You're a star

It has been quite the weekend.. On Friday night after a long-ish day at work, our staff team had a pizza and game night at Mike and Marietta's home (for us interns, it is like a second home). They take really good care of us, driving us places if needed, and having us over for dinner often. Marietta is an AMAZING cook. She is from Holland (I hope to take a visit there) and really takes joy in making us feel like family here.

On Saturday Val and I spent the afternoon with a friend from our Bible study. Steph is a fellow American from Tennessee working with International Justice Mission (IJM) here in Colchester. Check out this link < http://www.ijmuk.org/ >. Since we have all been gone the past few weekends, it was nice to stay and explore Colchester a bit after a pub lunch of course... I finally had fish and chips! ....Fun fact: Colchester was the first capital of Roman Britain and apparently beneath the Castle are the remains of the most famous Roman buildings like the Temple of Claudius. Amazing huh?!



Saturday night Adam (our long term intern from Ireland) and his wife Laura had us over for dinner at their new place. They moved from Cambridge to join eMi for a long term stint. Praise God that they now have a place close to the office to live and a car that was a surprise gift from their friends!! This is such a blessing!

On Sunday night, we went to church. For the past two weeks, Val and I have been helping out with serving coffee before the start of the service. This consists of making hot chocolate with a mound of whip cream, coffee, and tea. It has been really fun chatting and getting to know others in the church. After helping out last night, one of the girls who helps regularly was thanking me and told me, "You are a star!" --So this is really exciting because I was told way before I came that this phrase was used a lot, but I hadn't heard much mention of it yet. So it was a fun culture moment for me to be referred to as a star.