Erin's in England!: This is for you, Aunt Jan! =]

In case you didn't know, I have been back in England for about a month and a half. I'm now with SWYM, which is Southwest Youth Ministries.

Back in April, after I returned from Capernwray, I worked at Phantom Lake YMCA Camp for the summer, and enjoyed the lovely process of getting a student visa.

I got it, however, several days before my flight was booked to leave, and I left on August 27th. Dad came along with me, and we did a bit of sight-seeing and got my things moved into my host's house. I live and work in Longwell Green, which is on the south-eastern corner of Bristol, down towards Bath.

The view from my window.

My room.

Below are some of the pictures from the travels I did with Dad. The top is from an area in the Cotswolds we went to, and the bottom, is (surprise!) Stonehenge.

My Dad left for his trip in Poland on Monday the 31st, and on Tuesday I headed down to Dartmoor for SWYM Induction. The first day was just internationals, about twelve of us, and later in the evening, twenty English first-years joined us. After four days of induction, we went to Hill House for conference, where all the other SWYM trainees joined us.

Conference is where we have our lectures and seminars and get our assignments for the term. We have a week long conference every six weeks, and the next time I'll be back is November.

Until then, I'm working as the Youth Worker at the Mustard Tree Community church and in the Longwell Green community. That includes doing youth clubs, primary school assemblies, home groups, etc.

I realize this blog post was quite dry and informative. Sorry. I'll have something interesting to say soon and I'll start updating more regularly. I'll try, at least.

Anyway, Aunt Jan, I owe you some pictures. I know you wanted one of these, but I couldn't remember which one. So I'll post both, and you can click on the one you want for the full version.