This week has been full of so many things - life as a cadet has definitely not been boring over the past 7 days!
On Sunday we headed to North London to lead the meetings at Chalk Farm Corps. We went there for an observation Sunday a few weeks ago and had a lovely day there so we are looking forward to visiting them again, although a little nervous as this was the first time we’d led a meeting together since arriving at college. It went ok, I think it’s safe to say we were both pleased with how it all went and the feedback we got was positive :-) The girls both like it there too so that of course makes it much easier for us!
The next day was a tad different!! We woke up to a white William Booth College. It meant 2 crazy days as Sian was off school and Abigail was only in nursery for one morning. Graeme and I were able to take it in turns to go to lessons and look after them. As you can imagine it was a little hectic, especially keeping track of where Sian was on the college campus as she played with the other college kids!
Wednesday saw us all return to normal, which I have to confess was great! It’s strange before coming into college I could manage the girls, family life, home etc etc and then when you come to college you accept the fact that you now have to work around a timetable and so you fit in with it and get on with it! Then when it disappears you don’t know where you are!! I think that’s called being institutionalised!!!! After just 5 months?! Argh!
Yesterday we met another deadline by handing in our meeting plan and sermon for our next visit to Chalk Farm. We also got our first ‘review and evaluation’ back after the Review Board met to discuss our progress so far in college - specifically our spiritual development. I’m pleased to report that it all went ok and we’ve not been asked to pack!
Then to today…I have to confess to not starting the day off so happy as it was snowing again and for a few minutes I thought I’d be home with the girls with all the ‘fun’ of snow! I know that must sound terrible and that I don’t want to be home with them, which is of course not true it’s just kind of hectic with lessons, deadlines, etc still going on…but…school and nursery were open and in fact the snow is almost all gone now. So today I’ve met in a small group to discuss the arguments for and against the existance of God. Then I was filmed reading ‘Guess How Much I Love You?’ to look at how well I communicate, how to improve my public speaking etc. Had the afternoon and evening doing bits and bobs, being with the girls etc and this evening I’ve started planning my next essay which is on Evangelism and Mission! An interesting and varied day!!
So now it’s off to bed and see what the weekend brings, hopefully not too much snow as London just doesn’t seem to cope well and it seem to rub off on me which is most annoying! ![]()













