some reading to do. This doing lots of theology made me remember why I dropped RS at school. I mean I did it GCSE but not A level. Firstly because at that time I was scared that if I studied my faith I would realise there was nothing there. Secondly because I get confused by the bible quite easily. One of my tasks and targets for this year is to read the whole bible I have read it all at least once at some point in my life just not in the space of a year. The other is to get together some foundational theologies.
This week we learned about God's promises to us and about how to read the bible knowing the context of the genre and what form the text was supposed to be that was great. we had good fun writing our own genre specific stuff. I also have been helping with Alpha which is good fun I get to be on the door giving out stickers which is really fun and the team are great.
Thursday was my second week with the older people because my church internship is split between working with the students and the seniors. This Thursday it was their dinner which was fun I got to meet some lovely new people. I love working with them. Student Alpha was great we had good fun with it all. We were on who is Jesus which is always an interesting one.
So Job front well this is the reason for the lateness in post. I have had a telephone interview this week with a well known UK department store and they have called my back for interview next Saturday so I am hoping that something comes of it. I didn't get the jewellery shop job because of my hours being wrong and it turns out I am not eligible for job seekers. So that just leaves trusting God which I have been doing for months and months hmm do we think I am learning a good lesson in patience?
Thursday 3 October 2013
What the DISC?
So week three. I was delayed in writing because we didn't get internet in our new house till yesterday. Its an amazing testament to God's extravagance and grace that we now almost have all the furniture that we need and some that we vaguely asked for like a dishwasher. I have a bed which makes me incredibly happy my back was really painful on the air mattress.
Anyway This week has been amazing I am now into full swing here and Alpha has started which I am helping with the admin of both of normal alpha and student alpha. I am really loving being here its so different from London where I was before, not the church well its a little more actually a lot more evangelical and spirit led than where I was before. But then where I grew up was different again. No two churches are the same and God uses and works through all of them isn't that so amazing... Its more than just the church it's silly things like well the fact that walking home at night isn't very scary not that it really was where I was in london but it just feels so much safer here and you can walk a mile in the middle of the day without bumping into people you know or people full stop. This is the most rural place I have ever lived, from our house you can see the rolling hills of a national park. Although there was lots of green space in London here its like everywhere.
Tuesday's teaching was good I am really loving the bible 101 classes Tuesday we talked about the Writer's Context and the history behind what we read which of course pushed all my history buttons. I love history and I am a geek for history so I probably spoke too much perhaps I should be a better student. Anyway after this we the session on our disc profile. no I din't know what it was either until I read our handbook about it. It is personality typing thing like Myers Briggs but to be honest myers briggs made so much more sense anyway it was about whether you were extroverted or introverted and task or people orientated It confused me no end and I have to make sense of it at some point because we have to do a personal development plan using it. I am going to have to get my head around that.
After teaching on Tuesday I went to a job interview. It went amazingly well and I was devastated when I got an email saying that they had chosen someone else because they had better availability she made it very clear that it was not because I wasn't a suitable candidate or that she was in any way a better candidate than me. Which is really disheartening because all my friends seem to be getting jobs at the moment and I am not. I am not sure what god is doing here.
So prayer requests
-pray for the alpha course
- that I find a job or at least a means of supporting myself.
- pray for our national discipleship year weekend away tommorow
Anyway This week has been amazing I am now into full swing here and Alpha has started which I am helping with the admin of both of normal alpha and student alpha. I am really loving being here its so different from London where I was before, not the church well its a little more actually a lot more evangelical and spirit led than where I was before. But then where I grew up was different again. No two churches are the same and God uses and works through all of them isn't that so amazing... Its more than just the church it's silly things like well the fact that walking home at night isn't very scary not that it really was where I was in london but it just feels so much safer here and you can walk a mile in the middle of the day without bumping into people you know or people full stop. This is the most rural place I have ever lived, from our house you can see the rolling hills of a national park. Although there was lots of green space in London here its like everywhere.
Tuesday's teaching was good I am really loving the bible 101 classes Tuesday we talked about the Writer's Context and the history behind what we read which of course pushed all my history buttons. I love history and I am a geek for history so I probably spoke too much perhaps I should be a better student. Anyway after this we the session on our disc profile. no I din't know what it was either until I read our handbook about it. It is personality typing thing like Myers Briggs but to be honest myers briggs made so much more sense anyway it was about whether you were extroverted or introverted and task or people orientated It confused me no end and I have to make sense of it at some point because we have to do a personal development plan using it. I am going to have to get my head around that.
After teaching on Tuesday I went to a job interview. It went amazingly well and I was devastated when I got an email saying that they had chosen someone else because they had better availability she made it very clear that it was not because I wasn't a suitable candidate or that she was in any way a better candidate than me. Which is really disheartening because all my friends seem to be getting jobs at the moment and I am not. I am not sure what god is doing here.
So prayer requests
-pray for the alpha course
- that I find a job or at least a means of supporting myself.
- pray for our national discipleship year weekend away tommorow
Tuesday 24 September 2013
One week in...
Ok so it been a week. Totally mad to think I have know these guys a week and we are already so close. Had three of the other interns for dinner last night which was good fun and I have moved house. Whoa one thing at a time I am getting away from myself.
Induction to the church.
I am interning at a church as a part of the course helping with the students and the senior citizen outreach. Thursday we were shown around and basically it was information overload but I think I have the essentials like where in the office the tea is kept and how to turn on t he lights in the church. Also there is a fire assembly point... might look that one up later because might be best not to have forgotten where that is... think that was about the measure of it oh and they shared the church's vision which is kinda important - well very important and I have that written down somewhere.
Job hunting.
To be honest Job hunting feels intensely futile as much as I have claimed it for Christ and prayed about it and everything. I have handed out so many CVs to shops and places although I drew the line at shops that were not of a kingdom vision ie. betting shops and the like. I have filled in loads of application forms. I am just praying that I get a part time job soon because there are a lot of things to pay for and I am hoping my resources will stretch till I get a job and a pay check.
Sunday
Church was amazing and we had great fun they introduced us all to the church. There was another girl there from my small town who was on a uni course here so that was interesting although we didn't go to the same school. I came to the realisation that not only everyone who was there when I was at school had left but many had been born since I started in year 7. That is scary. We had good fun after church together too although I missed the trip to the pub which was sad but there is always next Sunday.
Today
Today was our second teaching session and they got this amazing woman of God in to talk about our identity in Christ and it was amazing she was so prophetic and inspired. I now have this list of words of scripture to read over myself and my life. We also kind of bonded deeper as a group and this was rounded with prayer ministry training which is always good to be reminded of the good practise of that. I love praying for people its great to get alongside people even if nothing really happens its great just to be with them as they encounter God. We had practical and it was great. See you can't speak with authority in Jesus name like 'cough be gone in the name of Jesus' if you haven't rooted your identity in him first.
I am so excited for the year ahead its been such an amazing week Thank you God for the amazing week I have had. Loving this.
If you would like to pray for anything please pray
- pray for those people in Kenya in that shopping centre.
- pray that God gives us energy and vision for the year ahead.
- pray for those who are Christians and can't meet together because the country they live in persecutes the church.
- Pray that I will find a job.
- Pray that someone donates us furniture because I am on an air bed and I am not sure how long my back can cope with that.
Induction to the church.
I am interning at a church as a part of the course helping with the students and the senior citizen outreach. Thursday we were shown around and basically it was information overload but I think I have the essentials like where in the office the tea is kept and how to turn on t he lights in the church. Also there is a fire assembly point... might look that one up later because might be best not to have forgotten where that is... think that was about the measure of it oh and they shared the church's vision which is kinda important - well very important and I have that written down somewhere.
Job hunting.
To be honest Job hunting feels intensely futile as much as I have claimed it for Christ and prayed about it and everything. I have handed out so many CVs to shops and places although I drew the line at shops that were not of a kingdom vision ie. betting shops and the like. I have filled in loads of application forms. I am just praying that I get a part time job soon because there are a lot of things to pay for and I am hoping my resources will stretch till I get a job and a pay check.
Sunday
Church was amazing and we had great fun they introduced us all to the church. There was another girl there from my small town who was on a uni course here so that was interesting although we didn't go to the same school. I came to the realisation that not only everyone who was there when I was at school had left but many had been born since I started in year 7. That is scary. We had good fun after church together too although I missed the trip to the pub which was sad but there is always next Sunday.
Today
Today was our second teaching session and they got this amazing woman of God in to talk about our identity in Christ and it was amazing she was so prophetic and inspired. I now have this list of words of scripture to read over myself and my life. We also kind of bonded deeper as a group and this was rounded with prayer ministry training which is always good to be reminded of the good practise of that. I love praying for people its great to get alongside people even if nothing really happens its great just to be with them as they encounter God. We had practical and it was great. See you can't speak with authority in Jesus name like 'cough be gone in the name of Jesus' if you haven't rooted your identity in him first.
I am so excited for the year ahead its been such an amazing week Thank you God for the amazing week I have had. Loving this.
If you would like to pray for anything please pray
- pray for those people in Kenya in that shopping centre.
- pray that God gives us energy and vision for the year ahead.
- pray for those who are Christians and can't meet together because the country they live in persecutes the church.
- Pray that I will find a job.
- Pray that someone donates us furniture because I am on an air bed and I am not sure how long my back can cope with that.
Tuesday 17 September 2013
Every journey begins with a single step...
Hey
So if you don't know me I am Allie I am in my early twenties and for the next year (well 9 months) I am going to be doing the discipleship year. I just thought well that instead of a prayer letter or update thing that I always fail to keep up. I would do this blog because well blogs are cool and I know there are going to be some amazing things going to happen this year and it seems selfish not to share part of this year with you guys especially my amazing friends and family.
Today was the first day and I am going to try to share with you some of the stuff that I am being challenged on and some of what God is doing here. I am not going to say where I am because in many ways it doesn't matter. I guess also if you stumble across this whilst you are praying in consideration of the discipleship year it is kind of easier not to know where I am because then you can decide for yourself.
So today was the first day it was good I enjoyed meeting all the new people I will be sharing this experience with including the girls whom I intend to be sharing a house with. Anyway everyone was lovely and I was genuinely surprised about the mix. I think this is because like every other Christian girl I automatically assume it will be majority female and it wasn't. It was about even, some older than me mostly younger but then I am at the top end of the age bracket. They talked through the course structure and encouraged us to be encouraging and supportive of one another. This of course makes sense because discipleship is done in community its about fellowship building each other up and being accountable.
This was followed by praying through and putting together pointers for what we wanted to get out of the year, what we wanted to work on within ourselves and well what was holding us back.
We then had bible 101 part 1 which was great talking about the interpretations of the bible. I am a historian ( I studied mostly British history) so the idea of studying the effects and impacts of interpretation was an easy leap for me because that is what history is studying how people make conclusions about the past. It challenged me because I struggle reading the bible like I would anything else I tend to just read it and feel clogged about the context and trying to discern what about it was relevant to me now and all that so I am hoping this module will help. Possibly also for spesifics my new ESV study bible which I bought with my birthday money.
I hope I didn't talk to much I mean I probably didn't come across to the others as a total wierdo they don't know me yet I suppose. I do that when I am nervous but everyone was in the same boat so maybe they will put it down to that.
Anyway signed the tenancy agreement on our house today. Very exciting and bought my one set text (apart from clearly the bible) this term.
Brilliant first day although I am totally shattered.
Prayer requests
- Please pray that God gives me a Job. I don't want anything fancy just enough to live on.
- Please pray for all of us nationally on the discipleship year.
- Please pray for Syria- they kind of need it.
So if you don't know me I am Allie I am in my early twenties and for the next year (well 9 months) I am going to be doing the discipleship year. I just thought well that instead of a prayer letter or update thing that I always fail to keep up. I would do this blog because well blogs are cool and I know there are going to be some amazing things going to happen this year and it seems selfish not to share part of this year with you guys especially my amazing friends and family.
Today was the first day and I am going to try to share with you some of the stuff that I am being challenged on and some of what God is doing here. I am not going to say where I am because in many ways it doesn't matter. I guess also if you stumble across this whilst you are praying in consideration of the discipleship year it is kind of easier not to know where I am because then you can decide for yourself.
So today was the first day it was good I enjoyed meeting all the new people I will be sharing this experience with including the girls whom I intend to be sharing a house with. Anyway everyone was lovely and I was genuinely surprised about the mix. I think this is because like every other Christian girl I automatically assume it will be majority female and it wasn't. It was about even, some older than me mostly younger but then I am at the top end of the age bracket. They talked through the course structure and encouraged us to be encouraging and supportive of one another. This of course makes sense because discipleship is done in community its about fellowship building each other up and being accountable.
This was followed by praying through and putting together pointers for what we wanted to get out of the year, what we wanted to work on within ourselves and well what was holding us back.
We then had bible 101 part 1 which was great talking about the interpretations of the bible. I am a historian ( I studied mostly British history) so the idea of studying the effects and impacts of interpretation was an easy leap for me because that is what history is studying how people make conclusions about the past. It challenged me because I struggle reading the bible like I would anything else I tend to just read it and feel clogged about the context and trying to discern what about it was relevant to me now and all that so I am hoping this module will help. Possibly also for spesifics my new ESV study bible which I bought with my birthday money.
I hope I didn't talk to much I mean I probably didn't come across to the others as a total wierdo they don't know me yet I suppose. I do that when I am nervous but everyone was in the same boat so maybe they will put it down to that.
Anyway signed the tenancy agreement on our house today. Very exciting and bought my one set text (apart from clearly the bible) this term.
Brilliant first day although I am totally shattered.
Prayer requests
- Please pray that God gives me a Job. I don't want anything fancy just enough to live on.
- Please pray for all of us nationally on the discipleship year.
- Please pray for Syria- they kind of need it.
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