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so other thoughts skip to main skip to sidebar so other thoughts when my thoughts trail off or i m not sure what to say next i tend to end with a so these are some of those thoughts thursday november 19 2009 i ve moved well it s just a virtual move i won t be posting any more to this site please visit me now at http godfreymindi wordpress com hope to see you there posted by mindi at 12 42 am 1 comment tuesday september 01 2009 the uk by car this trip to the uk i have yet to be in london when i arrived i went straight out to the soul survivor events and spent 10 days there then i headed to eastbourne to stay with friends over the weekend we went to greenbelt to grapevine two other festivals we also stopped off at my friend s mom s in cambridge before heading back to eastbourne it was quite the road trip here s a little map to give you an idea view larger map a london heathrow where i started b the royal bath west showground home to soul survivor weeks b c and momentum c g eastbourne where my friends live and home to christian music publishing d cheltenham race course home to greenbelt e lincoln home to grapevine f cambridge where my friend s mom lives it was fun to get to see so much territory by car i love that it s really green here san diego is fantastic but there s not much green the best part was the people of course lots of time to chat with a friend and opportunities to meet new people plus see friends from the states posted by mindi at 1 50 am no comments monday august 24 2009 uk update i am having a fabulous time hanging out with my friends at soul survivor soul survivor is held on the uk version of a fairgrounds and the exhibit hall is in a cattle barn most delegates camp but i m in a b b which is lovely and has fantastic breakfasts my typical day has been wake up have a lovely breakfast when i haven t hit the snooze opted for toast head over to the event site hang out with friends go to part of the morning session get some lunch help on the spring harvest exhibit til tea time have tea go to part of the evening service back to the spring harvest exhibit then back to the b b for bed so this morning i m missing the morning service to catch up a bit on email blogging i realize this isn t loads of details but here are a few random thoughts on my uk visit so far in no particular order some of which i ll unpack later some are just here if for some reason you dear reader have a wish for me to unpack a specific one feel free to comment and i ll do my best i think choosing a marriage partner might be as simple as saying you are someone i can love respect who i have fun hanging out with and whose faults foilbiles i can live with on most days without it driving me nuts hope is often hard but worth it the church at large is most likely failing to recognize in kids ages 8 11 the ability to begin understanding god at deeper levels which in turn likely means we re not giving our young teens and teens enough respect and challenge in discipling them and the previous thought leads to the thought that if in youth ministry and this is a sweeping statement i realize we were better at discipling our teens in a way that allowed them to feed themselves spiritually we might be spending less time scratching our heads at how to keep 18 25 year olds in the church how possible is it in current youth ministry models to use the training model of i do you watch we do it together you do i watch coach you do for someone else in the uk there is an event volunteer whose sole job is to sit amongst a huge stack of fire extinguishers with a radio a phone a megaphone just in case a fire should break out it s a uk safety requirement it is possible to run a large scale event without a minute by minute for the plenary session but it seems to require a production team with quick reflexes people from the us speak american and people from the uk speak english and there is a difference posted by mindi at 3 38 am 1 comment friday june 12 2009 girls violence youth ministry s response i ve been wondering lately if teen girls are becoming more violent the thought started last week when in my small group of 7th grade girls one of the girls shared she d missed the last group because she was suspened from school for beating up another girl her revelation opened the proverbial can of worms as the girls started sharing about the fights between girls at their schools and i was a bit surprised at the number of fights they talked about and the violence level of them i ended up scrapping the lesson i d planned on women of the bible and switched to an impromptu one in conflict resolution we talked about turning the other cheek letting things roll off us instead of reacting where we find our true identity and how when and where to get help it s been a little over a week since that small group meeting and it s been something i ve continued to pray about and ponder this morning i saw this segment on the today show visit msnbc com for breaking news world news and news about the economy it reinforced my concerns about increasing violence between young women i hadn t considered making sure that conflict resolution was in a regular rotation of teaching topics but i m certainly planning for that now and it made me wonder as a youth worker what other biblical life skills in i should include in my curriculum planning i hit the traditional biggies parents friends dating sex what life skills do you regularly include in your teaching posted by mindi at 8 55 am no comments friday may 01 2009 top ten things i love about the uk so i ve been asked repeatedly just what it is i love about london the uk usually with a laugh that it must be the accent and while i do find the accent charming of course when i m there i m the one with the accent here is a list of 10 things i love about the uk there are more but this will be a good start 10 broader world view the national news there consistently carries more stories that are global in nature and considers the story s impact on the globe 9 public transport with an oyster card you can go anywhere in london by tube or by bus and you can catch a train to anywhere else you want to go in the country also love that it s easy to walk most places in the center of london 8 the history age i m completely fascinated by the history and how old things are in the states 200ish years is old in the uk i think it has to be at least 400 years old to start being old 7 going to the cinema i went to see a movie in theatre in leicester square it reminded me of what it was like to go to a movie in a 50 s movie in a way it was somehow more elegant first choice of popcorn sweet or salty brilliant to have the option second assigned seats i m sure not every theatre was like that but i really did like it 6 the authors i know this next bit is geeky of me but i m okay with that i love shakespeare jane austen chaucer and then there are modern authors there i love katie fforde marian keyes maeve binchy technically irish but closer to english than american nick hornby one of the trip highlights was picking up marian keyes new book in paperback katie fforde s new book both before they were available here 5 manners the vast majority of everyone i encountered in the uk were terribly polite well mannered and chivalrous men opened doors lifted my luggage up stairs in tube stops i hear people complain about the british being stiff and reserved and i think that while that can be true more often than not it s just people being very polite and proper 4 the museums i hate to admit it but i d never seen a da vinci painting a vermeer van gogh picasso or botticelli or reuben in person until i visited the national gallery totally amazing art that has literally endured centuries this trip i also went to the national portrait gallery and the churchill museum and cabinet war rooms all incredibly fascinating and places i look forward to visiting again 3 the food americans complain about not finding good food in london i have absolutely no idea where they re going whether it was curry take away wagamama paella from a street vendor sandwiches at pret or nutella banana pancakes or traditional fish chips everything i ate was yummy oh and then there was the chocolate galaxy bars rose violet creams vodka truffles and then the food halls for someone who loves to cook bake the food hall at harrods is a bit like heaven i think if it hadn t been for the walking i d have gained 20 lbs 2 fairtrade products along with being a little more environmentally sensitive all the grocery stores charge for plastic bags encourage the use of reusable bags there is also a higher demand for fairtrade products at reasonable prices tea coffee chocolate and clothing seem to have a particular demand by consumers on fairtrade for example cadbury dairy milk the uk equivalent to america s hershey bar will be made from fairtrade cocoa by the end of the summer and you can purchase fairtrade t shirts at marks spencers 2 for 8 pounds us 2 for 12 okay if m s can offer that deal surely old navy or target could offer it here in the states 1 the people the dry sense of humor the propriety the warmth paired with reserve the stiff upper lip i could go on and on but i do love the brits editor s note i wonder if the uk tourism board is hiring i might be really good at marketing the uk posted by mindi at 8 42 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me mindi view my complete profile followers blogs ianua ragamuffin diva ysmarko godverbs the journey matthew mcnutt youth missioner looking out from my little place deep thoughts by gman links project concern one life revolution world vision red cross youth specialties discover nature s fan box discover nature on facebook blog archive 2009 23 november 1 i ve moved september 1 august 1 june 1 may 1 april 9 march 2 january 7 2008 27 december 2 november 2 october 2 september 1 july 1 june 3 may 4 april 1 march 5 february 3 january 3 2007 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