I had such a busy, blessed week last week!
I think I will have to do a couple of posts to cover everything.
On Tuesday I got to spend the day with my dear friend, Ciara.
She is lovely and has such a big heart.
Ciara is a few years younger than me, but she was always much older than her years.
We went to the same School and Church Youth Group.
It has probably been a couple of years since we have had a chance to catch up properly.
We talked for hours, and hours.
It was wonderful.
I didn't realise how much I missed this girl until we spent time together.
We talked about everything that is going on in our lives, which is why we were up until 3am!!
But everyone stays up that late catching up with good friends, right?
In between our talking we did have time to watch our movie, Love Actually.
When this movie first came out we went to see it at the cinema with our mammas and it has now become "our" movie.
We try to watch it together every Christmas.
Last year I think we fell asleep during it! Actually, I know that we fell asleep. We must be getting old!
But we managed to stay awake the whole way through it this year.
I learn so much spending time with this girl.
She challenges me to be a better person and to think differently.
She is a wonderful, committed friend who gives you her full attention.
She is a Godly woman who knows her Scripture.
She is just such an encouragement to be around.
On Wednesday we went for a long walk.
It was so nice to go on walks that I had gone on as a child.
We both have a love for the area the we grew up in.
It is pretty beautiful. (I didn't take many photos so I will have to take some another time and post them for you)
We walked around the estate at Taymouth Castle.
It is pretty spectacular.
We also did a bit of exploring around an old, beautiful house.
I think I will have to go back on this walk and take some photos of all the beautiful places that I am talking about! You need to see what I am talking about.
When we got back from our afternoon of walking we were a wee bit cold!
So we spent the rest of the afternoon drinking tea and watching movies.
Perfect.
Ciara is going to Holland in a week, actually it is probably sooner than that.
She is going to study over there for 6 months.
When I was with her before Christmas I had lots of questions for her.
Her response went something like this.
I'm not really sure where I am staying yet, but I'm not at all worried about it. I really feel that the Lord wants me to be over there and know that He is going to work out all the details perfectly so I am not even going to think about it.
I tell you, this girls faith would challenge you!
I can totally relate to that in that I feel exactly the same way about California.
It is in the Lord's hands and He has a perfect plan.
Such a comfort knowing this.
So through all my rambling I hope you know that I had a wonderful couple of days with my dear friend.
She is such a blessing to me.
Ciara, I will be praying for you as you set off on your little adventure.
I know that you are going to do great things there and I am so excited for you.
You are a beautiful, talented, faithful, thoughtful, Godly young lady.
Love you.
(this is the best photo that I got of sweet Ciara, and I think it's pretty cute!)
p.s. I will fill you in on the rest of my week later.
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