London!

I can't seem to type in between  pictures at the moment so please bear with me as I explain all the captions for the pictures!

Kristen, my travel buddy, and I started off yesterday meeting up with Shawn (good friend working abroad) and thank goodness for him because he showed us around all of London while we were groggy from flying in.

I found a huge cool tree that I think hobbits live in. I made Kristen take a picture under it.

Hyde Park was amazingly beautiful with lots if large lush trees, random gardens, etc. I loved how London was packed with random Parks here and there.  The only thing was that it must be pollen season because there was pollen flying everywhere and you can hear people all around sneezing.

Then Shawn took us to another square and I took a picture of Aragorn's tomb.

We then saw Buckingham Palace and Big Ben.  I've been looking for Shephard's Pie so we stopped by a pub... they didn't have Shepard's Pie :( but instead I had sausage and mash, and Shawn had the Sunday Roast which is supposed to be some traditional Sunday meal.

We ended the day with a tea party! 

That was our first day in London!! Ill try to fix the pictures if I get access to a computer.

So far, I haven't been SUPER impressed with the city of London.  I guess its kind of like when people visit Hollywood and there really aren't a significant number of monuments to see. But then this city is so famous in movies and pop cultures so you'd expect it to be as glamorous. 

What I did love was Bath Spa today! That's an entry for tomorrow. I'm too tired right now to know what I'm saying.

First Day in London

I'm on my phone in a hostel right now...  unfortunately I don't have access to a (free) computer so I won't be able to post many pictures. I promise I'll do it later!

I will post my favorite picture of the day. It is this awesome giant "ship in a bottle" at one of London's many squares/plazas. One thing I realize about Europeans is that they love squares/plazas.  I think we went to like 5.

Lift off!!

Yay!! I'm on the plane getting ready to take off!!

Things on my mind:

- I hope there aren't any issues with KPMG while I'm gone...
- I hope this plane arrives safely...
- I'm going to play for 2.5 weeks!!! Finally!!!!!!!!!! Praise God.
- I'm stuck between 2 big burly men for 10+ hours.  :(
- I can't wait to eat airplane food!!!  :)

Stressed.

This is almost over, this is almost over, this is almost over, this is almost over.


Today's reading of "My Utmost for His Highest."


Look at the birds of the air . . . . Consider the lilies of the field . . . —Matthew 6:26, 28

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin”— they simply are! Think of the sea, the air, the sun, the stars, and the moon— all of these simply are as well— yet what a ministry and service they render on our behalf! So often we impair God’s designed influence, which He desires to exhibit through us, because of our own conscious efforts to be consistent and useful. Jesus said there is only one way to develop and grow spiritually, and that is through focusing and concentrating on God. In essence, Jesus was saying, “Do not worry about being of use to others; simply believe on Me.” In other words, pay attention to the Source, and out of you “will flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38). We cannot discover the source of our natural life through common sense and reasoning, and Jesus is teaching here that growth in our spiritual life comes not from focusing directly on it, but from concentrating on our Father in heaven. Our heavenly Father knows our circumstances, and if we will stay focused on Him, instead of our circumstances, we will grow spiritually— just as “the lilies of the field.”
The people who influence us the most are not those who detain us with their continual talk, but those who live their lives like the stars in the sky and “the lilies of the field”— simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mold and shape us.
If you want to be of use to God, maintain the proper relationship with Jesus Christ by staying focused on Him, and He will make use of you every minute you live— yet you will be unaware, on the conscious level of your life, that you are being used of Him.