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A Welcomer of New-Born Days

I had quince jelly on toast today 

2017, creation, glory, grateful, gratitude, nature, personal, silence, summer, thankful, thankfulness, thoughts, wonder

Where I am Right Now

At the cottage in Hereford.

2017, cottage, Freya, friendship, Hereford, holiday, summer, Wales

Easter Term 2017

Photos from my last term of second year!

2017, Cambridge, Easter term, Hebrews, newnham, student, summer

Lent Term 2017

“We are being renewed day by day” 2 Corinthians 4:16

2017, Cambridge, halfway, Lent term, newnham, second year, spring, term, winter

For Siân, in the midst of her Year Abroad

A letter for Siân whilst she is still in Görlitz

2017, Faith, friends, friendship, hopes, personal, reflection, reflections, university, winter

New Year’s in Tokyo: 28th Dec – 7th Jan 2017

10 wonderful days of adventure, friends, a chopsticks crash-course, and welcoming 2017 in with style. Mt. Fuji, unexpected singing solos, paddling in the Pacific Ocean and so much more that cannot even be put into words.

2016, 2017, hospitality, Japan, kabuki, Kamakura, Mount Fuji, New Year's, NYE, omotenashi, onsen, student travel, Tokyo, winter, Yokohama

Advent – rest, celebration, action

I love the sense of expectation and hopefulness in this month – a sense of expectation with which days on the calendar are slowly crossed off and doors of advent calendars are opened.

2016, Cambridge, celebration, church, friends, gingerbread, Hebrews, HT, prayer, prophecy, rest, winter

Michaelmas Term 2016

Another term closer to finishing my degree. What a term it has been!

2016, autumn, Cambridge, michaelmas term, newnham, second year, term

Frenniversary

A fun weekend in Cambridge with Freya.

2016, autumn, Cambridge, friends, friendship, thankfulness, university

Bye for Now

Yesterday my job at Pembroke College came to an end and I said goodbye to some very special people, who are owed some thank yous. Thankfully, the goodbyes we said yesterday are goodbyes for now, and not goodbyes forever. ^.^

2016, friendship, Japan, Japanese, new culture, nihon, pembroke, reflection, summer

For Tabitha, a year before her wedding day

A letter to a Tabitha ahead of August 2017 when I will cry many tears as she walks down the aisle as a beautiful bride.

2016, 2017, friends, friendship, jesus, joy, marriage, relationships, wedding

Aishiteru – a story of new friendships

Stories from my last few days working with Japanese students in Cambridge.

2016, Cambridge, friendship, Japanese, new experiences, nihon, pembroke, summer

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