Isn't technology wonderful...

I am currently sat in a caravan on the North Cornwall coast at Mother Ivey's Bay, conected to the internet via a wireless network!!

I have had a busy week on the Scripture Union SUbmerge holiday, which is a christian holiday for 11-14 year olds. We have been based in a boarding school in Salisbury for the last week.

There have been 76 people on site, 47 guests and 29 team, and we have had an amazing and awesome time. It is wonderfu lto be together with other christians and to see God at work in the lives of team and guests alike. It was also fantastic to see christian young people throwing themselves into the party games and dancing in the same way they entered into the praise and worship and teaching. There were no wimpy young people on our holiday, it was full of real people who have a desire to make God the centre of their life, it was fantastic!

We spent the week Acting Out the Bible, which involves a giant map of the Holy land and it's surrounding and working our way from 'In the beginning' to 'Amen' ie Genesis to Revelation, and helping everyone to understand how the Bible fits together and the story of God's dealings with his people.

We add to this, the Wetta the Betta, Multi Gunk and other mad games including the new invention called Chicken Hunt, which involved 6 team members dressed as chickens being hunted by the guests!!!

Also we celebrated Christmas on 31st July, and why not! We had reached the birth of Jesus in AOtB and so when the guests came out of the hall they were ushered into Santa's grotto and received their pressie nd then we went for Christmas day worship followed by a full Christmas dinner and then a Christmas Party. There are pics on Facebook on the SUbmerge page and I will try to pop some on here. We were really pleased as it came as a total surprise to the guests and the look on some of there faces was priceless!

There was some drama on the way down to Salisbury when my car overheated, so I did the last 60 miles on the back of a low loader and my car now has a new heater matrix and soggy carpets in the footwells!

Last night was spent in Exeter which is about two hours drive from Salisbury and about half way to MIB where I am currently residing with the Waggies, my friends from Great Houghton, who emigrate to Cornwall for a month every year.

I am here until Wednesday then I am off to London for my 'wheely good' experience and to see Chicago with Kirsten, which will be great and then back to Manchester for a few days before I head off to my next SU holiday this time as Chief Caterer providing 70 covers three times a days, do it standing on my head...