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By eleanor on
30/11/2009 23:48
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Hiya,
I can hardly believe that December is here. It seems like just a handful of moments ago that I booked onto the course and here we are, just a few days away.
In case anyone read this and feels so inclined, I'd appreciate your prayers for my husband and three young children whilst I'm away Thursday night and Friday. My eldest is nearly 7 and really a daddy's girl so I know she'll be fine but the younger two might be a different story.
Originally I'd planned on travelling up to London very early Friday morning but things have changed slightly and now I'm leaving home just after 5pm on Thursday and getting back at something like 11pm Friday night! I've never left the children for the night before so that in itself is something of a challenge.
Coupled with that, my youngest, Michael, is having a few problems with his nose which have transformed him from the idyllic sleeper to one whom you wouldn't money on. Last night for example ...
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Awesome! |
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By eleanor on
05/11/2009 00:12
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Hi,
This post is totally unrelated to my studies but God was very awesome today so I wanted to share with someone who'd like a smile.
Quick bit of background info: We've set up a charity in church called Give A Brick. It supports community projects as an expression of Jesus' love and the first project being supported is the building of an annex to the rear of the church to house a community centre for the local area here in Cross Hands for things like parents and toddler groups, youth clubs, meals for the elderly etc.
The whole project needs just 100,000 people to give 1 brick (£1) and so far we've raised £20,000 which has allowed the foundations to be laid.
As well as being a mum and studying, I'm also a supply teacher. I just work the odd day here and there and today was a day for working. As I was driving to school this thought popped into my head that maybe the school might consider holding a non-uniform day in aid o ...
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This is the week |
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By eleanor on
01/11/2009 22:51
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Hi,
It feels like weeks and weeks ago that God opened the door to allow me to book in to college for the teaching day on December 4th and here we are just a few days short of a month to go!
And this week is the last week for booking in so I felt compelled to add a quick blog post on here to encourage anyone who might still otherwise be undecided to join me in London on December 4th.
I've still got several of the units from the 'Pastoral Theory and Practice' module to get though before then but given how he helped me out a couple of weeks ago, I know that God will shuffle my commitments and help me get it done in time.
I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to going back to school for the day. I was always a bit of a swot, I loved school! So I am very excited about next month.
El x
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Feels like He's kicked it wide open! |
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By eleanor on
07/09/2009 14:23
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Three months ago when my mum suggested that I tentatively push some doors and see what happens, I hadn't anticipated the result. But just last week God gave me clear leading on where I'm headed with my learning ... even if I'm still in the dark as to why!
I've not been able to study as regularly as I would like over the Summer months but last Wednesday evening (the day before my eldest two started back in school) I was feeling lonely. Church house group had been cancelled, my husband was working an evening shift, I felt like I couldn't ring my sister or my mum so I wasn't feeling very happy. After having checked my email for something like the third time in an hour and reaslising that no, there really wasn't anything Give A Brick related that I could be doing, the thought popped into my head that maybe I should knuckle down and do some study.
So I did and it was really enjoyable and with God's help, as soon as I've typed up my learning journal, I can start my a ...
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Studying offline |
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By eleanor on
05/08/2009 19:23
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It's been several weeks since I started this adventure. I'm really enjoying the study but was struggling to get much work done once the school holidays began.
I've found a new way (well, new for me!) to study which has helped me so much, I wanted to share it. Apologies if this is really obvious but until this month, I'd failed to appreciate the value of the printable versions of the units.
But a couple of weeks ago, I took my laptop to my parents house and took advantage of their lovely fast printer to print out the units I hadn't studied yet. Prior to this, I was dependant upon being at the PC in order to study but now, I can study anyway, even whilst my son is playing in the bath!!
I understand that this wouldn't work for everyone but I've gotten very good at working with sound around me so the noise isn't a problem. God is being very, very good because as a kid, I was hopeless at working in anything less than absolute silence!
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Breakthrough |
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By eleanor on
18/06/2009 19:11
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God is very good and will help, but we have to ask Him!
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Time wasting |
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By eleanor on
17/06/2009 23:38
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I really should be working on the third unit of this first module but instead I got distracted by Facebook. Note to self: turn off email when studying. I had a whole two hours after house group and now it's gone and I feel so cross because I will never get that time back.
Time is a precious commodity, especially in our house with our three little ones under foot. They're lovely but 'me' time and 'God' time have to be carved out as precious. This is not time to be wasted - hence my crossness with myself. And now, having told myself off, what am I doing writing this when I should be studying?!
OK, point taken ...
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