Finishing Essays...

Well I did it. I had two days of very much focus during which I read enough for my reading list and then fired off 3500 words about liberation theology.

And then there was the road trip! Thursday- Bristol to Liverpool. Couple off full days in Liverpool which was fun and then over the M62 to Leeds early on Sunday morning. Day in Leeds before heading over to Yeadon. Then back to Leeds for a bit yesterday before heading home.. in a very obscure way. We did 600 miles in the five days. Am now a little bit tired and have a LOT to think about.

If you wanna find out more how you can pray this week about future stuff then please do drop me an email and I will fill you in.

In the meantime...

Expect blog posts throughout the night!

Comments

Ellen Loudon said…

great to see you in the pool...let me know your plans. xxx

8:04 pm

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