Countdown to Israel

Well it's not long now! I'm going on Friday! Eeek! Excitement and nervousness all in one!

Prayers are much appreciated as I travel and while I'm there, I shall try and update this blog as and when I can.

God and I are gonna have a great time.

Finished Garden

Well it's finished, it's been judged, but who knows when we'll find out the results??!!

I took the pics at the end of the day, so it looks a little dry and wilted in the sun!

Gardening Part 4

I've worked hard yesterday and today - it's such tiring work, but it's kept me out of mischief!

I forgot to take photos while the sun was out, so these are a bit dark. Hopefully the flowers will grow fast for judging on Friday! I've also planted a window box and 6 pots of plants ready to bring out on Friday.

Israel

I'm going to Israel soon! I am so excited (and a little apprehensive!)

I haven't really been abroad much so it will be quite an adventure. I'm going with Oak Hall, and I'm going alone!

We're doing a 10 day tour around loads of Biblical sights and other places including, the Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Western Wailing Wall, Bethlehem, Quman where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, Sea of Galilee, River Jordan, Caesarea Philippi, Nazareth (and many more that there isn't really space to write!) but I'm most excited about floating in the Dead Sea as it's something I've wanted to do since I was a child!

Prayers are appreciated for safety, and I shall try and keep my blog updated throughout, if not watch this space for pics and stuff when I return!

Sing

I apologise for the lack of gardening information. The deadline has been extended until the 25th, and it's been raining, so motivation has gone down. I did receive some nice soil from the builders at the end of the road - although they made me shift it myself whilst they stood watching. Rudeness.

I have been attacking the back garden with the landlord's tools whilst we've got them. It has left my arms shaking uncontrollably though which is a bit irritating. Hopefully they'll stop soon!

First choir practice tonight. Was loads better than I was expecting - well enjoyed it! We're gonna be good!

Gardening Part 3

And this is the garden after a second day of hard work. Well almost, I gave the soil a good digging about after the photo to start the process of removing all the roots that were like a carpet over the whole plot. Unfortunately it was a shorter day as it chucked it down late afternoon (and is still raining now - please stop!)

Met even more of the neighbours today, and one old Irish guy came back with some tools and helped me hack down the rest of the big bushes, and pull out two stumps! I so couldn't have done half of that on my own yesterday. So many thanks to him. Now I just have to figure out how to make the most of the space on my limited budget, and hope that the judges take into consideration the amount of hard work I've done before planting anything!

Gardening Part 2

Here's the garden after one day of hard work!

Gardening

I've entered a gardening competition to revamp our front garden.

Problem is, I know very little on the subject, I've only got until Tues/Wed, and I have a budget of £25

Currently it looks like this:









Anyone care to share anything knowledge/thoughts/tips?!! Pretty please?

York Gospel Choir

Well, today was the day for the audition for the new York Gospel Choir
I was so extremely scared and didn't decide what to sing until the last little while!

I got there and saw other people I know from church who were scared too, so that made me feel better. My name was called, I went in, stood before 3 people (felt like x-factor) and sang! My voice was completely different to my practicing, but I liked it, it felt strong and confident.

So all was good and I got through! Even though I had to stop singing because I forgot the words!

So here's to a new adventure, practices are weekly, and even though the choir hasn't started yet, the guy who runs it has 5 bookings for it! We will be singing a mix of contemporary and traditional Gospel, worship songs, and secular stuff at weddings, concerts and what not!

Looking forward to it.

Oh and for the record, I'm going down as a Mezzo Soprano or just a flexible whatever's needed!

Easter Baptism Photos

Found the pics of my housemates at the baptisms in the city centre - can't get them to work on here, but here's the link. They're the two girls with crowns on at the front!