Busy Busy Busy..

Last year I was so busy that I thought I could never be busier. I was wrong! My life has gotten so busy lately that it's crazy! It's been going well though. Besides my work with the local church in Kirkintilloch, I am studying three days a week in the college and also doing a practical placement with the Glasgow Iranian Church.

Though most of it is in a language you may not understand, if you click HERE you'll hear me preaching in English through an interpreter, who is one of my best friends.. her name is Narineh. I'm helping the young people at the Iranian church. On Monday nights I work with the teenagers and on Tuesdays with the single adults.

Some Sundays I'm also involved in the Sunday service, which is interesting because I'm also involved in three services and a prayer meeting at Riverside here in Kirkintilloch. How do I do it, you ask? After our second service ends around 1pm here at Riverside, I drive for half an hour to the Iranian Church, grab a bite to eat at the Subway near the church and am there in time for the service which usually begins around 230pm. The service is over by about 430pm. I stay for some coffee or tea and am on the road by 5pm. That gets me back to Riverside in time for our 530pm prayer meeting and then our 630pm service. By 9 or 10pm, I'm usually back at my flat lying on my couch with the television on and a blank stare on my face resembling that of a zombie.

Anyhow, I still get a day off every week, so I try to protect it as much as possible. Today I'm going to chat with one of my best friends, Dorian, on the Internet for a little while this morning, meet another friend for lunch, spend some time reading and drinking coffee, and then meet Narineh and another friend of hers for coffee, games and live jazz at Borders in the evening. I mention this so that any reader will know that I really DO have a life outside of work! Being the last year of college, it will inevitably have to be busy, but I'm enjoying it and am also pleased to have a good balance between hard work and quality time with good friends.