see-through faith

Liege from Turku – we did 3844km (2400 miles) in 8 days! But the trip was a lot of fun

the highs included

• the wedding itself – a fairytale with God set firmly in the centre! The bride is like a daughter-cum-friend and while she will now live a long way away, I feel I have gained a son-cum-friend who loves the Lord and who compliments my friend and brings out the very best in her in a million different ways
• the service on the Sunday – so full of God, and a living reality of what it means to be a house of prayer for and to the nations
• seeing DD shine – I haven’t seen her laugh so much in a long, long time. I believe it’s rare as a mum to be privy to this, and my heart soared as she made friends, and stretched her wings a little.
• visiting people and places enroute -we slept in the methodist church in Copenhagen and explored the riverside /new harbourside – and ate pizza; on the way back we stopped in Lund: visiting my friend’s aunt and family and the next day her friend’s cottage in Örebro (Sweden)
• Liege too was a lot of fun! And even the towing fee – in retrospect – has become a highlight – something I’ll remember forever probably, and tell people about for years!
• spending time with my friend on the way home, lots of super conversations! We spent the last night sleeping in the car in Stockholm harbour – before that we sat in the boot, legs dangling, reading Ephesians 5 outloud and praying amidst lorry drivers and caravaners.
• the French-speaking friends we made

The lows included

• Saying goodbye to our friends … or actually au revoir – we’ll see again sooner or later!
• the German autobahns – the roadworks went on and on and on!  Passing lorries on extremely narrow lanes was challenging and exhausting! We avoided the worst of them on the way home by taking an alternative route via the Netherlands and a non-motorway route that was sadly used by a lot of lorries, but which went through some fabulous countryside and smaller villages and towns  in Germany
• Putting on 3kg. We didn’t eat much – but what we did eat was mostly junk or fast food and the lack of exercise wasn’t good either

BTW Photos will come later. I gave DD my memory card and batteries as back up for her trip to Scotland. But my friend has promised to email me some of the better ones when she has a chance. (Those of you who have facebook will also be able to see some pics from the wedding posted by DD’s friend. There’s even a video of us dancing!)

I’m home now, for a couple of days at least. Laundry, housework and chores call. TS and his girl will go to Ruis Rock this weekend, but hubby and I will head up to his parents’ cottage on Friday afternoon and then I’ll skip off (by train, I’ve had enough of driving for a while!) on Saturday to go to a revival meeting with a friend.

Next week  (from Weds on) is New Wine Finland, which I’m very much looking forward to! But before that some R&R … it’s been a pretty hectic summer so far! It’s going to be a relief to knuckle down and start writing my thesis later this month!

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