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