You’ve Got to Try It – Once!

Just thought I’d share with you a very special website which I have found both encouraging and enlightening over the past few years. Its run by an American organisation called 7:22 and was set up for the young adult population of Atlanta – every they week upload a video of their meeting where 3,000 attend to worship God and learn more about him.

The bands are fantastic – fresh, energetic and full of passion. The talks are relevant for today’s young people (and they still talk to me too!!) and are full of wisdom and insight. What stands out is the level of professionalism in the music and production – for something that is run by students its amazing (no offence to students!).

If you are not a Christian and want to see what all the fuss is about from the safety of your computer it’s a great place to go. If you are a Christian I hope you will find it as inspiring as I have. So I encourage you try it – even if its just once!

Want to see the videos? Click Here.

Want to see the website to find out more? Click Here.

Weed on By A Lion

Thats what happened to Ang and her sister Helen while walking around Linton Zoo today. There were some little kids winding up the lion from the safety of behind a fence, the lion turned around, paused... then sprayed everyone! What a claim to fame, weed on by a lion! How many people can say that?

The weekend has been quite busy, Ang got back from her short trip to Florida and then her sister and husband (Helen & Brian) arrived mid-afternoon - we've been entertaining since! Lastnight we played a great game of The Really Nasty Horse Racing Game before going on a pub crawl through Linton. Today we popped to the zoo, went to church and enjoyed some great cooking from Ang. Its been a good weekend though a little exhausting!

I didn't get any pics of the lion, but here are some other ones from our visit to the zoo.

Samson the Satsuma

Here is a picture of Samson the Satsuma before I ate him. He tasted good.

So, it does go below zero!

In November Ang and I bought a new car, a lovely sporty Mazda 6 complete with gangsta windows and a rear spoiler... well, since then I have never been sure whether our temperature display in the car showed negative numbers, it always seemed to hover around zero, but never went below. I suppose that just reinforces how warm the winter had been SO FAR. Well, this week I have definitely seen negative numbers on the display - it has gradually crept below zero and this morning it was showing a whopping MINUS 8C! That is just a little chilly! Poor me had to fill the car with petrol this morning - I'm sure my hand nearly froze to the petrol pump. Apparently snow is on the way - BRING IT ON!

Weekend in Norfolk

This weekend we travelled up to Thornham in Norfolk for what Ang thought would be a romantinc weekend away for two to celebrate her birthday. We arrived safely, unpacked our bags and pre-heated the oven for a pizza when there was a knock at the door...

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

SURPRISE!

Tim & Debs Yau were standing on the porch with sparklers in hand - and Ang, with a huge smile on her face just couldn't believe it! I'd arranged Tim and Debs to join us for the weekend and they'd managed to arrive early and hide while we were getting ourselves into the cottage. Ang was so pleased that they were there to join us and we quickly lit the fire, had our pizza and chilled in front of the open fire.

Saturday morning saw us get up lazily, have a cooked breakfast and then head to the beach for a walk to Holme. It was a good walk, with the sunshing and the the tide all the way out. Tim and Debs managed to try out their wellies for what they decided was only the 8th time in the past year (despite travelling the world). Tim started feeling ill so we stopped off for drinks and chips before Ang and I walked back to the cottage to jump in the car and pick them up.

In the evening we had another meal, watched a film and played frisbee in the dark with a special frisbee that had lights on!

Tim & Debs left us on Sunday so we had a lazy morning before heading out to Wells on Sea where we went for a walk along the beach again. We spent most of the afternoon on top of a sand dune watching the world go by - people walking dogs, families playing cricket, and kids jumping off sandy cliffs(!!) - before heading back to the car through the pine forest. Fish and chips were consumed on the way back to the cottage and we were lucky enough to watch the sunset behind a windmill.

It was a really fantastic weekend - one that Ang and I will remember for a while!

Escape to Norfolk

Frisbee in the Dark

Names in the Dark

Wells on Sea - Walk

Angela's 30th Birthday Celebrations

Over the last week Angela has celebrated her 30th birthday - I say the last week because she has made sure that its lasted as long as possible. Last Saturday (the 27th of Jan) her birthday party started at 4pm when we had a family hour for friends with kids. Dom & Heidi Dumville turned up with their little two, and Ben and Becs Rexworthy joined without kids - but still enjoyed themselves anyway! The main party kicked off at 8pm and we had a house full of nearly 45 guests! I was in charge of keeping the glasses topped up and making sure there was enough food on the table while Ang enjoyed herself chatting with all the guests.

On Tuesday we went to a Chinese restraunt to celebrate Ang again, but this time she had to share the honour with 3 other friends - all with birthdays this week. Helen turned 29, Ang 30, Miriam 31 and Rowena 32 - it was a great evening with great food.

On Wednesday was Angela's real birthday and we spent the day in London. We started off going to the National Gallery before heading off to the Tate Britain - unfortunately there was a strike of gallery workers so we weren't able to see everything we wanted, but we still saw enough to keep us interested and happy! We then took the tube to Oxford Street where Ang was in heaven as she looked around all the clothes shops -keeping an eye out for the bargains. The highlight of the day was a trip to the theatre where we saw the Sound of Music with the recent winner of BBC's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? Connie Fisher the main lady. It was the first West End musical that Ang and I had gone to and it was thoroughly enjoyable. We finished the day with a bit more shopping on Oxford Street before heading back to Cambridge in the car.


Finally, we spent this weekend in a cottage in Norfolk, with surprise (to Ang) visitors Tim and Debs Yau turning up to help celebrate. It was a fantastic weekend... pictures of the weekend will follow in a seperate blogg entry.

Here are links to the photo albums described in this blogg:

Ang's 30th Birthday Party

Angela's Birthday Day in London