Superheros

Yesterday during what we call "Special Break" myself, Allison, Rachel and Bry came up with a fantastic idea. When we do our household cleaning, maintenence, cooking, gardning, hospitality stuff (Practical Ministry) we should all have names for it...

for example, Allisons name is Shmc -Super Hardcore Maintinance Chick

the name we came up with for Bry was Siblme - Super Incredible Base Leader Mum Exrordanaire!

my name is shoc - super housekeeping organiser chick

Prebens name is Spagyeti - Super Powerful awesome gardning youth and evangelism team intern

So now equiped with names, we are considering having t-shirts with cartoon logos on the front, our "names" on the sleeve and our job on the back eg for me Housekeeping Queen!



So there you have it, give us some coffe and cookies and we all go mad and laugh hysterically for half an hour before returning to hoovering stairs, fixing things, cooking meals and running a base!

Next Wave

Now, all you YWAM folks will know this must be some kind of ministry, these YWAM folks like their waves. However hopefully most people by now will know about this ministry which is infact a boat, quite appropriate really!

This last week i have spent much of my time floating about Arrossan Harbour, quite literally as i joined the crew on board the Next Wave. This team is a crew of 13 who have recently moved aboard YWAMs newest ship the Next Wave. The vision of the ship is to inspire the Next Wave of young people to stand up for Jesus and to spread His gospel. The ship and crew are touring the British Isles until September when they will go to the Mediterainian and will have a DTS on board.

The week consisted of various events and open ship times where i helped welcome and facilitate. An all day visit to Ardrossan Academy where I...erm...made sure they didnt get lost? A Ceilidh where i laughed hysterically at Americans doing Scottish dances, its just funny! Some cleaning on board the ship and some getting to spend time with the crew. It was a wonderful week and i will very much look forward to their return in August.

If you are interested in finding out more about Next Wave you can go to www.marinereach.info to follow their paths, arange to visit, make a donation or apply to sail with them.

Grace

Have you ever been in a situation where you don't quite feel up to the job? I realised the other day that most of the young people at the youth group actually trust me!! Some more than others, but there are a few that trust me way more than i trust myself!! Scary thought, i don't quite feel mature enough to have people say, ok i will take your advice but only because i like you and coz most of what you say is right! Ha, i bet there are a lot of folk who disagree with that. It is quite a responsibility to live up to, luckily i know i will fail sometimes but thats ok because I am only human. Gods grace covers me, what a relief!