T32->34 Argh Three Days and no blog?

18/10/2009 by paul.

And I have no excuse, but I’ll try one. These three days have gone from quite quiet to crazy busy, so from nothing worth writing about to not having time to write! For those, like me, who are beginning to struggle with which day T32 is - that’s Friday. Friday was exceptionally quiet. I spent most of the day sat in front of the laptop thinking about my English class for Saturday (that’s T33 to you and me) - oh and out of all craziness and against all my excercise-a-phobia, I headed down to the river for a jog. I had quite an incredible experience, which, doesn’t usually happen when I pretend to excercise, but I had one of those moments when I knew God was close to me. I had my ipod blaring out some Chris Tomlin interspersed with the best the sally army could muster, and I was looking out amongst some of the tallest buildings in the world, backed by impressive mountain scenery and yet God is much bigger, yet so much more personal. What joy there is knowing the Father’s touch because of the salvation there is in Jesus! Completely exhausted I flopped when I got home and waited for Saturday - the day the cameras came.

Saturday was the day when I could not afford any more time planning my English lesson, but had to actually put pen to paper, or more precisely mouse to powerpoint. However, after two hours of selecting the right shade of blue for the future intention continuous active (I am going to eat an apple tomorrow) I was told that lunch would be provided downstairs today. hmmm… But before I went I was given some more info: we were going to have lunch with two past members of the church. I didn’t quite get the full story, but they were both pretty high up in politics and law in Taipei, and had been found doing something naughty, so every press car and tv crew were following. They came to the church for advise, so did the camera’s and reports. Apart from some white vans outside with satellites on top, nothing was unusual about lunch. I met the couple, we said hello, and then I went back to choosing the right shade of yello for the past perfect simple passive (The apple had been eaten before we arrived). Saturday evening began with a Sunday School practice for their role in the Sunday (T33) worship, more to follow…

They were then promptly given pizza and lots of coke, which boded well for sitting in an English class for an hour! We had a good lesson, and some of them even grasped the green present perfect simple passive (The apple has been eaten for hundreds of years). I finished by introducing them to the wonder of Wallace and Gromit with a simple listening excercise….

Click here, watch the video (sorry I can’t embed it ), and answer these simple questions (on page 2 of the handout). The winner can have some sponge cake with shredded pork.

After the class, and a few extra showings of shopper 13, I then joined the young adults group, beat Jo on skype bowling before going to sleep.

I’m writing this on T34 - Sunday evening. It’s been a long day and will probably write about it tomorrow when my thoughts are little clearer in my head. Today was the all-age Sunday School Anniversary service. Apart from the children leading the usual liturgy, the service was identical to normal and included the forty minute monologue sermon. All in all I have spent an hour and a quarter in worship today, whilst rehearsing with the choir, the men’s choir and the handbell group for four and three-quarter hours. After my post earlier in the week, I’ve got some mental churning to do - I think it’s a good job I disappeared for a twenty minute walk between choir practice and men’s choir practice!

There are a few grammatical and spelling mistakes in this post - top marks will receive more sponge cake with pork

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