T2 - Week Six

The week was all mixed up and was probably the most challenging both mentally and emotionally. At Capernwray I basically spent all week preparing for Prac Week. The Prac team I am in is going to Nowra and we will be teaching scripture lessons to High school students plus visiting nursing homes and bible studies and church services. The idea is for us to get hands-on experience of sharing Christ with other people. I love the work we will be doing, but I feel like such a third wheel on the team. They are all 18-19yr olds and then there is me... And the idea of being away from the family for 8 nights was not fun either.
Well, Thursday come and I travelled down (with all my friends i.e. no one came in my car) to ‘All saints’ Anglican Church in Nowra. The whole trip I spent questioning why I was going because I have taught scripture for 5 years and I have had plenty of experience in sharing God with lots of different people... but I knew I needed to go at least for Friday because we had 2 seminars to run at a high school and I was involved in them, so I couldn’t let the side down. But God is good and calmed me down to help focus on what needed to be done. That night I spent at my billot’s house and they were lovely – just a mum and her working daughter – I got on with them immediately.
Friday morning was an early start and I was keen to get the day over. I loved seeing all the students and we presented the same seminar once to year 9 and then to year 10. Our team sung songs, performed a drama, gave testimonies, talks and showed videos we had made. It was a great programme. I was really only involved in the drama so most of the time I spent off stage praying. It was hard to feel a team member when I had no up-front talents to use but God knew that and after the last seminar I spotted some girls hanging around outside the school hall and so I went out to them- they then spent the whole of their lunch time talking with me about lots of heavy stuff with a bit of general life and fun thrown in too. What a blessing! I love that kind of thing and it was a great way to finish the day.
That evening I went back home, desperate to see the family and I was glad I did – so glad that I stayed home for 2 nights and left early Sunday morning to return to the team for the rest of Prac week. It was great to hang out with Garth and the kids – we went shopping, we went to the skate park and Saturday night was family night so I was pleased to be able to stay and hang with the boys and play cards with them.


The week for everyone else consisted of routine, routine, routine.....routine is good. But to include some events that we missed blogging about previously: Garth did take the boys one afternoon to see Iron Man 2 which was awesome and set up for Thor (nerds will know what that means!); somewhere in here I had the pleasure of cutting the hair of a toddler that wasn't my own; the kids are thriving at going to the skate park almost everyday; And Garth conquered 'Dragon Age' which took 78 hours and then 'Portal' which took just over 2 hours (again, nerds will know what Garth is talking about here, for this is what he gets up to when Cass is at night lectures).

I also had another meeting for my trip to India where we organised our visas and I went to the doctors and received 4 needles and more scripts for other recommended medications to take with me! I am looking forward to it but my brain is solely focused on getting through prac week.....