This post is dedicated to everyone at home.  This song just fits so perfectly. 

"Home"

Another summer day
Has come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home


Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know

And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
“I’m fine, how are you?”
Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another airplane
Another sunny place
I’m lucky I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I’ve got to go home

Let me go home
I’m just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life
It’s like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
This was not your dream
But you always believed in me

Another winter day has come
And gone away
And even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I’m surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel alone
Oh, let me go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home
I’ve had my run
Baby, I’m done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It will all be allright
I’ll be home tonight
I’m coming back home

I have come to love the people here so much, and just to think that I will be separated from them in a mear10 days is heart breaking to me.  I treasure the people in my life so much, and I hate these short lived relationships.  However, I will be journeying home to people whom I know love me and whom I love and cherish as well.  Everything is so bitter-sweet.  There is so much that I have not done yet in the city.  I still have lists of things I want to do before I go, and I just dont have the time. 

I'm looking forward to christmas.  I cant believe the season is here already.  Where on earth does the time go??  Holloway Road is lit up beautifully with its christmas lights.  And the centre of town looks incredible.  There is no snow though!  It has actually been fairly warm this past week. 

Well, I hope I have not hurt anyones feelings.  I know the second I get off the plane I will be forever grateful that I have finally journeyed home.  I cant wait to sproul out on my couch and watch a movie!  And to go buy coffee in the morning!  And be around people who will respond to my movie quotes!  I do miss everyone so much.  Looking forward to seeing you all 

God Bless ....

Hello faithful readers!

Appologies for not updating.  My internet was down for quite some time, and I have been traveling.  So a quick update ... two weeks ago I was in Barcelona, and this past weekend I was in Italy.  Both countries were very cool.  I do believe that Italy is my favorite out of all the countires I've been too. 

Barcelona kind of reminded me of California.  It was right on the Med. Sea and there were lots of strips with palm trees.  Sangria is an excellent drink, its a shame we dont have it in the states.  I tip-toed into the Med. Sea, it was very cold but very awesome.  Went on a boat ride too on the sea, that was probably my favorite part. 

Italy was amazing.  I started at Venice, which is incredible.  Very quiet and beautiful.  Absolutely no cars, just water, but it was impossible to find your way around the city, cause the streets are water!  What a cool place though.  It was freezing there though!!!  So cold! 

The I went to Rome.  The Vatican was huge!!!!!  Honestly though, I got a weird vibe going through the Vatican.  I have never seen anything so big and grand in my whole life, and I was thinking .... never did Jesus represent any of this.  Never did he leave any kind of impression of what the Vatican represented.  I was pretty sure he lived and taught humbly, not living in a huge palace with huge water fountains and cathedrals and pillars. Jesus prayed in the gardens and in mountains, not in cathedrals pathed with gold.  But it was an amzingly beautiful place to see. 

Anyways, it was still really cool to see.  Also walked through all the ruins of Rome ... totally awesome.  We had a tour too which was really nice, otherwise I would not have known what any of the ruins were.  It was all so fascinating!   

So that was a very quick run through of what I have been up to. 

Last night was soo much fun!!  We went to Trafalgar Square to see the Christmas lighting.  It was fun, but I was disapointed with the size of the tree ... it was kind of puny I thought.  But there were christmas carols so it was fun.  After we went and got coffee and ended up seeing the Lion King that night.  Really random.  But WOW!  What an amazing show!!!!  Best show I think I have ever seen!!  The costumes were incredible!!!  I highly recomend seeing that show if you have the chance.  So all in all a fun random night.  I must say, the lord has really blessed me with friends whom I enjoy being around.  We had so much fun last night just being goofy and silly and poking fun at each other.  What an amazing season of blessings this has been for me.  I cant believe its almost over too!!!    I'm not ready to leave yet.  The city is really looking beautiful with all the christmas decorations coming out. Chrstimas markets are starting to be set up, all the christmas lights, and decorations!!  Its all so much fun!!  Plus I saw rome and venice decked out for christmas too.  So cool!   

FYI : I did have a fantabulous thanksgiving.  The couple who is in charge of our young adults group at church opened their home, and we all made dinner.  I had a huge thanksgiving meal!  With two turkeys, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and the works.  I did not go hungry this Thanksgiving.   It was very very  nice to be in a home with home cooked food.  They were so good to us. 

I miss everyone at home!!  Hope you are all doing well!!  Cant wait to see you all!!  Dont forget me!  I'm almost home!!  God Bless! 

My Mommy was in town this weekend.  It was so nice to have a bit ... or rather a large portion of home come to me.  How incredibly blessed am I to have family that is willing to travel 3000 miles out of there way just to see me?  .... Very.  Our lovely weekend consisted of much of London's attractions.  We also journeyed to Wales to see some of my Mom's friend's family.  It was so wonderful to be in a home in a family setting.... it made me miss my family very much.  But this family really opened their home to us and the weekend was just so wonderful beacause of it.  They also took us to a nearby "beach" that was a channel ... I forget which one .. (not the engish channel though).  And wow was this beach beautiful!  I could have stayed there for weeks and never have gotten board.  It looks like God went through a sculpting phase, and just chipped and scultped away at these shores and cliffs for years until they were perfect.  The perfect shape, the perfect color, the perfect size.  As wonderful as London is ... it is when I see God's pure work that my heart melts. 

I wish I could offer the praise to God that he rightfully deserves.  He has taken me on such an incredible journey here in Europe, and its not even over.  He's made so many of my dreams come true so far.  How do you repay or even thank someone for manifesting the things that you've only dreamed of?  God has given me such worldly vision ... I'm learning to see the world on a global perspective.  And as fullfilling as this trip has been so far, and as many dreams that have come true for me so far .... my expectations of life, and dreams are only increasing the more. Is that bad?  Am I being selfish?  But how can one recieve such a taste of blessings and not want more? 

You know, I am not walking through this journey with a husband by my side, friends, or even family for that matter. ... but what an experience it has been to walk through all this with Jesus.  I have developed such a strong bond with Him.  Never throughout my travels when sitting on a plane, train, or tube have I ever felt as though I was traveling alone.  I cant explain it....but its different from anything that I have experienced before, and I love it. 

Hey all...

Hope everyone is well at home.  I am feeling a little homesick today.  Well, maybe not so much homesick as house sick.  I wanted so badly to just put a movie in and sit on a couch, relax and watch Toy Story or the Muppets ... but I cant.  We do have TV's here, but they are in the kitchen, so I would have to sit at a hard uncomfortable table to watch it.  We dont have a living area here.  Nuts. 

So it has been brough to my attention by a couple people that I never talk about school, only about my travels.  So let me give you the low down on living and studying in London.  First off, I am attending an extremely lousy university.  The classes are not challening, the organization of the univesity is not very good, and you have to pay for everything...nothing is free.  The buildings are extrememly confusing, and there seems to be no logic to the halls and buildings.  However, they do have a good library.  There are tons of books on tons of topics, and its fairly up to date.  You can do a lot of stuff on the library website like renew your books which is really nice.  But you have to pay to print anything, and its not particulary cheap. 

So I have one class per week in a subject that ,depending on the lecturer, can last anyy where from an hour and a half to three hours.  Usually, all that will happen is the lecturer talks for the entire time.  We then have a seminar where the class has discussions or will do group work.  As it turned out, all my lectures and seminars are combined, which is really nice cause the class is not as long.  Some classes have a main texts, others just have a general reading list that I read and choose myself based on my own preference.  I like that idea, cause there are just some books and authors that are awful to read... and as long as I am learning the information, why should it matter what book I obtain it from?  Also, you dont really need to buy books here.  Dependingon the class, it is somtimes easier to just buy the main texts, but all the books needed are in the library.  You cant check these books out though, and you can only use them for like an hour at a time..but still!  I mean, how many books have you bought for classes that you used like once throughout the semester.  However, the classes do lack a lot of structure, which makes it very easy to slack off and just do the minimal amount of work required (which is what I am doing unfortunaly).  There are no tests or quizes, only final exams and a term paper.  For my one class, a 2000 word essay will determine my entire grade for the course. 

Also, when I go to hand a paper in, I do not simply bring my paper to class and give it to the lectureer.  Oh no.  I have to stand in this rediculously long line and hand my paper into the registry office, who then gives the papers to the leturer i guess??  I dont know.  It was really annoying, and I saw litlte benafit of doing this, or logic for that matter.  The one nice thing is, you get a reciet.  So should you paper be lost or forgotten, you have proof that you did indeed hand it in. 

My classes are ok.  I am taking Personality Psych, with whom I have a wonderful lecturer.  He is very enthusiastic, and is young, so he has a cool sense of humor and personality.  His office had south park posters all over it.  I am also taking Abnormal Psych.  The information is very interesting, but the professor is just awful.  She talks for like 3 hours and never seems to manage to stay on topic.  The other weird thing about the classes are the times.  A class may start at 9:30, but the lecturer doesnt start the class till like 9:45, and can end it whenever he or she wants.  At MU, as soon as the end of class rolls around, you get up and leave that room wheter the proff is done or not .. well to a certain degree we do.  That has annoyed me the most about the structure of the classrooms.  I feel like my time is being wasted.  Start and finish class on time.  People stroll in whenever they want, and leave whenever they want... and it is pretty regular, and very disruptive and I think rude to the class. Then I have mind, body, and consciousness (a philosophy course) which is pretty interesting.  But again the proff if horribly boring, but he only keeps us in class for like an hour and half or two hours.  And then I have Theatre in London which is really cool.  The classes tend to be a bit boring somtimes, but I enjoy the dicussions and of course going to see all the shows. 

Hope that gives you a little more insite into living in London.  I will be reporting more on the new series "Living in London". cheers.