Suzie

thank you my wonderful father

Well a huge amount has happened since I last blogged, I thought about what someone else had written, that really what is the point of writing? well to praise the lord, to maybe be an inspiration to others, to offer helpful insights to the way others think, the list is endless but who knows.....

We have had visitors from Malaysia, Allan's brother and his wife and two sons, one of the cutest little boys I have ever met, oh how I miss his singing and silliness. Freddie and Shin arrived with the biggest suitcases I have ever seen. Which were too big to go upstairs, so we had to leave them downstairs in our very small and cluttered front room. After arriving, a couple of days later, they all went off to London with Allan and Chrissy for four days. Sam and I stayed at home because Sam was revising and taking exams and had other stuff to do, a nice bit of peace and quiet. They took some really good pictures in Madame Tussuad's.

When they came back from London, I went off to a woman's conference in Bradford. I have never felt so much sadness in one room. The burden felt heavy on my heart. A lot of challenges were sent out to us all at that conference. Which reminds me I need to write my story and send it to Cherish. If only I knew where to start and when to stop lol. I have a lot to say. I came back from Bradford very late on Wednesday evening, thanks to my Father, who helped me to stay awake whilst driving. The previous night I had only 2 hours sleep. I never really went to sleep. As soon as I got up I prayed to my Father to ask him to help me through the day, which was going to be very long and very hot. Our conference started at 9 30am and finished 10.20pm, with an afternoon trip to salt mills. It finished much later than the previous year because delirious(spelling is not my strong point) were there leading worship, both before and after our speakers, which was electric. I have never experienced worship as wonderful as it is in Bradford, they have a choir made up of ppl of all ages. The Abundant Life Church is a church that I would love to attend every week, if only all churches were like this one. They run a year long course, which if I was younger and didn't have so many responsibilities, I would definitely go on.

On the Thursday I went into work for only a short period of time to do the weekly wages, Sam needed me to take her around to buy some more clothes and stuff for her up and coming trip. On the Friday we drove to West Wales. I really love this part of Wales, when I don't have to drive, there are too many winding roads up and down the mountains with sheer drops on one side. The journey is so beautiful. Our God is so good, we all arrived there safely. The caravan we stayed in was new, praise God, as Freddie is so particular about cleanliness. When we arrived there was a man who asked for his money back because he claimed the caravan they had assigned him was very smelly and dirty. Thank you Lord for our clean and new caravan. We drove home again on the Monday, by which time I was not feeling too well, we stopped at bets-y-coed, I had a couple of hours sleep in the car while the others went off to see the falls. Tired I guess and caught Chrissy's bug she was having.

God has been working in my life a lot lately, and using me to help others in so many different ways. God has been waking me up to pray for people, God even gave me a message for a young man during a woman's conference. Our God is so awesome, and I love his sense of humour. Thank you Lord for all that you have done in my life. For the bad as well as the good. For all the things you have taught me.

I have been having a few problems at work, God asked me to stay there, I so desperately wanted to leave, I thank him for making me stay, as he has shown me many different characteristics in my personality that can only make me stronger in the long run. He has taught me to think before I speak or react, wow a miracle in itself, to be obedient to God and to trust him more.

Well I think I will have to continue this later as I need to catch up on some missed sleep :P

posted by suzie @ 3:54 PM