Clifton Suspension Bridge

Sunrise today

God gave me a good Sabbath today, starting with this gorgeous sunrise from my bedroom window view, trips to Clifton suspension bridge, witnessing the baptism of five brothers and sisters, taking the communion and being reminded of God's grace, and a harbour side dinner and walk in the evening with the COCM family and church friends.

The sunrise reminds me of this verse in Proverbs 4:18: "The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day." The testimonies of the people who got baptised today also encouraged me to remember my commitment to follow Christ all my life and to walk this road with God without swerving to the left or to the right.

Evening light

A few window shots of the gorgeous sunlight from my room at COCM when I was volunteering there last month.

Treasures in the British Museum

I loved this place. It is a live world history book. Like most museum visits, I did not have time to browse through all the treasures there but it is a place worth going back when I visit London again.

A day in Durham

I enjoy people-watching and taking pictures of the most random details. Can you tell? ;)

September recap

Wk 1: Life in COCM

Sep 8-Attending the baptism service of four brothers and sisters in York!

Wk 2: France missions trip
Sep 12-16-Went with a team of eight people to do outreach for Chinese students in Montpellier, Marseille, and Nice. It was such a blessing to see the small but growing church in Southern France. It was quite amazing that we could do ministry there with the common language of Chinese even though we don't know French.

Wk 3:
Sep 17-20 Bible camp in COCM. Learned how to study the Bible inductively using 10 steps: noticing, interpreting and applying it to our lives. We studied the book of Esther. Met some new friends too.

Sep 21 Officially moved to Bristol but since my housing was not available till the next week, I stayed at a friend's house (thanks to her kind hospitality).

Wk 4: Orientation week and finding my way in this new place.
I went to a lot of church fellowships in my first week at Bristol and quickly learned that a MA in Musicology will be a challenging course because of my lack of knowledge in this field.
Sep 29-Finally moved into my new room/house. I have a Chinese housemate (Wen Wen, whom I already know from COCM), two American housemates (one of whom is my course mate), a Taiwanese housemate studying phd, a Thai housemate, and a Turkish/English housemate.