Day 30 - The first month
I've made it through the first month! I must admit that it was scary at first, and I missed America a lot. I still miss America, but at the same time I'm very happy to be here. In fact, there is no place I'd rather be right now. Having friends and people to talk to makes a huge difference! I think I've made a lot of progress in that area this week. Reading seemed foreign and a little intimidating at first, but now it's starting to feel quite friendly.My food situation is a bit better - I have a small refrigerator in my room now, a blender, and a basket for carrying stuff on my bike. That helps. Getting food is still a pain sometimes, and still is my biggest problem here, but I think the second month will be easier than the first.
Tonight I went to my first cell group meeting, and like all of my experiences so far with the church, it was great. It was amazing to hear English people pray for me and for America. I hope all Americans appreciate how good of friends/allies we have here in England. Don't let the media fool you. The vast majority of people here are not anti-American in any way -- much the opposite. To celebrate my first month here, I'm planning a much-anticipated trip to Wales tomorrow. I'll be sure to post some pictures here when I get back.
By the way, we had a couple GREAT "air-mass" thunderstorms today. Very Florida-like, even though the high temp was about 59. Northwest flow -> cold air aloft. Relatively warm ocean in August, and plenty of vegetation & soil moisture -> enough moisture. Warm surface during he afternoon -> convection! :-)
4 Comments:
Yay, Matt! I'm glad to hear you're doing great! Congrats and continue to enjoy!
I bet the basket helps/ lol Hope other things continues to get better. I'm glad you found a good church/ And it's nice to hear the media is wrong about people hating us. :o)
Cheers!
Brrr. 59 in late August.
I wanna see your pictures. ALL of them. New and old pictures. :) It'll be a combination of two things I love...the UK and photography.
Hi Matt,
Glad to hear you've enjoyed your first month in Reading. I'm the International Secretary of Reading University Christian Union, and as soon as term, or more accurately Fresher's Week, starts we'd love to see you along! We'll be having our first meeting of the term on the evening of the 24th September at Earley Christian Fellowship (the time will be confirmed nearer the time on our website, www.rucu.co.uk). After that, our main meetings will be every Thursday at 7.00pm on campus in the Palmer Building room 109. We also have Cell Groups based in most of the Halls, you can find their meeting times and places and leaders' contact information at www.rucu.co.uk/cell_hall.
Hope to see you soon!
Michael.
You are such a weather geek! :)
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