Wk end Away

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Last weekend, we joined a group of graduate Christian students to Suffolk, 1.5 hr drive north from Cambridge. Needless to say, Nathan was the only child amongst 30 people. We saw some goats, a lonely horse, all by himself, and lots and lots of guinea pigs... no pics of them. sob

It was nothing spectacular, I had zero expectation. The reason we were there, Chong had fond memories of these wk end retreats when he was an undergrad at LSE, so he persuaded me that it would be nice.

We were in a huge villa with many rooms. 30 international students lived, ate, played games and sang together. There was only one Sunday morning talk, the rest of the time was entirely free and easy. Sat afternoon, we drove to a seaside small town, the coast was raging with very strong winds, reminds me of Peter in his boat when he met Jesus, such faith - he wanted to walk on the waters… not me.

Surprisingly, there were 3 other Singaporeans, all girls, including the president and Vp of the graduate union, both doctors, finishing up next yr. What does this tell you, well, the Singaporeans are the enthusiastic lot, aren’t we?

The talk left me with a challenge, to allow God to use me, whatever I have to his glory and for his gospel sake. To me, that bit was worth the going.