I'm not sure how we're nearly half way through May, but hey, here goes...

Le Pas Opton

This weekend just gone I went to Uckfield, in Sussex, for a training weekend for the summer. It’s the first time that they’ve tried doing something like this before the season, and it’s a good idea in my opinion. It should hopefully mean people will be a bit less clueless when they get out there. The two main managers were there (the MD and the Site Manager), and they really encouraged us and challenged us to give excellence this summer, following in the footsteps of Jesus, and growing in faith in the mean time.

Other happenings…

Last Tuesday I did the Bible study with Marie and I think it went quite well. At first I was pretty nervous, but thankfully it wasn’t too big a group and I managed ok.

Yesterday evening I went to my French minister’s house for dinner. It was really lovely to spend a few hours with him, his wife and his two young children, getting to know them a bit better.

The weather has been really cold recently. We had a short bout of summer weather, and now we seem to have spring weather back, but with an added chill. It’s confusing, n’est pas?!

The countdown begins…

I’m really unsettled at the moment, because I know that I finish work in three weeks and I leave just a week after that for good. I’m starting to say goodbye to some of the kids this week, but the next two weeks will be harder. Because I’m drawing close to the end, I have loads of things to do, including my university project. I’m making progress with it but not as much as I’d like. There are various people to meet up with to say goodbye to as well.

I have a few regrets about places I haven’t visited and things I haven’t done which I hoped to, and people I haven’t spent more time with. But from another point of view, there's only so much time available, I always knew that it wasn’t going to end up that long a time frame, especially after you take out the settling down period. I’ve packed a lot in, I’ve met some wonderful people and seen some great things. I’m glad that I’ve enjoyed it more than I ever imagined and I’ll make the most of the rest of my time here.

Fiona x