The fact that it's been a while since my last post could either mean a. I've been really busy so I have lots of exciting stories to share or b. I haven't done anything terribly exciting or blog post worthy.
So obviously the fact that I'm writing now could also mean either of those options. You pick.
Oh so you picked a. Wellll I haven't actually been that busy, but I have done some stuff so it's not a horrible loss. I have A LOT of free time, it's been getting a little uncomfortable lately. I feel like I'm missing something because I don't have loads to do for my classes. So while my friends are off in class all day and I don't have classes till the afternoon/evening every day except Wednesday [when I have no class] or Thursday [when I actually have class earlyish], I can sometimes get a little antsy. I went out wandering yesterday and found Greyfriar's Kirkyard where Greyfriar's Bobby is buried and there are several graves that gave J.K. Rowling name inspiration somewhere in there too. I couldn't find them, and it was just a little creepy walking around a graveyard alone even if it was still light out. I also found the school that gave J.K. Rowling the idea for Hogwarts. I plan on going back because it was really awesome looking but I felt awkward taking a picture since the school just got out and there were a lot of people walking around. This morning I went for a run, the first since I've been here! I searched running routes in Edinburgh to try to find one around Arthur's Seat since that's like superrr close to where my dorm is. So I found a route and planned on running it, but ended up taking the wrong road. So I ran to this little town called Duddington, I think. It was still nice even though it wasn't the way I originally intended going. I'm hoping to try again tomorrow to take the right road so I can go all the way around Arthur's Seat. I imagine that'll be a pretty run. It wasn't really sunny this morning so I missed a pretty sunrise; maybe tomorrow will be better. This is also my way of keeping myself accountable because someone will ask [or y'all should!] how my run went and I'll feel bad saying I slept in. That's why I sleep in running clothes too, so I have no excuses when my alarm goes off in the morning because all I have to do is put on shoes and put my hair in a ponytail. Haha.
Ok, I better get to bed so I don't have to drag myself out of bed. That'll probably happen anyways. I went to bed pretty early last night and I still snoozed my alarm. Sigh. I just love sleeping. =) Also, there was more I was meaning to write about, but I ended up skyping with a good friend for an hour so that's why I'm stopping this till tomorrow. Good night!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
i just ate haggis.
Yes, that title is true. I can't believe I did it. It was quite strange. I couldn't think too much about what I was eating. I only had one bite, but honestly it didn't taste bad. But my friends were disgusted and then they got me thinking about what I just ate and I couldn't do it anymore. The texture was a bit hard to ignore too so I'm not sure I could've had much more anyways. I had some neeps too. I don't really know what they are, but I think it was just potatoes with carrots and maybe some other stuff. It was decided that the Scottish just stick their food in the blender then eat it. Because we all know what haggis is [if you don't, you probably don't want to] and neeps was all mashed potato-y. So I just looked up what neeps are and apparently they're turnips? Maybe what I ate was neeps and tatties [potatoes] because it was definitely like mashed potatoes. It did taste a little odd but I attributed that to the spices. Interesting.
Well that was my Burns Night adventure, eating haggis and other weird traditional Scottish foods. I didn't get to do any ceilidh dancing, but I did see a 'flash mob' of ceilidh dancers today. I put flash mob in quotes because it wasn't really; it was more like a gathering and then they all got into position and the music started. I knew it was happening too because when I was looking up things to do for Burns Night, it came up on some website. I watched one dance; it looked like fun but everyone was way too intense and ceilidh's really aren't flash mob dances so I didn't join in. Plus I didn't know the steps. It also was getting cold and windy. Hah. Classic Scotland. It's said the temperature has been 50 all day, but it was warmest this morning when I went to breakfast. As the day went on it got colder and even rained a little. So far the rain hasn't been bad. I'm totally fine with that.
Today was a good day. Oh I forgot to mention, I met this girl from Baylor today who's studying here the whole year, but now trying to transfer here for coffee/warm drinks. She was pretty cool. We're going to try to go to church together on Sunday so that should be good.
Welp, over and out mates. Cheers. [Because that's how Scottish people end conversations and such. or as my History of Art tutor said.."Good day my dears" or something to that effect. All I remember is that he called us his dears. Hilarious.]
Well that was my Burns Night adventure, eating haggis and other weird traditional Scottish foods. I didn't get to do any ceilidh dancing, but I did see a 'flash mob' of ceilidh dancers today. I put flash mob in quotes because it wasn't really; it was more like a gathering and then they all got into position and the music started. I knew it was happening too because when I was looking up things to do for Burns Night, it came up on some website. I watched one dance; it looked like fun but everyone was way too intense and ceilidh's really aren't flash mob dances so I didn't join in. Plus I didn't know the steps. It also was getting cold and windy. Hah. Classic Scotland. It's said the temperature has been 50 all day, but it was warmest this morning when I went to breakfast. As the day went on it got colder and even rained a little. So far the rain hasn't been bad. I'm totally fine with that.
Today was a good day. Oh I forgot to mention, I met this girl from Baylor today who's studying here the whole year, but now trying to transfer here for coffee/warm drinks. She was pretty cool. We're going to try to go to church together on Sunday so that should be good.
Welp, over and out mates. Cheers. [Because that's how Scottish people end conversations and such. or as my History of Art tutor said.."Good day my dears" or something to that effect. All I remember is that he called us his dears. Hilarious.]
Monday, January 23, 2012
lemonade ≠ lemonade
More strange things I'm discovering in Edinburgh.
Lemonade means carbonated lemon flavored drink..think 7-up or Sprite. I don't know if the kind of drink we call lemonade exists here...a rather unfortunate discovery.
Everyone walks really fast. I wonder why? It's so cold and windy out; who wants to spend time outside freezing? I've picked up my pace considerable. No more lollygagging for me.
When it rains, umbrellas are minimal. The wind will turn them inside out. It almost happened to me. It's never been too bad that I've gotten soaked without an umbrella; I usually am almost to my destination when it starts.
Throwing up the peace sign is offensive. Something to do with the French cutting off the Englishmen's bow shooting fingers in some war and the Englishmen would flash their 'peace sign' to the enemy showing they still had their fingers like haha you can't get me.
Several words/phrases I will probably start incorporating in daily conversation: wee, good laugh, loo, cheers
Also have to remember, even though I'm in college, and obviously would be over 18 to be in college in the US, the drinking age is 18 here and you can start uni at 17, so showing your student ID doesn't cut it at all pubs. Needless to say, I still got a free hamburger albeit a day later than I wanted it. It wasn't very good either.
Someone I met that was Scottish told me the other day, that they love American accents. What? Cool. Personally I think the Scottish or British accent is way more interesting, but I'll take it. The word "chill" and any variant of that is also very American.
I bought some Ritz crackers at the grocery store. They didn't come in sleeves, just one big container thing. I ate peanut butter with them and it was delicious.
I might turn into a banana or an apple because that's literally the only fresh fruit they serve here.
It really isn't much warmer inside. It'll feel warm when you get in from being outside, but wait a bit and you'll be cold again.
Always estimate more time to get places because you'll probably get lost. And by you I mean me. I'm purposely leaving early for my History of Art class so I can hopefully get a seat and then have people sit next to me and I'll make friends. Oh, I know, I'm awesome.
Since I haven't done this since the first post...
Prayer requests:
That I'll make more friends to hang out with and go adventuring with.
That I will get plugged in well with that Christian Society thing.
That I'll remain positive about the way teaching/learning is done here.
That learning the bagpipes won't be too difficult; I want to really enjoy that class.
That the people on my hall won't bang on my door at 3:30 in the morning when they come back from clubbing, drunk.
That I'll get plenty of sleep.
Lemonade means carbonated lemon flavored drink..think 7-up or Sprite. I don't know if the kind of drink we call lemonade exists here...a rather unfortunate discovery.
Everyone walks really fast. I wonder why? It's so cold and windy out; who wants to spend time outside freezing? I've picked up my pace considerable. No more lollygagging for me.
When it rains, umbrellas are minimal. The wind will turn them inside out. It almost happened to me. It's never been too bad that I've gotten soaked without an umbrella; I usually am almost to my destination when it starts.
Throwing up the peace sign is offensive. Something to do with the French cutting off the Englishmen's bow shooting fingers in some war and the Englishmen would flash their 'peace sign' to the enemy showing they still had their fingers like haha you can't get me.
Several words/phrases I will probably start incorporating in daily conversation: wee, good laugh, loo, cheers
Also have to remember, even though I'm in college, and obviously would be over 18 to be in college in the US, the drinking age is 18 here and you can start uni at 17, so showing your student ID doesn't cut it at all pubs. Needless to say, I still got a free hamburger albeit a day later than I wanted it. It wasn't very good either.
Someone I met that was Scottish told me the other day, that they love American accents. What? Cool. Personally I think the Scottish or British accent is way more interesting, but I'll take it. The word "chill" and any variant of that is also very American.
I bought some Ritz crackers at the grocery store. They didn't come in sleeves, just one big container thing. I ate peanut butter with them and it was delicious.
I might turn into a banana or an apple because that's literally the only fresh fruit they serve here.
It really isn't much warmer inside. It'll feel warm when you get in from being outside, but wait a bit and you'll be cold again.
Always estimate more time to get places because you'll probably get lost. And by you I mean me. I'm purposely leaving early for my History of Art class so I can hopefully get a seat and then have people sit next to me and I'll make friends. Oh, I know, I'm awesome.
Since I haven't done this since the first post...
Prayer requests:
That I'll make more friends to hang out with and go adventuring with.
That I will get plugged in well with that Christian Society thing.
That I'll remain positive about the way teaching/learning is done here.
That learning the bagpipes won't be too difficult; I want to really enjoy that class.
That the people on my hall won't bang on my door at 3:30 in the morning when they come back from clubbing, drunk.
That I'll get plenty of sleep.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
on top of the world.
Today I climbed up Arthur's seat. It was fabulous. Definitely going to be something I'll be doing much more. It was a perfect day to go really. It wasn't horribly windy and I wasn't too cold. Sometimes I find myself wearing my coat in my dorm room, but today getting exercise was so enjoyable! I am currently a little chilly in my room, but I've kind of gotten used to being cold a lot. Or wearing my winter coat all the time.
Since the last time I blogged, I've met some Scottish people. Haha. And they're Christians. holler at me. Hopefully I'll get to hang out with them some more. They're all freshers, but whatever. I went to this Christian Union event with them on Friday. I was surprised I knew almost all the songs we sang. Probably shouldn't have been because I think most were Hillsong United. The event was different than it normally is because it was other CU's from other Edinburgh schools that were there too? And it was missions night. Normally it's just in the Chaplaincy on campus, I guess and only University of Edinburgh students. Not like I really knew the difference because I didn't know anyone. haha
Yesterday, Maddie, Elizabeth, and I took on the city. We went to the National Museum of Scotland. We walked the Royal Mile and saw the castle. We took random streets. We ate crappy hamburgers. We saw a bagpiper playing in the street like guitarists do back home. We went to the Elephant House, where JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter. We drank tea like proper UK citizens. We tried to go out to a pub but didn't find any that looked decent and it was freeeezing out so we just went back to the dorms and watched Abduction. Baby steps. Eventually we'll find friends who know what's going on and we'll find some not sketch place to go.
Here's a taste of my time so far. Also facebook album for more!
Since the last time I blogged, I've met some Scottish people. Haha. And they're Christians. holler at me. Hopefully I'll get to hang out with them some more. They're all freshers, but whatever. I went to this Christian Union event with them on Friday. I was surprised I knew almost all the songs we sang. Probably shouldn't have been because I think most were Hillsong United. The event was different than it normally is because it was other CU's from other Edinburgh schools that were there too? And it was missions night. Normally it's just in the Chaplaincy on campus, I guess and only University of Edinburgh students. Not like I really knew the difference because I didn't know anyone. haha
Yesterday, Maddie, Elizabeth, and I took on the city. We went to the National Museum of Scotland. We walked the Royal Mile and saw the castle. We took random streets. We ate crappy hamburgers. We saw a bagpiper playing in the street like guitarists do back home. We went to the Elephant House, where JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter. We drank tea like proper UK citizens. We tried to go out to a pub but didn't find any that looked decent and it was freeeezing out so we just went back to the dorms and watched Abduction. Baby steps. Eventually we'll find friends who know what's going on and we'll find some not sketch place to go.
Here's a taste of my time so far. Also facebook album for more!
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| view out my window |
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| edinburgh castle |
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| bagpipe at the national museum of scotland |
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| maddie, me, elizabeth at the castle |
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| being English |
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| Arthur's Seat |
Thursday, January 19, 2012
cheers mate.
One day earlier this week, I was at the library, and I heard this guy talking in a different language. I couldn't tell what it was. Then, it hit me. He was speaking English with a thick Scottish accent. Ha.
I've only really noticed a few words so far that people use that are different here, at least that were drastically different I had to ask what they meant[canteen]. Sometimes people say things and I just smile and nod because I'm not sure what they mean but I don't want to ask again. Haha
canteen: cafeteria
jumper: sweater
They also say cheers a lot. At the end of my Art History class, everyone claps. The elevators are tiny and so is the shower. Lots of things are backwards here. Like to lock my door, I turn left. So it's like lefty locky instead of lefty loosey. Doors that look like they should be pull are actually push. No one seems to heed whether the walk signs change to walk or not. If there's enough room to run across in between cars, people will. The street names are put on the side of the buildings and a lot of streets have like 5 different names. That is probably why I get lost so much. I actually haven't since Monday night, thank goodness. A lot of girls wear short shorts with tights. Classy. There are always croissants at the dining hall. and fish. and potatoes. I feel like I'm hungry all the time though. Since we don't get lunch in the dining hall [which actually makes since because most people are on campus over lunch], I feel like I'm always hungry because I don't ever have much of a lunch. I'm usually hungry again by the time I go to bed too. I need some snacks. =)
I'm sore from walking so much. I won't need to join any running clubs! All the walking I do is making me sore. Rather ridiculous, but good. haha I walked around the city yesterday and saw child size kilts. Awesome. Also saw some of those classic red telephone booths! There are lots of cool looking alleys I will have to explore. I think they're called closes.
Well, it's off to dinner soon. Look for some pictures/a link to facebook on Sunday!
I've only really noticed a few words so far that people use that are different here, at least that were drastically different I had to ask what they meant[canteen]. Sometimes people say things and I just smile and nod because I'm not sure what they mean but I don't want to ask again. Haha
canteen: cafeteria
jumper: sweater
They also say cheers a lot. At the end of my Art History class, everyone claps. The elevators are tiny and so is the shower. Lots of things are backwards here. Like to lock my door, I turn left. So it's like lefty locky instead of lefty loosey. Doors that look like they should be pull are actually push. No one seems to heed whether the walk signs change to walk or not. If there's enough room to run across in between cars, people will. The street names are put on the side of the buildings and a lot of streets have like 5 different names. That is probably why I get lost so much. I actually haven't since Monday night, thank goodness. A lot of girls wear short shorts with tights. Classy. There are always croissants at the dining hall. and fish. and potatoes. I feel like I'm hungry all the time though. Since we don't get lunch in the dining hall [which actually makes since because most people are on campus over lunch], I feel like I'm always hungry because I don't ever have much of a lunch. I'm usually hungry again by the time I go to bed too. I need some snacks. =)
I'm sore from walking so much. I won't need to join any running clubs! All the walking I do is making me sore. Rather ridiculous, but good. haha I walked around the city yesterday and saw child size kilts. Awesome. Also saw some of those classic red telephone booths! There are lots of cool looking alleys I will have to explore. I think they're called closes.
Well, it's off to dinner soon. Look for some pictures/a link to facebook on Sunday!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
and miles to go
Yesterday[Monday] was quite the day. I walked so much. I did so much. It was terrific. My adventuresome day began when I went to campus with my friend, Elizabeth. She's from Chicago and loads of fun. We're both pretty bad at knowing how to get places, but she's better than I am for sure. We actually made it to George Square/central campus without trouble. Then we spent some time trying to find important buildings etc. We hung out in the ISC [International Student Centre] for a bit, met some other Americans. Where are all the international students hiding?! It was decided that we're not buying lunch anymore because it's too expensive to have to do that everyday. I smuggled half a croissant and a little thing of Nutella out of the dining hall this morning. When Elizabeth was in class, I went wandering. I found where I thought my History of Art class would be, then I ended up wandering super far away and finding a beautiful park called the Meadows. Eventually I made it back to campus and met Elizabeth at the library where we got our official IDs and tried to figure out printing stuff. It costs basically 32cents per page to print! Ridiculous. I had class at 5:10 but I didn't really know where it'd be. I just found the History of Art building and went there hoping that someone could tell me where it would be in there. Turns out it wasn't in that building at all! I had to trek all the way back across campus and find the David Hume Lecture theater. That took longer than expected so I showed up to class a couple minutes late. Oops. It was okay though because two other people came in at the same time as me and 2 more people came in after. The teacher isn't Scottish, but he's still got a nice English accent. I think that's going to be the best part of class. Art history is rather dull. After that class was over, I had to walk back to Pollocks in the dark. Let's talk about how that ended up taking me an hour. It should have taken 20min. Praying I don't get lost coming back today because we have a new residents dessert meeting at 7 and I have to eat dinner before that.
It's now actually Wednesday. This post has been in the works since Tuesday morning. Jeez. I should probably just stop now and write a new post for other things that have happened. Well I'll finish Monday. So after dinner and such on Monday, my friends Elizabeth and Maddie came back to my room and we just hung out and talked and listened to music on youtube and found concerts in the UK. haha
Then after they left, just before I got my pjs on, there was a knock on my door and I met 3 of the people living on my hall, 2 guys and a girl. I don't see anyone ever when I'm in and out of the hallway which is weird. So I'm glad they knocked and said hello. The girl, Shelby, then invited me to her room and we drank tea and talked. That was fun. She's real nice. Hopefully I'll meet more people on the hall eventually. I just wish partying wasn't the main hang out event. I didn't realize how intense like everyone I've met is about partying. A lot of people go out every night! It's too bad it costs to go to events or I'd be more likely to go even though I don't drink. I don't want to spend money to go somewhere and be over it after like 2 hours then everyone else still be going strong for more hours. I feel like a party pooper but that's not my scene at all. I'd rather people potentially miss me because I'm not there than be there and not enjoy it. So yeah. That's enough. I'm about to leave to finally go meet my buddy! I hope she's nice! I'll post pictures soon; I'm trying to get a bit more so I have a significant number to share not just like 5. haha I'll also put my facebook album link on here when I put pictures on there because that's where the majority will be and I want everyone to be able to see them regardless of if you have facebook or not!
Cheers.
It's now actually Wednesday. This post has been in the works since Tuesday morning. Jeez. I should probably just stop now and write a new post for other things that have happened. Well I'll finish Monday. So after dinner and such on Monday, my friends Elizabeth and Maddie came back to my room and we just hung out and talked and listened to music on youtube and found concerts in the UK. haha
Then after they left, just before I got my pjs on, there was a knock on my door and I met 3 of the people living on my hall, 2 guys and a girl. I don't see anyone ever when I'm in and out of the hallway which is weird. So I'm glad they knocked and said hello. The girl, Shelby, then invited me to her room and we drank tea and talked. That was fun. She's real nice. Hopefully I'll meet more people on the hall eventually. I just wish partying wasn't the main hang out event. I didn't realize how intense like everyone I've met is about partying. A lot of people go out every night! It's too bad it costs to go to events or I'd be more likely to go even though I don't drink. I don't want to spend money to go somewhere and be over it after like 2 hours then everyone else still be going strong for more hours. I feel like a party pooper but that's not my scene at all. I'd rather people potentially miss me because I'm not there than be there and not enjoy it. So yeah. That's enough. I'm about to leave to finally go meet my buddy! I hope she's nice! I'll post pictures soon; I'm trying to get a bit more so I have a significant number to share not just like 5. haha I'll also put my facebook album link on here when I put pictures on there because that's where the majority will be and I want everyone to be able to see them regardless of if you have facebook or not!
Cheers.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
arrival of the beth
I made it to Edinburgh!
I arrived here at about 7:40 this morning, so it was still dark when we flew in. But it turned into a beautiful day full of blue skies and sunshine. I haven't connected with any non-Americans yet; all the people I met at orientation were American. I'm meeting a couple of them for dinner tonight. I met a guy from Boston this morning; he helped me not get lost finding where we had orientation this morning even though I was the one with the map. I'm directionally challenged. It's hard though because you meet someone once and unless you exchange full names you probably won't see them again because no one really has phones. I was able to find the two girls I had dinner with on facebook and one of the girls tried to text me because she already has a UK phone, but it didn't go through, so not sure what's up.
Today was a really nice day; it'll be sad when it rains. Also, I don't have class till like 5 tomorrow so not sure what I'll do tomorrow...wander. It's going to be dark when I go to class which is a little sketchy, but hopefully there'll be people in my class who live in Pollocks Hall too so we can walk back together. It's about a 15min walk to George Square [where most of my classes will be] which is the center of campus pretty much. I saw the Elephant House, the apparent birthplace of the Harry Potter series! I'll have to stop in someday..if I can find it again. All of the buildings are soooo pretty with the old architecture and just the quaint lovely feel. I'm in love with the buildings. haha I have a new found love for doors too. There are some pretty cool looking doors around here I'll have to get to photographing. Maybe tomorrow will be a photo adventure! I can see Arthur's Seat, the 'mountain/hill' that one must climb to the top at least once when they're in Edinburgh, from my room window so that's pretty sweeeet.
Okay, well I'm gonna go to bed soon so I get enough sleep! I'm surprised at how well I survived this day. I wasn't really horribly tired until I came back from orientation and started unpacking. Go me! I'm awesome at beating jetlag!
I arrived here at about 7:40 this morning, so it was still dark when we flew in. But it turned into a beautiful day full of blue skies and sunshine. I haven't connected with any non-Americans yet; all the people I met at orientation were American. I'm meeting a couple of them for dinner tonight. I met a guy from Boston this morning; he helped me not get lost finding where we had orientation this morning even though I was the one with the map. I'm directionally challenged. It's hard though because you meet someone once and unless you exchange full names you probably won't see them again because no one really has phones. I was able to find the two girls I had dinner with on facebook and one of the girls tried to text me because she already has a UK phone, but it didn't go through, so not sure what's up.
Today was a really nice day; it'll be sad when it rains. Also, I don't have class till like 5 tomorrow so not sure what I'll do tomorrow...wander. It's going to be dark when I go to class which is a little sketchy, but hopefully there'll be people in my class who live in Pollocks Hall too so we can walk back together. It's about a 15min walk to George Square [where most of my classes will be] which is the center of campus pretty much. I saw the Elephant House, the apparent birthplace of the Harry Potter series! I'll have to stop in someday..if I can find it again. All of the buildings are soooo pretty with the old architecture and just the quaint lovely feel. I'm in love with the buildings. haha I have a new found love for doors too. There are some pretty cool looking doors around here I'll have to get to photographing. Maybe tomorrow will be a photo adventure! I can see Arthur's Seat, the 'mountain/hill' that one must climb to the top at least once when they're in Edinburgh, from my room window so that's pretty sweeeet.
Okay, well I'm gonna go to bed soon so I get enough sleep! I'm surprised at how well I survived this day. I wasn't really horribly tired until I came back from orientation and started unpacking. Go me! I'm awesome at beating jetlag!
Friday, January 13, 2012
missed connection
That sounds like a bad Craiglist ad.
This is going to be really short because it's late. But needless to say. The adventure has begun full force. Because of airplane trouble leaving Indy, I ran across the Dulles airport [with a Scotsman no less!] futilely and am now spending the night in the ridiculously fancy Hyatt.
I'll be off to Newark at 12:30pm then from Newark, I fly straight to Edinburgh at 7:28pm and arrive there at like 7am.
Nothing short of an adventure.
I definitely was not expecting this. But trying to remain positive even if I'm missing out on a lot of new student activities Saturday night.
Good night world. The next time you hear from me I better be in Edinburgh!
This is going to be really short because it's late. But needless to say. The adventure has begun full force. Because of airplane trouble leaving Indy, I ran across the Dulles airport [with a Scotsman no less!] futilely and am now spending the night in the ridiculously fancy Hyatt.
I'll be off to Newark at 12:30pm then from Newark, I fly straight to Edinburgh at 7:28pm and arrive there at like 7am.
Nothing short of an adventure.
I definitely was not expecting this. But trying to remain positive even if I'm missing out on a lot of new student activities Saturday night.
Good night world. The next time you hear from me I better be in Edinburgh!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
into the great unknown
Hi Friends!
Welcome to my study abroad blog! I hope you can feel like you're along for the ride through my stories and such.
A week from today I'll be in Scotland. Crazy. There's still a lot I need to do, but it'll all get done, no worries. I'd like to take this time to ask if you would partner with me in prayer. I'm really excited to go abroad, but also slightly terrified to travel alone.
Here are several prayer points:
-that I would have safe travels all the way and no problems in connections etc.
-that I will be able to find good friends and a church to plug into
-that I'll remember to trust God when things get tough or uncertain
-that I will find joy in going into the unknown, doing things I've never done
-"Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel" Ephesians 6:19
Thanks all!
Welcome to my study abroad blog! I hope you can feel like you're along for the ride through my stories and such.
A week from today I'll be in Scotland. Crazy. There's still a lot I need to do, but it'll all get done, no worries. I'd like to take this time to ask if you would partner with me in prayer. I'm really excited to go abroad, but also slightly terrified to travel alone.
Here are several prayer points:
-that I would have safe travels all the way and no problems in connections etc.
-that I will be able to find good friends and a church to plug into
-that I'll remember to trust God when things get tough or uncertain
-that I will find joy in going into the unknown, doing things I've never done
-"Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel" Ephesians 6:19
Thanks all!
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