Things are hopefully going to change, though, I have many things going on in my life, but I feel that writing is an important part of my development. It helps guide my thinking, and grounds my thought into something whole and concrete. There’s something about writing that makes me feel “right.”

I feel there is a certain place I want to go in life, a certain type of person I want to be. I feel that I need to own up to that. I feel that this is a place where I can piece some of those ideas and thoughts together, and share them with the world. I want to use this space to show case my talent, ambitions and heart felt desires to make an impact in this world.

In the next while, I will be removing my backlog of posts, and storing them somewhere else… I want to start out fresh…

You will see a lot of changes to Jeremy Curry dot Com in this new year, and I will be dusting and sweeping, and putting up some new wallpaper, maybe changing some burnt out light bulbs.

In the meantime, you can check me out my photography website, over at JeremyCurryPhoto.com, or check me out on Twitter.

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SWYM (South West Youth Mission) sends youth workers all through out the South West of England where they are supported in part by SWYM and local churches to start youth clubs and work in the local schools. In England they have required RE or Religious Education, which gives Christians the unique opportunity to go in to Schools and share about their faith, and work with those kids interested in it (from what I gather)… Any how, I won’t go into much further detail now, but I just wanted to let you guys know, and ask for your prayers.

Nonetheless, what I mean to get at is that once I arrive in Manchester I’m going to be picked up by my new room mate, and good pal Thomas Goodfellow! He is quite the gent, and host. We tease him sometimes about his accent, but really, we LOVE it! I am excited to have him as a room mate, and Cladiau and Josh just as much! I’ve seen the room, and it is nice. So if nothing else, this new term will bring welcome company and a sweet room.

I’m looking forward to the Drama I’m involved in, it’s traveling around some public schools in February. Our group is great, and I’m having tons of fun doing it! It’s a neat snapshot of the Bible, from creation to Jesus really, with some very cool connecting scenes. Can’t wait until we’re ready for prime time.

At the end of the term at Capernwray (in March) we all go different 10 day outreaches — I’m excited to see what I’ll be doing. They send people all over the UK, so I could really end up any where. That will be fun — I’ll try and keep you updated as soon as I hear anything.

After that I’ll be heading down to Oxford to visit my brother, Frank again. If it’s affordable we might see if we can take in a day at Paris before I leave — I’ll be home for April.

It seems like yesterday that I walked off the plane in a foreign land awaiting what adventures that may lie ahead. Now I’m here, living in a Castle — well, a “Manor House” as my English bud Thomas has corrected me — learning about my Lord and Saviour. All I can say is “Wow”. I know I’ve participated in this thing called life, but it seems miles away from any life I’ve experienced before. I’ve never been completely secluded from the outside world, totally enveloped in learning about a book that has the power to change lives—and ultimately—change the world.

It’s funny, it’s been a huge learning experience, but at the same time it’s been one of the toughest experiences I’ve had trying get close to God. As one of the plethora of guest lecturers has said: “It’s easier to get to be friends of friends of Jesus, than friends of Jesus.” It’s tough, but I think coming back after the break I’ll have a better understanding of how to monitor my time.

On the flip side, I’ve been getting super excited about witnessing. It’s one of the greatest forms of worship and experiences in the world to share the gift of Christ with others. Yet I know that I rarely take an active role in sharing the Gospel at this point. We had a whole series on personal evangelism — the lectures themselves didn’t get me excited, but reading, and reviewing notes all together, it got me excited to think that God has an awesome plan to save lives in His Son, and I am a part of that plan.

I’ve learned a lot in this short amount of time but it’s really tough to decompress it all. But hopefully I can keep on top of this blog stuff, and I’ll be able to share a bit more meaty stuff that’s going on.

Right now I just have an assignment I need to go work on, and tonight and tomorrow night we’re putting on a Christmas presentation for the local community — exciting

Pray for me, as I’ll be flying home on Sunday night, and I’m still battling some form of sickness… In all, I think I’ve been healthy for about 3 weeks since I’ve arrived at the castle.

School Schedule

From Monday to Friday we have six 50 min lectures a day, four in the morning and two in the evening — they have been a mixture of introduction and excellent teaching and workshops. On Friday mornings there is a seminar that half the school attends, while the other half does some cleaning and working. The groups switch every other week. There’s a good chunk of free time between lunch at 1 and “tea” (a.k.a supper in North America speak) at 5:45. Saturday is free (aside from our daily duties), and they usually set up a trip or something that is optional. This week was a trip to the Lake District. I was able to go, and it was beautiful. The village after our long walk was really strange, because it’s whole essence was way different than at any other City or Town I’ve been on. Then Sundays are a basically a day of worship. We have Church in the morning and evening, but between is a lot of free time the same.

Reading Aloud

As a part of our course we have to read the entire Old Testament while we’re here. They suggest reading 6 chapters a day too keep up. A few of us got together on Wednesday and started reading the Bible aloud, we each read a few paragraphs and move around the circle. An interesting thing happened, something I didn’t expect. While we read, we would interject ideas, questions, back story and connections that helped understanding what was written. We all bring a little extra, that we would not get reading on our own. It was quite spontaneous, and I look forward to reading aloud in the future.

Spontaneous Worship

Other times, usually after evening lectures, un-scheduled worship has been started by some of the students, and it’s quite amazing. I have a feeling that there is quite a pool of musical talent in the school, you can definitely hear it in the instruments and in the voices. I’ve never quite experienced worship that was so pure and electric, there’s no ulterior motive, and it’s not because we have to—it’s because we all want to glorify God.

Photos

Wow, I have taken lots of pictures. I am looking forward to being able to share them with you, but I am afraid I will have to wait until I am able to get into town and find a good Internet Cafe before I can upload them.

That’s about it for now. I’ll be trying to update every Saturday, as it looks like the best time. I miss everyone at home very much, but I am still excited about what to expect this term in Bible School—I feel that God has something great planned.