its beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....

man, i love that song.

well everyone, its snowing in London. its snowed off and on since monday afternoon, but none of it has really stayed; oh well, its still pretty to see it fall. just like the southern part of the US, they really don't kow how to handle it, especially the train system.... its been really crappy the past couple of days. yesterday my train was cancelled because of a "slippery track", what the heck? the ground was only wet, it didn't even freeze.

so, only two and a half weeks left in the UK for me. i must say, as the day approaches i do get more and more sad about leaving all of my friends here. this is especially true because....... are you sitting down?.........i have met a lovely girl. i know what you're thinking, "great friggin timing dork", i know, i know..... and i totally agree with you. her name is Vikki and she goes to the church here. i have known of her for a while and i almost asked her out before Christmas, but i chickened out. but i finally asked her to join a group of us going out for Valentine's Day and we were able to talk a while; i first time we were really able to talk to one another. anyway, i was quite taken with her, so i asked her out and we went out last saturday night to a movie (we saw Sideways, i recommend it, it was very good, sad, but good) and dinner afterward; it was great. we hung out yesterday at the Glow Lounge for quite a while, just talking and enjoying one another's company. anyway, i like her, she likes me, so now we have to decide what to do from here and how things are going go; its really making leaving hard. i know that God wants me to go back home and take care of some things, but why does He send me this lovely relationship now? i must say its a bit confusing, but at the same time i know He's got it all in mind and He knows what is going to happen. i guess i will just leave it to Him as to what happens between Vikki and i and i will continue enjoying the time we have together and getting to know each other more and more. God give me wisdom and patience.

so @#$% true......

hiya everyone, hope you are having a good weekend, i am. my friend Alice and i spent most of the day yesterday walking along the South Bank, taking pictures (yes, i will finally have some pictures to bring home and show some of you), and generally enjoying being in London.

before church this morning, i read Jonny Baker's blog, which i do quite often, and he had a link to an article out of the newest issue of Adbusters which was incredibly surprising, entitled 'Divinity For the Reality-Based Community'. surprising because it was incredibly honest and encouraging about the relationship of artists and religion and the relationship that should be present. i won't go too far into it so as not to spoil the article, i would just encourage anyone who has thought about the role of the artist in the church to read it. whoever it is who wrote this totally gets it, lets just pray that the church will get it soon.

if you haven't noticed, let me draw your attention to the new little addition i've made to my website. the little white band across the top right corner is for the Make Poverty History campaign being led here in the UK. the band serves as a link to their website and i would encourage you to follow the link to the site and check out what they are about. the church is really involved in it over here, which is really cool to see. anyway, check it out.

also, i am hoping to visit Vaux tonight, unfortuantely it will be the last time i will be able to go...... oh well, i guess we'll just have to start our own.