Sorry. Still no photos of our place. I'm waiting for the before pictures so that you can see the contrast! Ronnie's at work now and I'm gearing up for my Nursing course that I have to take to be liscenced here. So the routine is starting to set in. Although we're praying that the excitement of our purpose and being here won't wear off now that the routine is setting in. Speaking of purpose, God's been putting a lot on my heart resently about purpose. The past couple of Sunday's the sermons have been regarding or including "purpose". The one message really stood out to me. It was about Elijah and where God had taken him in his life. Each geographical place represented different seasons(and reactions) of life Elijah was going through as he experienced different attributes of God. One was a place of
provision during the drought, another a place of
power on Mount Carmel, next was
panic when he fled to Horeb. But the next part was the part that was particularly personal for me. The following place was a place of
intimacy (yah,it was supposed to be the 5 'p'- a word that started with a 'p' was used but I can't remember what it was) when God spoke to him with a gentle whisper(in a cave in the mountain of Horeb), following this came a place of
purpose(Desert of Damascus)! God really touched my heart in that purpose comes through experiencing intimacy with God. It was just such a good reminder for me during a time where I feel like knowing my purpose of being here in England is so important. It was a reminder to draw close, know Him, and plug into God's heart, follow Him, that'll lead me to my purpose. Sometimes I think it's so easy to be focused on "what's the plan for MY life", "what's THE purpose of my life" rather than just focusing on LIFE itself, the lifegiver. (Text found from 1 Kings 16-20). " Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." (John 17:3) "Be still and know that I am God" (Psalms 46:10)
*I hope that this all made sense- it's always a little hard putting Heart in Words.*
So we went to the Costume Museum in Bath. Really quite an extraordinary exhibit of styles and fashion through the ages!!! So along with the exhibit, you could try on a corsette to see what it really felt like! No joke I'm sure that I dislocated my inner organs! Forget the fact that you take atleast one dress size smaller, my stomach muscles ached the entire evening and into the next morning!!! Thank the Lord that we don't still have to wear these things- seriously!!! Isnt' Ronnie a great sport?!!! 
