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So, Wednesday.

Opti-Weds, bit of a short one this week, Taste were away (except Matt), few people ill, so it was Me, Ollie, Matt, Lucy, Ami (who was ill and threw up) and Jeni (who was very tired). So we did some bits and pieces, I did the worship session which I think went ok, we read the first chapter of the book ‘Don’t Waste Your Life’ by John Piper, which was very good, prayed in groups and then left and I was home by 2pm! Did some stuff at home and then decided to go for a run! Yes you did read that right! Well it was run/powerwalk on the way, and powerwalking on the way back. Was quite envigorating though. Had a nice bath to reward myself. Spent the evening doing bits and pieces and then bed!

Thursday

Randomly woke up in the middle of the night to see I had a text from Rachel telling me she would pick me up at 8.15, so had to change my alarm a whole half an hour earlier. Ugh. Anyway off to Rayleigh for tech rehearsals! Set up the whole kit and spent the day going through all the bits of the Christmas Show with lights, sound and mirrorball!

Got back home just before 6pm, had dinner and a nice lazy evening.

Friday

Not so early today, in Rayleigh for 10am (after some issues getting the van out: ) and a full run through of the show. By the time we had sorted technical problems out and packed down it was 4pm, so back to the office, then back home by 5pm! Really not much exciting stuff to tell today and I don’t want to give away any of the secrets of the show! Watched Neighbours…tut tut Susan and Karl!, had dinner and coffee profiteroles for pudding…quite nice! Then watched a double bill of Hollyoaks…ooh the Warren/Mandy/Louise storyline heats up! Then went to the bathroom and all the lights went out…powercut. Ooh how exciting! We found a torch and lit some candles, not sure i’ve ever been for a wee by candle light before… but the power came back on all too soon!

So good night’s sleep tonight as the tour kicks off tomorrow in Barking. Woo!!! Christmas here we come!!!

Tags: Bath, Candles, Don't Waste Your Life, Hollyoaks, Mirrorball, Neighbours, Opti-Weds, Power Cut, Profiteroles, Run, Tech Rehearsals, Tour

Well today was first Opti-Weds, Optimum Training. This happens every Wednesday and you attend each one that you are able (i.e. not out on tour!)

Optimum Training is held at the Barn so Lindsay picked me, Matt, Sam La Roche and Ollie up and we went straight there.

Here’s how the day worked…:

9.30-9.45: Coffee and Chat
9.45-9.55: Notices, general intro to how training works, the forms we need to fill in each week, the scriptures we need to memorise for the next week
9.55-10.40: Personal Time. This is to be used for prayer, Bible study etc. Today Emma and I went for a walk around the grounds just to have a chat and pray about stuff which I found really useful and really enjoyed her company. I think we are going to be good friends There are loads of random sculptures in the grounds which are really cool!
10.40-10.50: More coffee!
10.50-11.50: Share and pray: We were in groups of 4 and each person talked about their week, what they are happy about/struggling with and we prayed.
11.50-12.30: Lunch
12.30-1.00: Worship – Each person will be leading a worship section over the coming sessions so we had a hcance to think about what we might want to do for that, and actually what worship is, not just singing but other expressions.
1.00ish-2.30ish: Bible Study: Discussing what the meanings are of disciple/discipline/discipleship. We looked at our devotional lives, how we can apply the Lords Prayer to our own prayers, and the follwing statement: ‘The comparative affluence of many Christians today, especially those in the West, almost certainly is a stumbling-block to effective and radical discipleship.’ (Watson)
We then tidied up and left.

We went to Wetherspoons in Billericay where i got ID’d when I tried to buy an orange and lemonade, didn’t have any ID on me so therefore had to leave. Sillyness. So i walked home!

Rang Lewis to have a whinge/chat while he should have been working….

Then went out, walked round to Rachels for about 6.15 for dinner. David O’Brien (my team leader) was there so it gave myself and Ollie an oppurtunity to meet him before working with him. Claire, Rachel, David, Ollie and Me had a jump about on their trampoline….fabulous fun!!!! After fabulously yummy food, we had a chat over the plans for the year and then watched the muscial episode of Scrubs, was so funny!!

Came home about 10, had a quick chat to Beth and Stephen and now off to bed!

Tags: Opti-Weds, Scrubs, The Barn, Trampoline, Watson