One Week to go :) and :(

It is a "both and" as we say at Kings. This means that something is not just either or, it is both of them, or one and the other. We have one to go in lecturing, although next week is mostly review and wiping tears. It will be quite intense from a perspective of saying goodbye and happy memories, not so intense from a perspective of heavy lecturing. This weekend we have a BBQ tonight, a huge party at Pinnocks Social Club on Saturday, a leaving BBQ on Sunday at church, 2 girls in our community group are getting baptized on Sunday night, another fancy dress (costume for all you American readers) party on Monday, a final tutor group meal on Tuesday, the end of the year formal banquet on Wednesday (I'm emceeing, sort of glad, sort of not), final chapel and community group lunch on Thursday, all class BBQ at our house on Friday and Graduation on Saturday. So that is the next week, it is quite packed and we will have some space to share with our friends. The end of the term is bittersweet, to some extent we are ready to move on in life but some extent we are not ready to. I think that saying goodbye to close friends will be the most difficult piece of the finishing puzzle, that and getting used to not being with the same group day after day. We realize that being with the same close knit group is not ultimate reality, rather it has been a great chunk of 10 months of reality for us. Processing the end is not easy, but we are up to it and continue plugging on. Do keep us in your prayers as we seek God's will for our next steps in life. As for now we'll continue going to BBQ's, parties and celebrations, and enjoy Wimbledon whilst it is on the tele. later
earl