since the last time...

Hello,

So I have now left Cheshire - and what a fun time I had and what a blessing to be away from the city and to walk dogs as part of my job. My friends in Cheshire held a leaving party for me and they were such pets to me and I really wouldn't have remained sane without them - yes folks I did say sane...I am sane!

Last week was a tad scary but God answered prayer as always by providing amazing friends who offered to help store/transport my belongings to York. I threw out 5 bin bags of stuff AND gave 6 black bin bags to charity - seriously how did I have that much stuff to give away! And throw away! Madness and sickening really - too much money spent on things I don't need nor like! There's definitely a lesson there but no doubt the rubbish collection will start again soon when I am living elsewhere...but for now I am living out of 2 suitcases - it should be one - I know- but I still have household stuff in there plus I had to bring my stupid tax stuff up!

Two days into rehearsal for Melchiors Magical Mystery Quest and I am loving it - its daunting - a show will be performed with 5 actors in about 13 days and there are moments where the old flute will be getting an airing except the old flute player ain't too sure if she can play the thing anymore - hmmmmmmmm methinks the kids of York are in for an interesting time!

Have laughed alot over the past few days - hysterically at times but all with good reason. Riding Lights are an amazing company and I am delighted to be working with them. And tomorrow we have a wee prayer and breakfast morning before rehearsals - how ace is that! Always reminding ourselves why the co. exists and why we exist! And I have been blessed with an amazing host family while I am here - Rachel and Andrew Gray are SO generous. I come home from rehearsals and they have dinner on a plate for me!!!!!!!!!! And their kids are great - Emily (13) and Peter (10) - and get this, Andrew is an inventor and Rachel is a professional cellist - obviously I have NOT brought the flute out yet to break their ears - I actually left it in the theatre tonight.

Very thankful to God for this work, for my host family and their kids, for working with a Christian theatre co with some of my closest friends from uni,

Would appreciate prayer for what to do this weekend, sense of direction when in York!!! (every time I walk I seem to get lost!) and energy for the rehearsals as the performance dates get closer and for friends at St Mikes church where my host family go

Methinks that is it for now!

Hope that you are all well

x rach