One Year In England!

Time has flown by as it is coming up to a year since I flew into Heathrow airport from the USA last

September.  The aim of returning home was to gain experience in the Spa industry as well as keeping

up my professional skills and this has definitely come about which I totally thank God for.  I have been

fortunate to have started full-time work with Breathing Space Spa: continuing my personal training as

well as taking on a business assistant role.  I couldn't ask for a better job.  In the central picture above I

am running with one of our members Mandy who has just achieved a weight loss of 4 stone in the

course of the year!  Other highlights of 2012 have been getting to meet my nephew Benjamin, who I

totally adore!  Peter and Amber are visiting in August so I will get to see him again soon!  Also we have

had lots of visitors for the Olympics thanks to help from friends and family (especially thanks to

Mum!).  It has been really fun having people stay from USA, Switzerland, Norway, Finland and Nepal.

Being home has really given me time rest, refuel and take stock of where I'm going and what it will

take to get there.  I don't feel that it is the right time to go to Cambodia in September as timing is

everything and preparation is essential!  I feel that God has opened doors to gain work experience and

qualifications which will be really valuable for the future.  In my small group at Soul Survivor Church

Harpenden we are studying the book of Acts: an exciting account of the early church with one mind

blowing event after another.  With some research you learn that these events actually happened years

apart with a lot of time spent not directly on the mission field (in Acts 9 Saul goes home for about 12

years!). This assures me that “plodding along” in everyday life and being faithful in the small things is

all part of the plan!  With a bigger vision of eventually being involved with a health centered business

as missions project I feel that the small things that I am doing this year will help lead me towards this.  

From September...

Breathing Space . Swimming Teaching . Open University .  Soul Survivor Church . Youth work 

and possibly a business as missions course in Thailand?!  (February)

Triathlon Training

Why would anyone want to do a triathlon? I have been training for the HSV triathlon in Hatfield, on May 13th for a month now and it has been excellent to ensure doing a good amount of cardio vascular exercise everyday. Unlike just training for long distance running it also has the added benefits of training in a variety of disciplines making clocking up the miles more interesting and meaning less of a likelihood for injury. The distances are: 400m swim, 20k bike ride finishing with a 5k run.

There is no going back now as I have officially signed up for the event! It is slightly intimidating being my first of its kind (and the fact that my times are towards the bottom of last years event!) but I would like to compete in support of Jeevits House: A rest house for aids orphans that I have connections with in Battambang, Cambodia. Last year we raised $300 for them to help fund summer kids camps for children from the local slums, including providing nutritious food during the day. Let me know if you would like to sponsor me for this event! Either per kilometre or just for completing! All proceeds will go to the same worthwhile cause!