Well, it has been such a fun week thus far! There is so much that I have been meaning to blog about, and I just haven’t found the time to do it! But here we go….
Sunday- We started off the morning at a Quaker church. This was extremely interesting… I really enjoyed it though! The quaker meeting consists of everyone sitting silent in a room ,and it remains silent until (or if really) someone feels that the “spirit” is calling them to share something with the group. If they feel called, they speak. If not, they don’t. This lasts for an hour. As antsy as I am though, I really enjoyed sitting and praying for that hour! God and I had some quality bonding time. After the end of the meeting, we had tea and coffee (seriously, we drink tea after EVERYTHING here.. its freaking amazing) and then went into a room with about 6 quakers and asked them questions! It was so cool. The people there are so sweet, and I really enjoyed hearing all about what they believe and asking questions, then telling them what we believe. It was absolutely an unforgettable experience! Sunday afternoon after lunch I did homework and took a quick shutsea (or nap) before dinner. It was Cameron and Alex’s time to make dinner this time, and we had peanut butter and nutella sandwiches and ravioli (random I know, but A-they are guys and B-they actually made something this week! They got take out last week haha). It was actually really good! Then, Sunday night we went to the college service at St. Aldates church, and it was amazing! It was wonderful to worship with tons of college students, and it was awesome to see a brother in Christ get baptized! Sunday was a very relaxing yet informational day, which was very needed!
Monday- Well, I don’t have class until 3pm on this day, so I get to spend the morning by myself in the city of Oxford!! I went out and found a cool spot to do my bible study, then I went to starbucks to use their wifi to watch the mavs beat the spurs! What an awesome game…. Anyway, I went to core class at 3 and then ate dinner and prepared for 9@9, which is our community worship. We all take turns planning a week in groups, and the students who planned this week did an INCREDIBLE job! Also, we spent a lot of time praying for the family of one of our ACU professors whose son passed away suddenly on Sunday night. As sad of a situation as this was, it was so cool to see how incredible our ACU community is, for we spent a good amount of time praying for them even though we are hundreds of miles away. After worship, the group of people who I am traveling with to Paris next weekend met and planned out some of the other details of the trip. Let me tell you… this was funny. We already have so many inside jokes, especially about the hostel we are staying at, and it is so funny! We all walked away practically crying at all the hilariousness that occurred!! Oh, and I made dinner tonight! Quesadillas, rice, and chips… hope they were good! Haha they don’t have corn tortillas here, so I made something else for me haha
Tuesday- Well, we had English class! Haha our professor is hilarious, and I really enjoy that class!! Then I had Greek. Loads of Fun. Then I had my first experience with Laundry. Ok, so Cameron and I decided to go and do laundry after Greek. So around 3:40, we head that way. Now laundry is close by, but you have to walk about 5 minutes to get there, and its not free. I guess I have been spoiled when it came to ACU’s washers and dryers being free haha Anyway, I had been saving up my 20 pence coins for sometime now, but I didn’t realize that I had to have a pound coin as well. Of course, this is the one time that I didn’t have a pound coin, so I had to negotiate with someone to borrow one from them. Well then Cameron didn’t have any either, and since everybody (and I do mean everybody) was out of the houses doing something different, we went on the hunt for a couple pound coins. We both felt like we were homeless people as we looked in the weirdest places for some money! Cameron suggested that we look in the cushions of the couch, and I thought “hey! Why not. We wont find anything though.” Well, I was wrong. We found a pound and 24 pence haha it was hilarious. After our little rummage through the house for pound coins, it was off to the laundry room! Now, you have to go down stairs to get to this room, and upon approaching it had steam coming out the doors. I felt as if I was entering into a gas chamber. Then we went to the room, where we had to wait a little bit to get a washer. I got some homework done, but of course I couldn’t focus too well between the British people coming in and out of the room, the washer freaking out and sounding like it was going to explode, and Cameron and I laughing, so I ended up calling it quits on homework haha But a couple hours later, laundry was done! We walked into the house just in time for dinner! Now after dinner, my friends Alex, Jackson, and I volunteered at Globe Café. This is an event every week held at a church for international students to come and get to talk to other people who are from different places. Our job is just to talk with them and get to know them! (I know, the perfect job for me!!). Well, the majority of the night was spent talking to a guy from Germany. Holy cow, I don’t have the time nor the energy to explain all the funny things/ stories that I heard. Lets just say that I have never been negatively stereotyped for being an American before, and I definitely was that night! Haha of course him being from Germany, we discussed Dirk Nowitzki and I found out that I have been pronouncing his name wrong all these years! Haha he talked and talked about the things that Germans make fun of Americans for, and it was pretty entertaining. He was super opinionated… and wouldn’t let any of us get a word in edgewise. There are so many things I could say about him, but I will just tell one story (you can ask me about the MANY more later). Upon asking him where we should visit when we go to Germany, he replied “well, I don’t know. There were beautiful places in Germany before you ruined them in WW2…” This sounds mean (and it was a little blunt) but the way in which he said it makes me laugh every time I think about it! Well after volunteering, I skyped with Madelyn and then did some homework. But then I ended up talking with some friends till the wee morning hours over several (and I do mean several) cups of tea. And when I say talk, I really mean laugh and laugh. This was a fun day!
Wednesday- Today has been pretty uneventful. I did go to the open air market today though. COOLEST PLACE EVER! Its just like the farmers market except with a ton more things and better prices. Wow it was amazing. Other than that, I’ve pretty much spent the whole day in classes or doing homework. I did have a good time dancing while doing the dishes with Cameron and Alex tonight though… we busted out some pretty legit moves. I enjoyed skyping with the friends back home too! But now, I’m so super tired and ready to go to bed! Hopefully I will actually write some of these more often…
Here is my quote of the week: “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.”
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