February

The Training Hall

I can't believe that February is done today. This month is flown by so fast... well it is a few days shorter than the rest of the months in the year but it does feel really short and that it has flown past. I guess that happens when you're having fun. It's been another really good, but busy month. I went over to England for impact last week, and again I went by bus. Thankfully there wasn't any strikes so I wasn't ridiculously late (only by about half an hour). This week, I'm currently house sitting for some friends from church.

I'm now roughly half way through my internship with Redeemer and things are shifting towards preparation for my next step, after the internship finishes in June/July, whatever that will be. Since I know that I have a tendency of getting too caught up with the future, I haven't permitted myself to start looking into that just yet. I'd rather focus on the tasks at hand, tasks that I've been given to do in regards to impact than spent too much time looking to the future. I'm not saying that I'm purposefully not going to think about it about it at all, I'm just not going to spend a lot of time planning and thinking about it. I really want to get the most out of impact as I can, just as I want to invest as much as I can into what I'm doing without wasting energy fixating on what I'll be doing from July onwards. Not worth the energy at the moment. I'll keep you posted about any developments that come up in regards to what I'm going to be doing next... they will be duly posted here, as most of my life has been posted here since October 2013.

I'm not going to write much about the impact training as it was more or less the same as the two training blocks that happened last year. Whilst I was in England, I also saw a friend, Rachel (pronounced Raychel), who I knew when our families both lived in Uganda. We've kept in touch on and off since then. It was great seeing her and catching up. She's living in London at the moment and welcomed me into her home, so I spent the night at her place. It was great being about to catch up with her.

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On Edge Of Something Big

Life is a journey full of corridors. There are many doors to choose from. As we walk down each corridor we pass doors that branch off the corridor we're in, but sometimes we get to the end of a corridor, a crossroad as it were, and have to make a decision rather than carrying on with walking. Once we make a decision to open a door, they'll shut and seal themselves behind us so we can't go back and open another door. The decisions I've made in my life up until now have brought me this far. As I've grown in my faith, I've had more and more certainty that God is walking along side me down each corridor I go down and will direct me in making the right decisions about which doors I need to open.

As I'm writing this, I'm walking down a corridor. This corridor is the internship I'm doing with Redeemer International Church. I can see the doors at the end of the corridor I'm in. In a few months time I'm going to have to make some big decisions... decisions that will effect the rest of my life and the direction my life takes from the moment I decide which door to open. Since I've still got a few months to go before I have to make a decision, I've decided not to put too much energy into thinking about it. The reason for this is that I really want to get the most of my internship, rather than focusing too much, on wondering what the future holds. I do still pray that God will direct me and prepare me for the next step I need to make. I'll post here about what decision is made, which door is opened, in due order and when I'm certain about things. There is one thing I am certain about is that no matter what I do I won't shut this blog down. I'll keep writing here as I love sharing my life with you.

Until next time!!

Better Late Than Never

Last year, I wrote a few posts about exercise, health and the importance of going to the gym. However, since November there has been something that has caused my silence in this area... I've not had the energy to go to the gym so you could imagine what has happened, I've put on weight, which isn't good. Its been something that I've regretted because going to the gym would have helped me fight the depression I was suffering with during November and December of last year. Then in January, as a New Year's Resolution I decided to do something about this. My dear friend, McKenzie paid for me to join the My Peak Challenge 2017, which is a support system that helps the members reach the goals they've set up for 2017 (for more information, the link is here). There have been some problems with accessing the material and my account but we're working on sorting that out. One of my biggest goals for 2017 is to be able to run in the 15km Rotterdam Bridges Run (the link to that is here, however the website is in Dutch) with my good friend, Theo. Over the last few months, I've struggled completing 5km. So the 15km is a good goal to have and having 303 days to train is plenty long enough for me. This does involve getting fitter and going to the gym more than I have since the New Year began. I went to the gym once in the entire month of January. I had the first week off, but didn't see a point going to the gym because I was going to England for Impact and then I had a week back in Holland before my dad arrived (and I didn't have the time to go to the gym whilst he was here) and I was also sick that week... and I was also not feeling well last week. You're probably wondering why I'm telling you this. Well, yesterday I decided to do something about this. I went to the gym and loved it. I'm going again after lunch and again I'm looking forwards to it. The nice thing about being part of a gym is that its an inside gym so I don't have to worry about exercising in the cold. The other thing is that I need to go regularly to get my money's worth.

Here's to new beginnings and a fitter me!