Baptism
On the morning of 18th July, I got baptised at my lovely church (SHCF). Our family friends were here for the weekend so my Hannah got to come to see me being baptised, -she'd never been to anything like that before so was intriuged... I'd had a series of baptism classes where we worked through a booklet and also ran through the practicalities of the baptism (where I'd stand, how to bend my knees properly etc). On the morning of the 18th I woke up early and was really nervous (actually threw up because I was so scared about saying my testimony in front of everyone). I got lots of lovely cards and presents once I got to church, though, and everything went really smoothly. As soon as I'd said my testimony I felt *so* happy because now was the bit I'd been looking forward to. When I got baptised it was one of the best moments of my life - that feeling of coming up out of the water was incredible and it was amazing that so many of my friends came to support me. Maddy told me she'd never seen me look so happy as when I got out of the pool, and seeing my gorgeous Hayley get baptised as well was amazing. Thank you, Lord <3
MCYC
MCYC camp is always the highlight of my year and this camp (Seniors 2) was no disappointment. It was such an amazing week of spending time with friends, teachings, worship and fun! God really spoke to me during the week, particularly about surrender (but that's for another post!) and our team (go Nigel!) beat everyone else on the sports day tug of war with ease!
France
Literally the day after I got home from camp, I flew out to Limoges to join Hayley and her family on the second week of their holiday. It was a really great week (despite my having to do UKCAT practice) and I loved the company, the trips out and Hayley's dad's great barbequeing!
Re:act
Re:act was a series of family fun days all around my town, run by Urban Saints and YFC, and I helped out on a couple of the days. It was a great week and loads of people enjoyed the free food and activites like face painting and hair braiding. Lots of people became Christians too which was great.
Ireland
This was my family holiday this year - Mum, Dad and I went to the south-west coast of Ireland for a week (as well as stopping off for a couple of days in Dublin). It was nice to spend some time with my parents and the weather was amazing! I also got very attached to the cats at the holiday house (who I named Nugget, Bertie and Horatio!) and am sad to leave them...
(I'll update tomorrow about UKCAT and results day because this post is getting way too long!)
Lots of lovee :) xxx
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