Continuous Mission ... I know

Although life is a continous mission field, I have created a new blog, seen as I am back from YWAM and India ... I have grown, therefore new blog - obviously!!
Do read up on whatever I have to say - who even knows ... on www.misspiekos.blogspot.com It's called 'These Four Walls'.


I think the name is artistic and suave. But the actual reason is because it is a song by Miley Cyrus, which is kind of lame of me really, but I think she is really cool - I know you are dying to judge me right now, please refrain, I am aware of how geeky I am being, but I can't help it.
The song is not specifically meaningful to me or anything, I just think it's named well. I stole it because I want to think outside of 'These Four Walls' (home, my mind, the 'world' and so on). Read as you will :)


Thankyou so much for following whilst I was away ... it really was amazing.
Love to all.
Lxxx

Life in Gujarat

Laura reports touring in Gujarat is amazing. They travelled to a seaside village and rode on a camel, then traveled 2 hours to Porbander to see Ghandi's house. The town was intreguing but lifeless. After which they return to Rajkot where they have been prayer walking. Finishing their time in the area spending in the bazars. What seemed like a very expensive shopping trip came to £10.00 ! After numerous heated discussions with the bank Laura is again in the money! All the team have received the lovely gift of headlice from the orphanage in Chennai, hence are alittle stressed and preoccupied with their personal hygiene at the moment.

The journey to Deli took a further 24 hours on a noisey, smelly train. There are alot of beggers. The team managed to see 'Slumdog millianaire' in Hindi, feeling that the film really represents the culture in India. Laura recommends that you all go and see the film. She can't wait to see it in English. She askes for your prayers for the journey home on 13th Feb. and is hoping the snow will not close the airport. Our snow stories have obviously got as far as India!

Letter from India

Laura sends her regards to everyone and gives us more insight into her time spent in Chennai . She was upset with the conditions in the orphanage and felt the Home was only one step from the gutter for the children there. They would find them lay, sleeping in their own excreament and the floors of the bedroom had not been clean of dirt and human waste for a very long time. Hence one of her jobs was to clean the floors ! She felt they had very few cuddles and human contact and was blessed by a 3 year old boy falling to sleep whilst she tickled his back.

However the team really enjoyed their time with the village women and learn alot about washing clothes by hand and peeling veg at an extra fast speed. They got invited to a 'puberty party' and were involved in community activites. The women enjoyed them 'hanging out' with them. However Laura expressed the 'heaviness' that the team felt and general spiritual oppression. The people they were staying with were lovely and kept buying them ice-cream.

The journey up north took 36 hours and was eventful in that other passengers got up in the night to cook food and put all the lights on. They are now in the comfort of a hotel with spring water on request. They are prayer walking around the area and soon go to Deli. Hope you have managed to see some pictures on facebook. Soon Laura will be able to give you her own update. Thanks for your support and prayers. Keep them coming.

On the move up north !

Today Laura and friends will be on the train having a 26 hour adventure ride through the centre of India. In her last email she expressed that they would miss the women they had made friends with in Chennai, however they had given them pictures taken with them as a going away present. The group were ready to move on and are looking forward to their time in Gujerat and Deli. Please remember them all in your prayers as things are not as open up there, and they may not find it as easy. Also Laura's bank have stopped her cash card, and we pray this will get sorted out quickly. There are some lovely pictures on facebook of the girls in the orphanage with the children. Awaiting further update from Laura then I will give you any further news.

Last few weeks in Chennai

Laura is really enjoying her time in Chennai, both working and playing hard. Marcus arrived to support the team for afew days bringing lots of goodies from England. What we take for granted, chocolate,biscuits,sweets and peanut butter! Who could live without peanut butter. On Monday they were going to the beach and actually swimming in the sea. However, for the rest of the week it is back to work. They are still supporting the local orphanage and would like your prayers as it is not an easy task. It feels spiritually heavy but they have really got attached to the children there. The whole place feels sad! The work in the local village is going very well.

On the 24th Jan. they move on to Rajkot in Gujarat, which will consist of a very long train jouney.Then on the 2nd Feb. they go to New Delhi and then back to sunny England on 13th Feb. hence finishing the adventure in India. However, it is not over yet and we will give you a further update next week. Lots of hugs and kisses from Laura xx

New Year update from India

Having a great time in India, all is well here, the people we are staying with are lovely and feed us delish food. It is great. They also have a roof which we can sunbathe on when having quiet time, which is fab, though my tan still looks rubbish, (I blame the factor 30 suncream). We have been to two orphanages this week, one that we went to help at and to clean, we will be visiting there again to help out with the kids, there are 40 children (mixed) and only 3 staff, so they really need it. Then we went to another where we painted some of the doors and the walls so that the kids would come back to a new year in a newly renovated home. It was really cool doing the painting, I felt like I was really putting something into something ... it was good anyway, and we took plenty of pics. Mine and Ilse's door was the best painted, the guys who worked there even said so! haha. Tomorrow we are going to the zoo which is great, and will be fun, we dont have to wear salwars on the day off, but pretty much the rest of the time we do. On friday one of the guys from Holmsted - Marcus is coming out to see how we are doing, he'll be here for 5 days, which will be a nice change! Loving it here, loving the people, loving my team and loving my Maker. Hope you are all well, and I send all my love. Laura xxx

Laura's move to 'New Abode'

Hi guys, another update from Laura. Had the pleasure of talking to her for about 1/2 hour on Christmas Day. She sounds great and up for every challenge ahead_ don't stop praying, all thoughts are appreciated.

Laura has now moved to a new base that actually has a bathroom with a toilet and toilet paper [the simple thing we take for granted]. It even has an upper deck for sunbathing! [on days off]. This is situated next to a huge lake in Chennai. The owners are the leaders of the church they are attached to, which is based in the house- not far to travel on a Sunday morning! However the cockroaches, ants and mozzies love it there as well, much to Laura's horror.

This week they have lots of kids work planned, running a holiday morning, for two days, for children in the area, and intercession walks around the area. After which they are hoping to work in the orthanage down the road. She has already spent some time in a Children's Home where many of the children have Aids.

She will not be celebrating New Year in India, however, wishes you all a 'Happy New Year' and looks forward to sending more news next week [she only has access to the internet on Mondays]. She has a few photos posted on facebook, so take a look at Laura in Indian traditional dress!

*MERRY CHRISTMAS*

Hey guys - wanted to tell you that I miss you all and hope all is well?

Just to wish you all a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I love you all a lot.

Kisses. 

x x x x

Update from India

Quotes from Laura's e-mail : "Hey followers of the India travells,

So just a quick update to keep you all informed of my whereabouts at this current time. We are situated in the rural area of Chennai but it is still amazing to be here.Will be at the base until end of December before we move on to a new base, but that means we have a tree for Christmas and a living room and people to share with us - and it will just be simply lovely.

Yesterday we went for a special walk around the area, it was so sad to see some of the things. We went to look around a womens mental home- which was incredible to see how the government are helping to rehabilitate women of all ages and religions.

At the base we have a fan whjch we sleep under to keep cool at night. Meal times are 'ish' ,the event being more important than the time. Also curry for breakfast is not to my taste, but the rest of the day it is fine.

Anyway, all my love to you and see you in 8 weeks or so. Keep me in your thoughts. Also Imon is not yet out here - we want him to be with us, so that would be good for you to keep in mind! Love you all. xxxxxxxxx "

LAURA ARRIVES IN INDIA

Lesley [Laura's mum] writting on behalf of Laura whilst she is in India.

After a 30 hour jouney and sleeping on the floor of a couple of airports Laura arrived in Chennai, India. She reports that the weather is lovely but a little sticky at times. She is staying in a small house that is used as a Suicide Prevention Centre for the first 2 weeks, so will be there for Christmas.
Her biggest nightmare upto date is the bathroom, or lack of. The toilet consists of a hole in the floor and bath-time consists of 1/2 a bucket of water to wash hair and body. On arrival she was given 2 'salwar kameez' [local dress] which they have to wear when out of the house.
She sends all her love and wishes everyone a 'Happy Christmas'. Keep both the teams [India and Poland] in your prayers. I will pass on any news as I get it. God Bless Lesley x

Finale of the lecture phase ... God is Incredible.

This is to be my final blog from the old Angleterre ... oh guys, how I will miss the chill that is Britain in December/January and February. But it will be strange to be warm at Christmas, and without close family. Weird. But I am looking forward to it incredibly.  Mum dropped off some Christmas presents so that will be nice when I get to the land of India at Christmas. Woop.

India will be a challenge and a half - we are going to come up against so much spiritual warfare, so much poverty, hunger, desperation and so on! I am scared witless of being knocked off my feet by the culture shock. I have never been anywhere that hasn't been western (when I've been able to remember anyway!) So that'll be an eye opener.  I am excited about the Dramas and the talks that we are going to give - they really are incredible ... God in every step we take.

So, the last few weeks God has really been preparing me for the outreach part ... we have really been praying for Imon's Visa and just trusting that God has this in his hands and that it'll all be ok - that is hard - but we are doing it. I have really learned patience and how to trust, also giving myself to God .... I have also been really challenged to step out in faith.

This weekend (my last one in England for two months) was great, we did Drama's on Friday night - and my Mum, Dad and Andrew arrived - me and Dad drove round for ages looking for somewhere to sell me some Diet Coke. It is a mild addiction now. This is sad. On Saturday we left at around 10.30 to go to Emma ex-Delany now Jeffery's Wedding. It was so lovely, Emma looked beautiful and the wedding itself was fabby and just brilliant. Spent most of the evening chatting with some friends of my Dad's their son was 20 and had been to India, so we were chatting about that. Was good. Sunday, came back and played Outreach games all day, we cleaned up leaves and washed a car, we hiked for about an hour with our backpacks on (was incredible!), we sat by a fire (which we lit ourselves) in the dark - it was great.

So all in all, the last few days here have been brilliant. I am so scared about leaving the Poland team, but I know God has so much planned for them - and I will see them in Feb when I get back. But otherwise for now, I leave you with the knowledge that I am going to make sure I stay alive and that I speak out truth wherever I set foot. I miss you all daily - and hope that you are all well. Love to you all!!!!!!!!!

Always yours, in whatever country I happen to be in...

Laura x x x x x x 

P.S. Mum, I rang the bank, don't worry, they said that is fine.

P.P.S. I have packed my passport somewhere safe inside some form of plastic wallet like you do when we go on holiday. It is in my hand luggage. Oh and my bag only weighs 11kg. Winner.

P.P.S.S. Hi Andie ... you shweet. face kisses.

GRANDMA AND PAPA I LOVE YOU BOTH A LOT.

REW/ You are a star, I love you.

LOUISE, TOM, HELEN = have a merry Christmas.

JAY - ik hou van jou. (it's Dutch - look it up) xx

EMMA B: I adore you so much for your prescence even though I have been in Sussex this whole time. x

WENDY: I will miss you thank you so much for all your attentiveness over the last three months, I will come visit when I get back.

CHURCH LOT - see you in Feb ;)

BLOG READERS: Thanks and sweet sleep :D

DAD - I would never forget you. xxx +1

New Update? Are my eyes decieving me??

It’s been 14 days. 14 days since I wrote my last blog. How sucky am I on a scale of 1 to 10? That is a rhetorical question DO NOT ANSWER IT. I know I suck at keeping up with this.

HI GUYS I LOVE YOU ALLLLLLL x x x x x

Anyway, I have a rubbish announcement – when I go to India I am not allowed to mention ‘Missions’, ‘Outreach’ or ‘YWAM’, ‘Convert’ or ‘Evangelise’ or anything to that effect … so Lauraonamission will probably cease to exist unless I email someone who will post blogs for me once a week. This may have to happen as I think it is a necessary to keep up the blog and I need your prayer. So I will ask my good friend Emma or my Dad and see if I can entertain him.

This last week or so has been incredible – we have had talk on Spiritual Warfare the week before this one … which was all about the spiritual world not being a separate world from the ‘real’ world. So that was pretty interesting, from that they prophesied a ‘new song’ over me – and Ginny and Nikki encouraged me to write a song … we’ll see.
This week was on Relationships and they had a whole conversation about masturbation – I WAS HORRIFIED. I had NO idea what to do!! Also, the lady who was talking made me say arouse L in front of the whole class. I went bright red. It was horrid.

This weekend, just gone, I went to London, it was incredible. I had SUCH a good weekend. Ann-Louise, Lydia and myself stayed in a hostel (which we booked on Thursday night for Fri and Sat night) 35pounds for two nights – it was good.
On Friday we went to Starbucks and had coffee and hot chocolate, then we wandered down Ebury street to find that our hostel had stairs like a lighthouse – 5 minutes from the station. Brilliant. Then we went sightseeing, Annie and I tried on amazing dresses in Monsoon and we got kicked out of accessorize because we tried on hats and tried to take pictures! Went to see Westminster Abby, Big Ben, Houses of parliament, London Bridge, the Southbank which brought back many choral memories. Later that day I met Tom in Covent Gardens, then we got coffee and Hot Chocolate in Nero with Tom – wandered the streets around Leister Square and Trafalgar Square, then walked Tom to the foreign office – the last time I will see him before Feb … sad.
Saturday we met Luke and Imon in London and went to see Notts County play and they lost 6:1 – sad. So we went to Pizza Hut to console Luke and then we went bowling. Which I suck at it turns out. I lost with only 22 points.
Sunday we played about in about 3 different Starbucks and then went to see Buckingham Palace before we left to go home.
It was a lovely weekend, and a joy to see Tom. I had a really good time. Woo Hoo.

This last week has been interesting – and God has really taught me some stuff, even just through my friends, Lauren and Ilse have been my legendary Dutch and Aussie friends this week. I adore them both.

We made the boys breakfast on Friday morning before we had a day of ENERGETIC drama practise … insanely amazing. Anyway, so we gave them encouragements from each of the girls, bless them. We love them. So the two dramas we did were so energetic that my body ACHES today from my neck to my thigh muscles. Crazy. It was so much fun though.

I better go, Love you all … muchos adoration to you and please pray for me with all the stuff that is going on in India right now.

Love much
x x x x x x x

Ah to be an Angel ...

Oh this week was so much fun. 

So Fiona Gifford taught us this week on Sin and Repentance - which sounds a heavy heavy topic, but it wasn't - it was really good, just looked into safety within the group and that our true safety is in God. Then we did some prayer time with issues that were bothering us ... I laid down some things that I had been worrying about - worry is never necessary.

Last night Nikki made me sit and look into a mirror blindfolded and think about how God sees me as opposed to how I see myself - it was weird...good though. Nikki is my one-on-one chatter and my small group leader. She's English.

I want some fizzy. I need some fizzy. There is a chance that I might be addicted. But you guys knew that.

The Angel-Mortal week was fantastic, Ilse did not know that I was her angel at all ... I have surprised her all week with gifts and notes and sweets. I gave her a blanket and some nail varnish - the nail varnish story is very sweet. Ilse came bouncing into the room and said she had been praying for blue nail varnish and her angel had got it for her. I nearly died laughing. it was so very cute.

So I must leave you on that note, not really sure what else to tell you, but it is going well. Next weekend I am going to London to visit Tom as he is there on some business of some foriegn office form. Oh well.

So, here I go with the leaving malarky.

Bye then ... 

Love to you all, I am thankful for your prayers about the Visa, but if you could keep praying about the Visas until I let you know that we have them ... it's risky at the moment.

LOVE xx xx xx

What a while and what an amount of fun I do believe.

Hey hey, so I could continue to apologise for forgetting to write new blogs, and I am sincerely sorry about it - but I do keep forgetting because I am so busy all the time! But I do love you.

Ok, so today I am CRAVING Ormskirk ... I miss the town, the people, Anthony :(, I honestly miss it so, so much.  But I don't know how to explain it to the people here because it's not like missing home, it's like missing part of my life:

Oh the clocktower of lovliness, random wanders around campus and town, emma's vege food, Costa coffee and Home Bargins random trips ... buying random shiz and Enchiladas and aaagh I could go on and on.

Anyway, what am I up to here? The DNA conference was incredible ... the talks were looong and the floor (where we had to sleep) was hard - but all in all, God really moved in me and changed my views on some things ... that were clogging up my mind and that was hurting a little - so that was good!!

Since then, this week, the lady (Fiona) who needless to say is incredible, she is honest and real and not afraid to make us think about what we do and say. .. . .. however, she loves to reference sex in everything - people who know me will understand that at every point I am super embarassed and just yeah ... it's crazy. But I like her, she's really questioning me on a it.

Today for our India meeting, we met in Starbucks - it was delish, the worker dude was so funny, chatting about everything and about his day - what a sweetie. We found out that we will be leaving on the 10th of December. Also please keep our Visa requests in your prayers because a couple of the people have missionary visas in their passport and if the Indian government see this they may deny requests. Just pray for visas for all of us. Thankyou. We will have to change three times on the planes, so also I desperately beg you to pray for safe baggage...I do not want to lose my bag or have anyone else lose their bag.

Now I have choir practise for the carol service, must go.

Love you all. A LOT.

Hearts x x x x x x x x x

HAHA Dean about the picture I want to see it.

Neither Rain nor Wind can Stop the Fun.

So, it's been a while and I do apologise insanely for the lacking in writing. I'm becoming a slacker like Tom, so I better start writing more!!
This week has been pretty hectic and the internet at Holmsted is proper crappy. So, here I am at King's Lodge in Nuneaton where the internet seems to work incredibly. So I am going to try and write a blog on the speedy before dinner.

On monday the boys treated us like princesses, they asked us to dress 'posh' and meet them in the leather room at 6.30 (leaving us 30 minutes to dress up after our last lecture...) anyway, they cooked for us and escorted us with roses from the leather room to the dining room they had set up for us - where we were serenaded with Dan's piano playing. It was incredible. Really beautiful of them.

This week we have looked at Biblical Overview (for the SUbmerge lot who read this, it was similar to Richard's Act Out The Bible but with less acting) it was really interesting to read and understand (to those who just don't have a clue what Biblical Overview is, we looked at the bible from the beginning to the end and looked at what goes where in the timeline that it was written.) Anton was interesting and made it fun for us to do, with lots of interactive things - I didn't know how fun it could have been. woot.

So, this week I have really missed some of my guys from home (home is a general term for people that are not at YWAM with me), I talk about you all the time, explaining my home life and all that - camp, church and uni included.

This week I finished reading Blue Like Jazz, it was incredible, Jay you should read it when I get back, God really spoke to me about life and made me question some of the things I was believing ... which is cool.

Yesterday I went to see james Bond in brighton with Annie, Kia and Luka. It was gooood! We went for Indian, which tasted delish then we went to the cinema. Luka was too excited because 'M' kept saying 'Tanner, get Bond on the line' and his name is Luke Tanner .... I'd say geek but I'm not sure it's even necessary. But the film was good in the long run ... on the way back to the station, there was a surge of about 100 people walking towards us dressed as Zombies, dragging their feet along the floor and groaning. It scared the life out of me, the girls were scared too and Luke was laughing nervously, it was really really weird. Very bizarre. Not even funny like dressing up should be or is, it felt bad, evil even.
Next week we are going to play Angels and Mortals, where everyone becomes and Angel for a Mortal, so I am somebodys angel and will treat them to all sorts of cute things and fun times, but they won't know it is me! HAHAHA. Woot.

Anyway, love you all alot, sprry for the while it has taken me to write this. I Love You All.
God Bless, xxx


A couple of messages for some people, please don't be offended if I havent said something specific, it's not because I don't love you ... because I do with my whole heart.

Jay my little cottonbud, I miss you a lot, you are the alter-soul to my madness and sometimes my jokes echo without you. in fact, my jokes suck without you.
Tori, I miss you and your shiny little face, i look forward to meeting up with you when i get back from India!! <3
Wendy, mammoth email for you when I get back to Holmsted to my notes and to my computer :( but in the meantime, God Bless you in this busy busy work time!! LOVE!
Ruth, thankyou for our chat at church on SUnday, you really made me feel worthwhile. Thankyou.
Emma, for continuing to believe in me - and always checking that I am writing - it's for you mon petit shemoth xxxx :)
Dad, because If i dont mention you in speeches I will never live it down. Just Kidding, I love you :p and I hope you are coping well in your househusband state. xx
Tom, I was kidding about the first comment, but I do miss you and am jealous that you met up with everyone this week ... I love them too.
Imogen my beautiful, sorry for the lacking in convo recently, I look forward to a long writing soon. Love xxx

It's been a while, my hearts bleeds...

Hey guys, I am sincerely apologetic for the lacking in blogs of recent. I have missed it. 

The problem is, the internet is super shize here and quite often it doesn't work on my laptop. So that's uber rubbish of the first degree.

So much has happened, but this week has been about Grace. Wow.

I have never learnt so much in my entire life. I adore this topic so much, I am accepted whatever I do - God loves me all the time and I don't have to do anything to earn it. That is incredible. Really, Daniel (the speaker, also base leader) knew exactly what he was saying and he could reference the bible in historical context and it just opened my eyes to so much. If you want to know more I will happily share my 'grace' notes and quotes in an email to you, they are that amazing.

This last couple of weeks we have been hanging out a lot in the underground which I love and adore, it is the comfiest grottiest common room in the whole of history. But after me and Mez have finished cleaning it is the best place in the whole of history. So we watched Donnie Darko last week, I thought it was incredible. My brain loves to think what can I say. 

In the encouragement box this week (today) I got some jelly beans and jelly babies from someone who wanted to encourage me with joy!!  I am happy happy happy.

I am going home this weekend to my brother's 18th - cannot wait to see my family. Yay.

Today Adam bullied me about my accent, he also pointed and laughed at me. He is mean. It is because he is southern. He just read this and laughed also. What a muppet. He just called my blog a silly silly northern blog. I might throw a pen at him. He's a sweetie really ... southern nonetheless ... but a sweetie.

Know a lot more about india now but have to go ... so the next blog - haha, you must wait to know the joys of my outreach.

Miss you all, love to you.

Laura x x x x

A paaarcel ... I got a parcel. Everyone was JELOUS (Jelous not envious).

Last night we, the girls and myself, decided we would get an early night ... due to the last four weeks of awakeness and crazy late nights. So we brushed our teeth, put our pjamas on and crawled into bed. Then we proceeded to talk about all sorts, and giggle about everything there is possible to giggle about. It was like a 12 year old birthday sleepover. We talked about cultural differences just between our countries (I am the only British girl in the room) So the Europeans outcasted me because they are far more liberal than us Brits apparantly from the conversation we had ... it was crazy! Our humour makes them uncomfortable because it's sick or it's incredibly awkward (Shaun of the Dead; Mr Bean; Hot Fuzz .. etc). The Americans think it is crude that the polite way we talk about Toilets is by calling them Toilets. They think that to say toilet is rude, and I laughed and told them that we used to call it a 'bog' when we were younger *Hangs head in shame*.
All in all, it was a truely hilarious occassion.

This week on the 'Holy Spirit' has been interesting ... I have enjoyed a lot, and had to think about a lot of things. We will see what tonight has to offer with 'ministry time'.

What else new? We had a hilarious conversation about English words last night ... I learnt that we have about 15 words for everything. Lame.
I have been SO excited today, I got a parcel! A parcel I tell you!! I was buzzing, Lynnie you are an angel. I adore you, a lot.
Er, Rew, well done on the life guarding thing. Love you!

Guys, that's me for now, I am sleepy and cannot think of anything and have misplaced my phone so need to go in search.

Love you all!! Adoration.
xxxx

Someone else and I ... to be polite

Ah, this weeks memory verse, I have to keep saying it or I will forget it ...
'It is for freedom that Christ set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.' Galations 5:1
Links in with the mirror smashing, which Dean, we do not believe in the old bad luck malarkey...

Yesterday, Ilse and I and everyone else went to Thorpe Park (theme park) Roller coasters and all sorts. It was great. Luke had 2 for 1 vouchers so it only cost us £20 each for the whole day, transport and entrance - it was ‘well’ good. One of the best days since being here.

Today was Erin’s birthday, so we sang, a lot. We also ate, a lot. Now we are watching the Italian Job in the Underground … which I will stick some pictures up of, we tend to live down here when we are not working or in lectures or local outreach (which I am looking forward to this week!!).

So what else is new? Not so much, this week is about the Holy Spirit, which should be very, very cool … looking forward to seeing what’s going to happen.

I miss you all, Tori, I do apologise that these are not personal, but I love you all the same … and I also love everyone else who is reading these, it makes me haaappy. *grins*

Emma, everyone else seems to love your day-to-day updates as much as mine – I do especially :D

Love to you all, spesh my family and all my friends and everyone at my church.

Laura

x x x x

A Very Quick Update

Today I found out what country I am going to for definate. I shall be gracing India with my presence. With my adorable Sammi, Ilse ... and amazing others!!! I am insanely excited - and thinking about all sorts of things that I will need, what is culturally acceptable and so on and so forth. So woot woot. Prayers are necessary!

Today I brushed my teeth and wore make-up (that's for Emma) ... but on tuesday I am fasting eye-make-up!! scary.

Local Outreach was INSANE, these kids were just crying out to know God tonight ... we were just talking gently with some of them and it was just amazing. God was really really moving.
W.O.W.

Anway, on that note I love you all ... sleepy now. Shopping in the morning. Bye.
x x x x x x

Smashing Mirrors and Fruit...

So - anyway (as my brother would say, then say again 3 seconds later!)
I Love You Andrew.

Hi there,
Tonight we did a great exercise where we wrote down the lies that we had been believing about ourselves - on a mirror (which Me, Garrett and Meredith had cut earlier on in the week). We then had to sit in front of everyone and tell each other about those lies (which was scary and intense and I did not want to at all) but then we got to smash the mirrors with a big hammer. Afterwards I felt a immense peace - it was great.

All sorts has happened in the past few days ... we went and helped out with the local church raking and heaving compost around - it was satisfying ... I felt really good afterwards - I just wished I could have finished the job! Going on my local outreach tomorrow, looking forward to it, looking forward to meeting the kids again, seeing what new ground we can cover.

Ok, so Outreach ... we found out the places we have the options to go: POLAND and INDIA.
I am sooo excited - not sure what will happen yet so I cannot say where I asked to go because the other people might read it ... But most of you will know if I rang you anyway, or if you know me well enough to know I'm not satisfied with the norm.

Anyway, if there was something more important I have forgotten it, because I am sooo happy with the mirror smashing and going to Thorpe Park on Sunday ... tell you about the fruit some other time!

Love you all a lot. a lot of a lot.
Laura x x x x x