I went to France.

I've had a busy couple of weeks and over 1000 photos to prove it 😝 A few big life things first...

My brother got married!!

I saw Imagine Dragons in concert. Which was just incredible!

I had my university Summer ball and said goodbye to the year.  

Now that the main things are out of the way...

On the 1st of July, my friends and I took a wonderful holiday to France together. We stayed in M's family's house in Spezet, Brittany. 

The first part of the week was unfortunately uneventful because of a little accident that happened with M's car keys, which meant we didn't have access to her car for four days. So for the first four days, we just chilled, drank mojitos and sunbathed in the garden. Even though we couldn't get out of the house it was wonderful to just be together and laugh. Cooking together and coming up with some yummy meals was always fun too. 

Once we got the car keys all sorted and could leave the house. We got to see a beautiful chateau on the Thursday and cool off in the sea on Friday and Saturday. We also braved going to a French nightclub on Saturday which was a bit scary and awkward to start with, but eventually a lot of fun!

Our last day was spent walking around Huelgoat. This place that is basically just filled with massive boulders and a river running underneath them. The rest of the day was spent packing and cleaning ready to leave the house in the morning. 

 

 

Monday and Tuesday was goodbye to France and Friends. France was so much fun. It was my first ever holiday without my family which felt odd, but like a new adventure. Growing up is scary, but also a lot of fun. I am very much enjoying my twenty's. Taking in every moment, memory and new adventures I have with friends and myself. I can't wait for what's next. 

Limitless Festival is coming up soon and this year I'm a volunteer. The thought of it is so scary, but I believe in what God is going to do through me, in me and around me. It will be so good to meet new people, be apart of a great team and experience the event in such a different, but exciting new way. 

BeeBee

xxx

That Summer Update

It seems I've sucked at keeping up my blog this year, There have been many times I've thought about writing my blog but the motivation wasn't there. Today I am off work and have a completely free day so I am forcing myself to write my blog because I actually do enjoy it, it just takes time. 

I last updated you in March, it is now August! When I last wrote I had just got my job, I am now 4 days away from finishing my job. I am one month away from going to university, I've had driving lessons and taking my second theory test in a week; I've been wild camping on a beach in Wales with some great people, I've attended a friends wedding via live stream, been on a lot of walks, had our first gathering-in-the building church service, summer is almost over, and just this weekend we had Limitless Festival 2021 (online again). 

Talking about all of this in detail will take too long. Instead, I am going to talk about only the highlights.

5th April

Liverpool light show trail.

So many cool pieces of art using light. 

 

June/6th of June

Our friend got married and First Sunday back in Church.

We sadly couldn't be there for our friend's wedding but we got to join in on the live stream. 

We had our first Sunday back in the church! It is honestly so good to be back in church, meeting as a church and being with my people! Praise the Lord! We also had some nice warm weather in June.

2nd July 

Wild Camping

This was honestly one of the best weekends of this year. The people I went with were so much fun to be with. We had such a laugh playing games around the campfire, eating food and going to bed ridiculously late, all curled up and squished together in our sleeping bags, on the sand. 

 

  

5th July

Alton Towers

My first time going to Alton Towers. My sister and I wanted to go before I head off to Uni so we went just us and my Dad. My favourite was definitely the Wicker Man. We sadly missed some of the roller coasters we wanted to go on, but I guess it's just an excuse to go again. :)

8th July

University Tour/Nantwich Visit

I got to go see my uni accommodation and get familiar with my university again. It honestly made me so excited to move and get started. It is scary but exciting. 

 

6th - 7th July

Limitless Festival - Gather//Pray//Go

Day one started with an 11 o'clock morning session. Then we got to have some fun and gather together, so for our gather activity, we made mocktails which were actually so good. We would continue our games later before the evening service, but before that, we painted some rocks and went out and prayed over them as we hid them around Newsham Park ready for people to find and be encouraged by. After the evening main session, some of us decided to stay up and watch the Late Night prayer session which was so nice to finish off the evening with some prayer and reflection.

 

Day 2 was an earlier start. We left the house around 10 o'clock to meet with City Church so that we could watch the main session together. As we walked up to City Church we prayed for our community and prayed for anything that God set on our hearts. It may have been a rather wet walk, but we didn't let that ruin anything for us. Day 2 I think was my favourite, it felt amazing to be able to gather with another church, pray, play games and have fun. God did some amazing things that afternoon during our prayer time. The evening was amazing too and I can't wait for next year when, praying to God, we actually get to gather ALL together as one big massive church. 

 

Now you're all caught up with me I guess. I am going to try to write one more blog post before I go to university in September. I will also be trying to keep up my blog while I'm at university. I do really enjoy doing this. It's mostly for me to see my life through the years, even if my old posts are so cringey 😆.

Thank you for reading my not so interesting life ;)

BeeBee

xxx

We've made it this far, we can make it further.

The World is dying, but I have hope! I know that might be a bit of a depressing way to start this blog, but I wanted to let you know, whoever is reading this, that the world may feel as though it is ending, which it probably is, but God is still on the throne. We may not understand why any of this is happening, I can admit that I am a little annoyed at God that this is happening, but He knows what he is doing, he knows that we can make it through this otherwise he wouldn't have put us through this. There is still hope. Don't lose hope, help is on the way.

So, what have I been doing to get through this time of uncertainty as we go back into yet another lockdown? Not much honestly, but I thought I'd share some art that I've done recently. We also did a bit of pumpkin carving. My cats are always the joy of my day, family time is always great, playing games, going on walks, getting coffee, watching movies together. Then apart from that, I've been binging some of my favorite shows on Netflix and feeling festive ready for the Christmas season.

 

 

 

 

I would love to hear about what you have been up to to get through these sucky times. Have you taken up a new hobby? Have you had zoom meetings with friends once a week? Or have you just been in bed watching your favorite shows to make you happy? Whatever it is, just know that it's one day at a time and we've survived this long.

I find myself having to remind myself that it is one day at a time because otherwise, I get super stressed and angry at the world. I don't need to worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. All that should matter is what I do with my time right now.

I praise God for getting me this far. He is the one who has been keeping me steady and actually enabling me to have the energy and motivation to get up each morning.

Anyway, I'm sort of rambling on now, I hope this has distracted you or entertained you for a minute or so. Thanks always for reading.

BeeBee

xxx