Nearly There...

Working on my balcony

The end of the school year is coming up very rapidly. This year schools end on 23rd June so only 2 more weeks! Growing up in Britain it has taken a while for me to get used to the long summer holidays but now I very much appreciate it! The weather has been quite mixed and hasn't quite decided if it's summer yet or not. I've had a couple of mornings where I've been able to work outside on my balcony but then massive thunderstorms have come through in the afternoon.

With the end of school coming so quickly, my attention is firmly fixed on plans for camp. Who knew that it was so much work?! Thankfully I have a team of people who are doing so much to plan and prepare. Things work a little bit differently here, and although we had the best of intentions, we only started to advertise a couple of days ago. Despite that, I already have 7 young people signed up, most of whom don't come from my church. I know that all of the young people from my church will come but it's a really good opportunity for them to spend time with other young people from around the country. Please be praying for this camp and for all the work I still need to do to prepare. We can accept a maximum of 24 young people and there will be 6 leaders including me. Please pray that we will get more people signing up and that all the rest of the preparation would go well. Please especially pray for me as I still need to write 2 talks for the camp - I have started working on them but I would really like to get them both finished in the next 2 weeks.

Apart from prep for camp, I obviously still have 2 more weeks of my normal work to do. I have now finished language lessons which has freed up some time for me. I had a language exam a couple of weeks ago, and whilst I don't know the result yet, I'm confident I've passed. Whilst the exam itself wasn't too hard (I took a level below my actual ability) it is necessary for residency. It is required for permanent residency, which I will be able to apply for in a couple of years. I decided to take the exam now whilst I was still learning so that I don't need to worry about it later on. Please pray that I would have peace as I await the result. Please also pray for these last 2 weeks, especially for the young people as they are finishing exams and wanting to finish as soon as possible. Everyone is very tired and it's great that soon we will be able to rest - well until camp that is!