My time in England was fun, but this journal will now be closed. Thanks for reading!

Things I will miss when I leave England (in no special order ( Read more... )

I have cried more tears in the past week than I have in my entire life, except for maybe when I was an infant. It is so hard to say good-bye to everyone. I'm so sad to leave. I had my last night at Scouts tonight and I cried on the walk home. Tomorrow is going to be the hardest, because I have to have my last night at Cubs. They have by far ( Read more... )

Hi all!!! I am coming home a week from Thursday, July 21. When I get home I will close this account, but I'll update until then. I can't wait to come home, but I'm so sad to leave.

I'M COMING HOME IN NINE DAYS!!!!!!!!!

I have been encouraged by my mother to let you all know that I am ok. As you've all heard, there were bombings in London on Thursday morning. These incidents were isolated to the center of the city and no more took place any where else, including Manchester. For those who were curious, Manchester is a four hour drive from London, so I am pretty ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in awhile and a few interesting things have happened in the last few weeks. Last Saturday I went up to Edinburgh Scotland with a group from the churches I work for. I was one of a quarter of a million people who went to the Make Poverty History rally and the Live8 concert there. It was an experience I won't soon forget. It was ( Read more... )

I can't sleep because something is bothering me. I can't decide if I'm excited to go home or if I will miss being here. I know, you're probably thinking what I used to think: you can be both. I know I am feeling both, but they are very contradictory feelings when it comes down to the actual emotions. On the one hand, I am excited to leave and ( Read more... )

All good things must come to an end, and so did my holiday. I started back to work yesterday. Last night at Scouts I was told that I must really be a man by one of the Scouts. His reasoning was that I must be a man because I know things about using a saw and a power drill. They came to this conclusion because I showed them how to hold the drill ( Read more... )

As if traveling wasn't tiring enough, we tried to kill ourselves today!!! We decided to first climb to the top of Notre-Dame: 722 stairs!!! The view was great. Who needs to pay to go up in the Eiffel Tower when you can see just as much from Notre-Dame on your museum pass card?!? At the top of the stairs going down I tripped and almost took a ( Read more... )