Showing posts with label Darkest England and The Way Back In. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Darkest England and The Way Back In. Show all posts

Monday, May 31, 2010

The Darkest England And The Way Back In


What can I say about my May book? It is awesome! Gary Bishop, the author of this book works in ministry in Openshaw Manchester England on the Eden project with some of England's poorest! This book includes many stories he has encountered with the poor in this areathat I can not begin to summerise because they are simply too powerful. He tells what life is like for many of the poor in the western world (not just in England, but it can be applied to other countries like America as well). He discussed issues like limmited transportation, captive debt, illiteracy, drop outs from school, drug and alcohol addictions being a strong part of these people's lives, & the best way to minister to these people is to physically relocate ourselves to their world. We may not understand addictions or whatnot but we need to best understand these people's lives to help them & not live on outerlying districts & simply commute in. I found this book very relatable to many people I work with and daily encounter in my community in the midwest USA, & see the truth to the points and vivid stories. This is a book for all, but if you do not live in England, you may only find it through an inter-library loan from huge libraries, or to have it imported from the UK via amazon.co.uk or ebay.co.uk for a copy in the Americas. This book has not been published in countries outside the United Kingdom, however it is well worth the effort to locate a copy to read, and will not be a disappointment! My rating: An excellent full 5 stars :)


RAYE

Monday, May 10, 2010

Tornado Season... Lovely


The weirdest thing happened yesterday! My county had two tornadoes! One began and passed my work right after I left like 15 to 20 minutes later. The other (small one) I drove past on my way home from work. It was storming so bad and the sky was so black it was hard to see the road! And all the lanes of traffic were packed. I had to lay on my horn when some idiots decided to try and cut me off to avoid wrecks. No pictures of it... Was too focused getting home without an auto crash!


The Picture is of my mother's day gift! I am not a mum, but I got it from some kids at FPC! It made me happy! It was my first mothers day gift ever!


I have been working to decourate home and have my bed built now! I just need to clean the awful mess off the floor... and sofa... and table... I have been working on reading my May book: "The Darkest England and the Way back In" by Gary Bishop, and also hope to finish the Living Free Bible study book before 1 June! My birthday is in JUST A MONTH!!! I really hope I can get myself a new ipod and MacBook Pro :). I am also looking for a new job! Preferibly a desk job for data entry where I don't have to deal with PEOPLE!! I love people, but the idiots I work with are another story... So I'm fine without people for a while! I'm getting SICK of my job! I hope for a new job soon! I also hope to meet girls my own age to hang out with! I need mates my own age here... It seams like I'm either usually alone or with Chad...


Doctors appointment Wednesday, Dentist Thursday, Optomatrist Friday! And keep looking out for my blog on "Sex God" by Rob Bell (my April book). I hope to catch up on those blogs by the end of this month too!! I gotta run... Peaceee =P


RAYE