Moving on...

Today was my last day in C.T.S. and tonight is my last sleep here before the team arrive tomorrow afternoon.

I took the time to speak to all the people who I have been involved with these past 2 weeks as i have been made to feel so very welcome in the college and they couldn't have been more hospitable. Apparently I have been one of their 'least troublesome' guests (and the Dr wasn't bad either!!!! :) ) So either we were particularly easy to please or they haven't had very many guests stay!

This last week has been very chilled...in relaxation that is as the temperature continued to soar...that was until today as it has rained all day and the air has been relatively cool...clearly some one knows the Irish are on their way!!

Anyway, I had the opportunity to meet a most wonderful retired Anglican minister from the Church of Ceylon who was an absolute pleasure to talk with. He was able to share from a lifetimes experience of serving in the church and working amongst the Buddhist population so I was able to glean a lot of very interesting and helpful information from him for my research. His wife very generously provided some light refreshments in the form of cookies and King coconut milk. (which I was told has been known to be used in the place of saline if none was available - interesting fact for the day!!!) I'm not quite sure if his final comments to me were prophetic but when talking about what I intended to do after I finished my degree he said something along the lines of...well when you come back to either Sri Lanka, Thailand or...a 3rd country which i cant remember!!...you will now know what to do when you go and live in one of the remote villages!!...hmmmm...we'll see...only God knows that at the minute!!!

Well, the next part of this Big Adventure starts tomorrow when Layasing picks me up from C.T.S. and we head to the airport to pick up the Irish ViM team. (they should all pretty much be in Heathrow by now waiting for their flight here!) Then we head a little in land to Anuradhapura where we will be ministering for the next 2 weeks.

So please pray for them as they travel tonight and as we travel in land tomorrow. Also pray for the people in this college - staff and students as it is a wonderful place sharing God's love, and preparing people to go out and minister to many others.

Im not sure what internet connections will be like where we will be staying so im not sure if i will be able to update this for a while...but sure keep an eye out and we'll see what happens!!


Blessings :)