What's new?

(This blog was written while drinking Punjana Tea and listening to the Scrubs Season 1 Soundtrack)

Heya everyone!

So, what's new since I last wrote? Well everything's still going grand! On Saturday I had my first match for FC Arche this season. Beforehand they had played 5 matches already (3 losses and a draw in the league and a loss in the cup). Not a great start, it has to be said, but we were all determined to change that against one of our lower end of the league rivals on Saturday. And change it we did, with a very convincing 6-1 win! It was 5-0 at halftime, and we could take the second half fairly easy, with the opponents not offering much in way of a challenge.

And, I'm very happy to say that I had a hand in 4 of the goals! The first of the game was an own goal coming from a defender trying to clear away a pass aimed at me, but rifled it into his bottom corner. The 6th goal came from a header from a free kick which I won!

And our 2nd & 3rd goals? Well, they were scored by none other than yours truly! If I sound like I'm bragging, you should know that in almost 150 games, they were only the 3rd and 4th goals I've ever scored! I've a scoring ratio of something like a goal every 37 games, lol! But I'm mainly glad we got the win, and hopefully we can get a good run going!

An already good day was made better with the news that Agape FC, my team at home in Northern Ireland, won 13-0, and then it got even better when Man U won 3-1 against a very good Spurs side.

On Sunday we had dinner with a very nice family from one of the churches here. It was very funny though: There were 10 of us at the dinner table, and in the middle of conversation the 4 year old daughter says "Steven?" and I reply "Yes, Lea?" "I think I love you! In fact, I could see me marrying you!" LOL! We all laughed, it was very funny!

On Monday I watched Valkyrie for the first time, tis very good, if you've never seen it you should watch it some time. I later on played football too, which was good fun, apart for a few people throwing the strop because their team was losing.

On Tuesday we had our first Breakfast/Work Meeting with Barry, which went fine apart from us being a tad late. Then on Tuesday night we had our first Home Group of the year, which was ok, although it was only two of the old regulars who made it. Hopefully we can reach a few more people soon.

I was then sick on Wednesday and ended up most of the day in bed! But I'm pretty much all better now!

We had Kids Club and Floha Youth Group yesterday. Kids Club was good fun, although we only had 3 kids. I had a chat with the mother of 2 of the kids who regularly come, and she said that Thursday is a bad day for some of the kids. So we may be looking to change that at some point, but that's still only an idea. Youth group was great as well, we had fuller numbers again and had a nice practice for Abenteuerland. And then, in candlelight (which was really nice, though it was only because the power's out in our youth room because work's being done), we chatted about God's protection and plan for us, looking into the Bible a lot. It was very encouraging and I really enjoyed it.

On Thursday and Friday, Judit and I took part in a First-Aid-Course, so I'm now a qualified First-Aider, yay!

For those of you who can, you should swing by the Lesecafe in Augustusburg on Sunday between 14:30-18:00. IMT are on duty, ya see!

For all of you, I hope this weekend is a lovely, relaxing, fun, and blessed few days!

Love to y'all, from your Ginger Nut!