Still not online at home so just a quick post from work...not really supposed to be using the internet at work so I have to be sneaky shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...hopefully though I should be back online at home before the end of the week!!

Hi

Just a quick post to apologise for not updating this...had problems with phone line and internet at home and my computer is riddled with viruses thanks to Scot for that!! Anyway just popped on to do this at work cos we now have the internet yippeeeee. I have loads to write about and loads that I can't really write about as its not really uplifting stuff or happy stuff :o( anyway hopefully my phone problems will be sorted out tonight and I can update my blog asap..

Linz

Fuming with myself for not updating this more regularly but I just never find the time blah blah blah...so whats been happening? Well first of Church has been dead dead good, we had a Harvest social which was dead good fun, lots of people that are sort of the fringes of our church came to that which was ace and we raised a lot of dosh for harvest too. Kids club and youth club has been busy and hard work but ace too. I think I have said before in a post that we always get quite a lot in our kids club but the youth club tends to go up and down. We had 18 last week and 4 of the lads are lads that have left school but still want to come buzzing about that because they could be anywhere really init. Thank you Jesus for our youth club and thank you that the young people bless us so much even when they're mucking around which is a lot.

Not moaned about work for ages which makes a change cos I have lots to moan about haha not really its been good and my friend from church Lorraine has started there which is ace cos now we have 2 Christians there to mither people about Jesus. I haven't mentioned the diet either for months and thats because I stopped being good and have been dead naughty and a big fat greedy pig!! Well tonight that changed as I joined a new slimming club. It was so funny and from the moment we arrived (30 mins late ) it was just good and funny. Lorraine said it reminded her of summat out of a Peter Kay scene lol. When it was my turn to get weighed she said don't worry I won't tell everyone and then blurted out my weight lol ...but the woman was lovely and as from tomorrow morning I am on rations.

Gonna go now cos I need to be fed and am allowed 2 slices of toast for me supper yippeeeeee

I know I aint posted anything for ages again....just been too knackered to do anything apart from work and sleep. I am knackered now but I just wanted to do a quick post about our youth club. We usually get anywhere from10 - 17 coming and tonight we had 13. They are noisy, sometimes rude, they swear a bit and always try to shock us, throw toast around, make a mess, wind each other and us up and generally misbehave but do you know what? We flippin love them :o) they are as much a part of our Church as I am and I wouldn't be anywhere other than where God wants me cos I love me church init.

thats it cos I'm off to bed

Credo at Sale Salvation Army

Me and Lorraine went to Credo tonight which is a divisional worship meeting which happens every 2 months. The theme for the Evening was 'A perfect 10'. It was a really really lovely evening and probably one of the nicest Credo's that I have been to yet and I think it was because Jesus was allowed to just do His thing and it kind of sent the meeting plan a little wayward lol. Thank you Jesus that you show your presence in everything we do. Just a little post because I am gonna go to bed and think lovely thoughts now and talk to me mate Jesus for a bit.

I have managed to kick Scot off the pc (actually he's gone out) and get this blog updated yippeeee..I would have done it weeks ago but am just lazy.

Loads has been happening at our church and I probably won't remember everything so here's an update and I will try not to waffle.

At the beginning of August we all traipsed off to Hollybush for our annual church Holiday. As usual our tents and caravans and marquee took up a whole section of the camp lol. I have posted all the pictures on my Flikr or on my facebook so you can look at them. Hollybush is just an amazing place for us at Swinton because so much has happened and so many lives have been changed there. The bible studies were excellent and the nightly celebrations were excellent too. On the Thursday night there was a youth choir leading the service from Missouri. USA for me that was probably the highlight of the week.. I'm fuming with myself for not writing about this earlier as I have forgotten a lot grrrr. We had a wedding in our church the week before Hollybush and that was great because Freda and Jim who got married have since been coming to church on Sundays quite regularly. We also had a dedication the Sunday we got back which was ace because it was someone that Ian got chatting with while selling the war cry in Swinton. Gods just been doing great stuff.

Our kids club and youth club started back again a few weeks ago and we hardly had any kids come back which was a bit worrying. This week thought a lot more came back so thank you Jesus for that. I was especially buzzing because my sister Janette bought her little boy Zac to club and my other sister Krista came to help and bought Taigan with her..how good is God.

Church this morning was just ace...Ian prayed before the meeting began and thanked God for the hubub of noise that goes on in the background and for the fact that people find it so easy to just wander in. Our Bible studies were back on Wednesday and that was great because we had tea together which always makes me happy cos I love food hehe..its just good to have Bible study back on cos over the summer I went a bit rusty so thank you Jesus for that too.

Works been good but hard because of the kids being on holiday. Managed to somehow keep the stress levels down to safe levels though hehe although i have had a few days where my heads felt like its going to blow up. I really do have so much personally to thank God for and as a church we have so much to thank God for too. I can't think of a better place to be than Swinton because thats where God put me.

I promise I am gonna be updating this soon, hopefully tonight if I can get Scot off the pc.....loads of good stuff has been happening at our church and I need to do a Hollybush report. I will do my best to get it updated tonight......... :o)

Its been a while since I posted anything on here and the excuses are the same as usual....work work work. I just get so busy and trying to get Scot off here now he has a young lady in his life is hard work....sooooooooooooooooo whats been happening at church. Well lots and lots of really great things have been happening because Jesus is an amazing Saviour and does amazing things through ordinary people like us lot at Swinton. Our mums and tots group has finished for the summer and we had 2 teddy bears picnics (photos to follow as I have figures out how to upload them now lol) our kids club finished on Thursday and we had a great party with a bouncy castle in the garden (yes the sun shined all night for it) On Friday night we took the youth club for something to eat and bowling in Bolton . We had a great night and above is one of the pics that I took on my phone, a bit blurry I know but will have lots more to post when I get a disk off Christines camera.

Church has been amazing every week and today was no exception. We had a service at church as usual and then this afternoon 7 members of our church were baptised in Elaines garden....it was just beautiful. Myself and Jim from our church had the awesome privelege of baptising them and it was just so great to hear the testimonies explaining why each person had found themselves at the point of being obedient to God and getting baptised...I will post more when I get the photos uploaded off the baptisms themselves. The photos above are from before they took place in Elaines garden. Thank you Jesus for an amazing day and thank you Jesus for transforming ordinary peoples lives into something beautiful....You are amazing and I thank you everyday for saving me!

Apologies for the lack of entries on here but I've just been dead busy with work etc and trying to get Scot off the computer is easier said than done.


So whats been happening then? Well first of all work has been hard and stressful, kids were off school for 2 weeks which always takes its toll on my mental health. Secondly I led the meetings at our church last week. Cant think of any more excuses so those two will have to do lol.

Work hasn't been all bad. I found out that I passed my level one maths exam which I did free through work. I have always been rubbish at maths and never understood anything more than the basics so I was pretty chuffed that I got 90% going to start working towards level 2 which could be the equivalent to an A* GCSE. My heads going to be mashed revising for that lol.

Church has been good. Its been quiet as Ian and Christine are on their holidays and as its been school holidays the clubs and bible studies have been off too. I led the meetings last week and I got myself so stressed out about it, to the point of lots of tears. I had a phone call off my sister Krista saying she was coming to church with her mum in law and that got me even more stressed. I didn't exactly pray that she wouldn't come but then I didn't pray that she would either which is just as bad. I want all my family to be saved and all my friends but I'm just not sure that I'm the one thats going to share Jesus with them. I know thats sounds so bad and I'm really ashamed of myself. I find it really easy to talk about Jesus transforming my life with strangers and friends yet really struggle with my family :o( totally irrational I know. I'm going to trust God to change that part of me because I love Krista a lot and can't bear to think of her in hell or anyone else in my family.

Got a day off work today wooohoooooo unfortunately I'm working on Saturday booooooooo lol. Still its lovely to have a day off in the week and its half term so I'm going to spend the day with Scot yay!

Church on Sunday was so good, we had to have the barbeque inside as it rained all morning. My lovely sister and my niece Taigan came to church and I am so thankful to God for that. I have mithered and pestered and was really beginning to think it wasn't ever going to happen but our God is a great big God and He knew all along that Krista was going to come on Sunday, as for me well I got stressed lol. We had 2 new Salvation Army soldiers enrolled on Sunday. Amin and Anita. They were asylum seekers originally from Pakistan a few years ago and have now made Swinton their home. I'm hopefully going to figure out how to upload pictures on here as I have loads from church to put on.

Laters

Linz

17!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know, I know, I know that I promised to keep upto date on here but sadly I am useless. Just been dead busy with work and family stuff. I'm enjoying my job at the moment, not sure how long that will last as the nature of the business means that I love it one week and hate it for the next two weeks, we shall see lol. On Friday afternoon Ronald McDonald himself came to visit our store and what a good laugh we had. I think the staff enjoyed it more than the kids, he really was funny and very hyperactive. Its all good at work.

Church has been really excellent. On Thursday we had 17 at the youth club, it was flippin manic. They are so noisy and had music on so loud but it was just ace. The lads that had been missing for a few weeks came back, and we have 3 newcomers joined. Kids club was also manic this week, we had 35 kids and not enough adults helping. I don't know what they put in school dinners but its gotta be something that sends them hyper lol. Anyone reading this please would you pray for more help for us cos its hard work, not that I mind it being hard work! I was doing origami with the kids on Thursday and I had a queue of 10 kids all wanting me to make them something, my head was well and truly mashed. Love it all though init.

We are having a Barbeque at church after the service today, we were meant to be having the service in our beautiful garden but sadly its raining. I have once again invited my sister Krista to come and once again she is not answering her phone or answering texts lol..that devil won't get away with this much longer because I am persistent and will not give up on my sister.

Been meaning to get on here and do a full roots report and a round up of church etc but just never manage to get on due to Scot hogging the pc..anyway Roots was great as always although quite a lot of things irritated me this year. Not going into any detail about what irritated me as its pointless and just my humble opinions about stuff etc. My church on the other hand never irritates me and I am going to get upto date with whats happening!!

Missed a week of Kids club and Youth club because of roots so were back this week and it was great. A few of the older ones who had been missing from youth club came back this week so that was really positive and we had 2 new girls come. Had good conversation with their mum who it turned out was in my brothers class at school, I think its ace when you suddenly realise you have a link with people cos it really makes chatting so much easier. On Wednesday I was still off work so gave Monica a hand at mums and tots. Didn't do that much apart from butter about 100 loaves of bread (thats what it felt like anyway hehe) and load the dishwasher up. Spent a lot of time inbetween just watching the little uns playing and watching the mums and praying for them and thinking it would be ace if they all get saved...they might not realise it but they are as much a part of our church family as the people that go on a Sunday. I had invited my sister Krista to church on Sunday and was buzzing when she said she would definitely come. I have mithered her loads so was flipping excited for her to come, unfortunately due to too much booze the night before as it was her 40th she sent me a text to say she wasn't going to make it. I was actually really amazed that she had actually bothered to send me a text apologising as in the past she just refused to answer the phone when I have tried making sure she was up lol.. God has blessed me with the gift of mithering and I make sure I use it to its full advantage. (for those not sure what MITHER/MITHERING means its slang for harrassing basically lol) Church on Sunday was great as usual and we had another new family today. Lisa and her 3 kids, Becky, Liam and Ella. Please pray that they will continue to worship with us and for their Salvation!! Also pray for Lisa's husband Wayne who has said that he will be coming this week! ta

In a bit.

Roots!!!

Can't believe another year has gone by and its times for roots already. For those that may be reading this that don't know what roots is well you can check it out here www.rootsonline.org.uk I'm so excited yahoooo, even more so than usual as we have a couple of new people coming with us this year and I'm excited for them more than myself.

Feeling really chilled out and relaxed at the moment as I have been off work since Tuesday and not back in until the 10th May...its smashing init.Unfortunately I never get to lie in as my body clock insists on waking me up at 4:30am every morning grrr grr and more grrrs.

I better get off here as I have to finish packing me bags and sorting out Scots stuff..... Laters taters.

We are Victorious

Despite all my good intentions I haven't managed to keep up to date on here..bad girl!! I will try harder in future I promise. Work has been ok over the last few weeks, nothing exciting happened apart from Alans parrot recovering from a near death experience which I think was down to God cos I prayed hard for poor chico.

Our kids club and youth club has been back on since the kids went back to school and although the kids club is going from strength to strength we have been missing quite a lot of the regulars from our youth club :o(. It may be just that now the light nights are here its safe to hang round on the streets, or maybe they have just been there and done it now and its time for them to move on....I am sad whatever the reason as we have built up some good friendships.

Church on Sunday just gone was flippin ace. My lovely mate Lorraine was made an adherent and invited half of Swinton. I love it when our church is full and noisy and full of excitement. As we were praying before the meeting began the chattering was really loud and I could tell people were happy to be in Gods house whether they thought of it like that or not! We sang loads of ace songs and everyone had tambourines even Lorraines mates. Lorraine gave her testimony and I wish I could have recorded it to put on here because she is just so on fire for Jesus it is just so lovely to see and hear what Jesus has done in her life. She not only told her own story of how and when she got saved but made sure everyone knew that they needed Jesus as their own personal saviour. Jesus is just so good at transforming lives and Lorraine is a great example of just how amazing Jesus is. Chatted with Lorraines mum after the meeting and she said that everyone in the family thought Lorraine was ill as she had changed so much...how ace is that hahahah go Jesus!!!!!!

Looking forward to Roots on Friday and looking forward to staying in Monicas mansion....dead excited wooooohoooooooooooooooooooo.

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31-39So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture: They kill us in cold blood because they hate you. We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.

Romans 8:31-39 The Message

Had a really good week last week..work was excellent especially hearing that we had won 500 creme eggs woohooooo alright I know that we have to share those out between 40 of us which I think last time I tapped away at the calculator was 12 each with a few left over (I have claimed the odd one already and in fact they are already in my tummy haha) Had another mystery shopper visit us on Tuesday morning, we aren't supposed to know who they are but when you have worked somewhere for as long as I have they get easy to spot especially as they have to do certain things during their visit like ask for a receipt and visit the loos...we got a perfect score again so maybe get another bonus next month. I am waffling about work now which is always sad so will stop.

On Friday after work I went up to Hollybush Christian Fellowship in Yorkshire with Christine and Lorraine, Elaine and Tony were camping on the site and made us a lovely jubbly tea. They always have a Friday night celebration and its always excellent and Friday was no exception. A worship leader called Angie Lendon was there as a guest and was really really ace. I'm not sure whether the word ace is good enough really as she was better than ace...everything she did on Friday was because of Jesus and Gods presence was so real and there. God is everywhere I know that but I think that there are some places where we go really expecting God to show up in a big way and God rewards our faith. I may be completely wrong and someone can correct me on that if they want in the comments section. To most of us at our church Hollybush is a really special place as God has done some awesome stuff there. I really can't wait till summer for our church holiday there! I have put a link on here on the right hand side so you can listen to Angie Lendons songs if you wish.

Well my resolve to try and post summat every day never happened lol, just get too busy doing other stuff.

Had a very busy but not stressful week last week, the kids are off and usually that means chaos at work and it has been chaos but I managed to keep my head screwed on for a change. I was off work on Good Friday and in the morning we had a meditation at church which was very reflective and gave us the space and quiet to try to consider what Jesus went through on the cross. Then we had a open air witness on the shopping precinct with Churches Together...don't know how many people were there but I think there was a lot.

On saturday I was supposed to be going to see the twins and Gaynor and Paul but got that hot and bothered waiting around for the bus that I just got some new trainers and came home, I am not a very patient person just ask my mates. I decided on the bus that I was going to ask Krista (another sister) to come to church on the Sunday, I told her that she never does anything with me lol, is blackmail allowed? Anyway she told me to ring her early in the morning..I rang her again that night just to remind her. Prayed hard that she would come because I really want our Krista in heaven with me, I want all my family to be saved but at the moment I think Krista really needs Jesus (everyone really needs Jesus I know that but Krista is going under-hard to explain my logic) On Easter Sunday morning we had a dawn service on the Town hall steps with Churches Together, I played my guitar badly with Elaine who played well lol. When I got home I rang Krista but she didn't answer, tried ringing her all morning before church but no answer at all. I am fuming with the devil for getting into her head. I am going to keep mithering her cos I am good at that. Church was ace. Nearly a full house but not quite as a few people away on holiday. Monica was enrolled as a soldier and her mum and sister came which was ace...she looked so lovely in her uniform and is fired up for the battle yahoooo.

Scot has just gone to his dads until Saturday so I will be able to use the computer a bit more than I do because he hogs it so much grrrr. On Friday I am going up to Hollybush Christian Fellowship for their Friday night celebration and am looking forward to is so much, Lorraine is coming and I can't wait for her to see where we camp in the summer etc

laters taters

Its been ages since I last posted anything on here...mainly due to not feeling like blogging. I updated my blog onto the new version of blogger and lost the link to the council of war blog page so if anyone reading this knows how I can get this back on there then please leave a comment with instructions.Ta.

Anyway lots of stuff has been going on in here in Swinton. Church has been ace. The bible study restarted and we have been working through a lent study which has been excellent. Kids club has been good and youth club too....and church well thats been excellent. God keeps trusting us with new people and on Sunday we had 3 new adults and 2 new kids. I am going to pray really hard that God will keep trusting us with new people and that when they do come in they are made to feel as welcome as I did when I 1st came but most of all going to pray dead hard that they will get saved...woohoooo!! After church yesterday we had a teaching session about baptism which was really informative. It seems that God is really speaking to people in The Salvation Army about this as last weekend Lorraine and myself went to a baptist church to watch about 17 members of a local Salvation Army being baptised. I have to say that it was so beautiful and very moving and most of the people there testified to the fact that they were being obedient to Gods word. Who can argue with that eh? I also read on http://www.isaiah43-amazinglove.blogspot.com/ that a lot of their Salvation Army church members are being baptised this Thursday. I think its all about being obedient not rebelling. When I got baptised in 2003 I knew that it was something that God wanted me to do and I have to say that on that day my life changed completely..I know that my life changed the day I got saved but when I got baptised well it was like I had reached another level with God..hard to explain. People just need to study Gods word and not just believe what they have been told.

Me and Elaine went to The abundant life church last night. The sermon was about What is Heaven like? My head was well and truly cabbaged at the end of the service because the minister said quite a lot of stuff that I have never heard before. He was teaching that there are people in heaven now and that when people get saved on earth it is these people that rejoice with Jesus over their salvation, so if you have friends and family in heaven they will be having a party for you etc..well I have never heard that before. I just thought to myself that I have no friends or family that I know in heaven so who would be rejoicing over me lol..I don't know if its important to know about this kind of stuff and that maybe I should just be happy to know that I am going to live with Jesus for eternity..but I like to know about the 'behind the scenes' stuff too. The good thing about hearing stuff that I don't know about is that it makes me want to stick my head in my Bible and find out so its all good init!

Work has been well.......................work and some days I hate it and some days I love it. Was hammered today as the schools are off for Easter Holidays. I managed to cope all day without my head feeling like it was going to explode. Thank you Jesus cos I prayed so hard this morning to have a nice day :o) oh yeah nearly forgot to add that my oldest sister Gaynor had twins on the 20th March and here is a pic hmmm well there would be a photo there if I could figure out how to upload them.

Well thats it for now. I am going to see if I can manager to put something on here every day. yeah wateva Linz lol

It was half term in Salford last week and that only means one thing to me....chaos at work. It doesn't matter how many years I've worked for macs my brain still hurts from stress. I can't remember the amount of times that I have thought about getting a new job but just not made any attempt to do so. The main reason is that a new job will probably interfere with what I do at church...so what do I do? I dunno! I have been awake since 3:30am with coughing and sniffing and its doing my head in sniff sniff. Lost a couple of pounds last week so the weight loss is continuing slowly. Desperately need to shed another 3 stone before the summer, not for any reason apart from that I want to. Going to go and play Zelda for a bit now so laters taters.

Had a good week this week, stress levels were pretty high though as the boss was on holiday for a week and a lot is expected of me. I think we did quite well, will have to wait for feedback tomorrow when she is back in. Not been much on at church lately apart from the kids club and youth club. The bible study that we have at church is cancelled for the moment as its under review. I don't understand why really. What I do know is that being at church just once a week is not enough for me, it feels like I'm dying spiritually thru the week and then on a Sunday I go and its excellent and then I have to wait all week to be in church. I think maybe its just me that feels like that and I think thats its just a thing I'm going through at the moment so I'm probably best ignored. Need to keep my eyes fixed upon Jesus. My friend Joseph is coming to church this morning, I'm praying that nothing gets in the way of him coming as he desperately needs to hear what Jesus can do for him.

Not posted for a while as I have been so busy with work. Not much has been happening with me. Didn't go to church last week as I was feeling really ill..I really can't remember the last time I didn't go to church. It felt so strange. I am continuing to lose weight at a slow but steady pace and lost 2.5 pounds this week, I have to be so strict though because its so hard being at work every day. Got a bit bored this week so decided to work out how many calories each customer has for each meal lol it was fun but actually quite shocking. I am having to keep one eye on what I am typing and one eye on a big hairy spider that I have just spotted climbing up the kitchen window frame ugh. I think its building itself a web, well it can find somewhere else to live cos I aint taking in lodgers hehe and especially not ones with 8 hairy legs.

Had our kids club and youth club this week and as it usually is it was ace. Still need people to pray that we get some helpers for our clubs. I am going to be doing the God spot at the end of kids club this week, looking forward to that cos I like to be silly and make the kids laugh, so need to pray that they will laugh and not boo me off.

Just started reading a book that I have already read once called 'Glorious Appearing' its the 'last' book of the left behind series. A lot of people have different views on the end times and what will happen when Jesus comes again. I am not an expert in anything but I find all the end time stuff really fascinating and would love to learn more. The last book though had to be the best because thats when Jesus came back. When I was reading it I remember thinking just how ace it would be to be there when Jesus comes back, but then that would mean that I wouldn't be raptured in the 1st place and then I got to thinking if it was possible for someone to completely lose their faith, my mind does wander a lot. I think you could possibly move away from God because of things going on in life but to lose faith completely? Its hard to think about.My head will be mashed for a few weeks now thinking about that one.

Had a busy week last week....just making the usual excuses for not writing anything on here all week lol. Actually I did have a busy week and I will tell you all about it now. Going to do it diary style to try to make sure I don't miss anything.

Sunday 14th January

Ian and Christine back today after time off for holidays. Think I have said this before but will say it again anyway..its good when they are back at the helm, everything feels safe again. We had 6 new people at church today. Please don't adjust your glasses as you read right the 1st time!!!6 new people just how ace is that! 2 were Lorraines friends with their 3 children and 1 was Avis's friend. I think Lorraines friends used to/or still come to mums n tots I'm not sure, I have probably been told this already but my brain is having trouble retaining info at the moment. How good is God for trusting us with more new people, everyone was buzzing wooohoooooo

Monday 15th January

Work as usual. I'm sure something good must have happened but I can't remember unless that was the day that I nearly walked out as there is usually at least one day a week that I feel like on hehe. Lorraine and I were going to go for a long walk as a last ditch attempt to clear a few pounds for Tuesday night weigh in at fat club. Lorraine came round, we wrapped up against the elements, got out of the front door, walked to the corner and then to the next corner and then thought 'sack this, lets go and have a cup of tea and chat' I think it was more me thinking that but Lorraine didn't take that much convincing!

Tuesday 16th January

Work again today and like I said yesterday I'm sure good things happened but can't remember any. Tonight was the moment of truth at Fat club as I had tried so hard and been on a few treks with Lorraine. I had strategically placed bags and bags of fruit next to the kitchen door so that whenever I felt like snacking I would see that first before going to get something bad. Anyway I lost 4lb and Lorraine lost 3.5lb we were flippin buzzing. Celebrated by having some buttered toast when I got home!

Wednesday 17th January

Work as usual. I can't remember anything at all about work that day. After work I went with Christine to the cash and carry to stock up on stuff for church and sweeties for club yumyum. We both bought the same book by Stephen Fry called 'The Book of General Ignorance' a fascinating read for anyone who loves to fill their head with stuff that nobody really wants to listen to. It destroys all past useless information and replaces it with more lol. Like for instance

1) what colour were Robin Hoods tights?

2) Do carrots help us see in the dark?

3) What were Cinderellas slippers made from?

As you can see from the above all completely useless but fascinating to me lol.

Thursday 18th January

Work as usual and I do remember today because of the wind. How flippin good was it? I'll tell you why I'm probably the only person in the UK that thought it was good...it kept the customers away!! Clubs were back on at church tonight. The first club was a bit of a sad occasion as 2 of our boys were leaving. Sam who is 10 and harry who is 7. They have been coming for about a year I think and at first were quite naughty to be honest, they used to be disruptive during the God time and not join in the singing and say they weren't singing about God and stuff. Its only looking back that I can see just how much they changed. Harry gave Elaine a picture that he had drawn and coloured in at school and it was a fire engine with the Fire of Jesus wrote on it..amazing really, a lot of thought had gone into that picture and he said that he got his friends at school to help him colour it in. At the end of club we gave them both a childrens bible and Christine prayed for them both, then we all held hands and sang. A few of the kids were crying and I was trying hard not to. Their older brother Jake was sat in the car waiting for them, he comes to our youth club so we gave him a bible too and he got upset..this might sound weird but it just proves how much coming to club meant and it should encourage all of us. Going to be praying for those boys and their mum as they start their new life in Hull. Youth club was good tonight, had some lovely chats with some of the girls about school etc I love it and I love the kids and I think its just ace that we have a club that they can come and just hang around and that they trust us enough to tell us things. Thank you Jesus. When I got home I had a letter from the bank. I'm not sure if I have mentioned this in any previous posts but I have been trying to get all my bank charges refunded to me since about Sept - October. Tony from church has done all the work really, all I had to do was to be honest about my finances which in itself was hard. Anyway I got the letter and the bank have offered to repay me all the bank charges for the full amount of £4500 wow eh..this means that I will no longer be in debt, for the 1st time since I don't know when, it seems that I have always been in debt and have always been trying to pay it off, so this will finally pay the last bit that I owe and I feel truly free. I really do have loads and loads to thank Jesus for because He has been so good to me and faithful and when I got the call to officership not long after getting saved I was excited but then came right down to earth as it always seemed impossible because I would sort one debt out and another thing would come up, but Jesus has reminded me that my life is His and its in His hands so He will take care of everything. Philippians 1 verse 6 says it all.

Friday 19th January

I remember today clearly as I was still buzzing about the bank charges, I told everyone that would listen about it. My mum came to stay at mine at the night and it was really lovely, my mum hasn't stayed with me for about 10 years. Had some lovely talks and laughed nearly all night. I'm thanking Jesus for that too.

Saturday 20th January

Went shopping today with mum and Janette and the kids to Bolton. Went for an 'All you can eat chinese buffet' I like to change the words to 'Eat all you can' well me and Janette certainly had our moneys worth hehe....what a pair of fat cows we were. I will have to starve myself till Tuesday now.

So that was my week!!! Thank you Jesus for work, the wind that kept the customers away but also left me fenceless, for my mum staying, for chinese food, for relationships made at our kids club, for Ian and Christine returning safely from holiday, for listing 4lb at fat club and thank you Jesus for loving me enough to die for me.

Just how long is this post......I have sore digits now.

Laters taters.

Meant to update my blog the other night but I have been busy busy busy, so here goes.

Work has been ok lately apart from the usual stresses that my job brings, I won employee of the quarter at work and had to go for an interview last week to try to win it for our group of stores, didn't win but I wasn't bothered I just wanted the argos vouchers that came with it lol. Still its nice to be recognised for hard work etc. Was back at the Fat club this week. I really wasn't looking forward to going as I know that I have been so greedy over christmas (actually I'm greedy all the time, blaming it on christmas is just an excuse) I knew I had put weight on and told the woman at the scales that i was a disgrace lol. Anyway I have put 5 pounds on which isn't the end of the world. So its back to the old diet now as I am going to try to lose 4 stone by May.....it can be done but whether it will be done is another matter altogether.

Ian and Christine had a week off after the New year so Monica and I did the meeting together last week. Monica led the meeting and I gave the word. Ian is training us all really well to do things at church and we didn't let him down and more importantly didn't let God down either....God was in charge and it was ace. Mums n Tots was back on this week, I can't really write much about it cos I don't go to it. I did ask Lorraine how it was and she said it was good and everyone came back (i think lol) The kids clubs were back on Thursday and it was great to see them all again. It was great to see all the usual crew back at the youth club too, we're never sure whether they will come back after the holidays as most of the lads are now 16, but you know they keep coming and its ace really that they want to come. I hope they will be allowed to come for as long as they want until they just stop coming naturally..we love r kids at Swinton even if they drive us crackers sometimes init.

I have loads more stuff to get down on this blog but not enough time at the moment so I'm gonna leave it here until later.

Haven't posted for a while, been too busy, too tired and all that rubbish, haven't got time to do a full post now but i will be updating tonite and letting you all know whats been happening in my life and at my lovely jubbly church!!!


bye for now