Mans Cell Group

At bedford salvation army we have started a cell group for men mainly made up of youngish men, it was only the first meeting together as it is only a temorary thing running until christmas, but it started off well as all manly things should with an arm wrestling competition in which i did a lot better than i was expecting and got all the way to the final where i lost 2-1 in a best of 3 competition but i will definately have to smash him next time, im coming for you Nathan Loxley. we then went on to say what we thought the modern day jesus should look and act like, the pictures ended up looking more like criminals than messiahs if u ask me but hey ho everyone has their own opinions, then we discussed what subjects we wanted to study over the next few weeks before christmas and how long it will take to study each of them, now cant wait to get started on the subjects and discussing them with the great group of guys that are involved.

first week on placement

my first week at placement has been rather hectic but very interesting aswell i find myself doing things that i would never dream of doing like sitting and having lunch with the older generation and going to indian dance nights, this week has been quite challenging in many good ways as i have had to adjust to life in a new town and life away from family. on saturday i went to an indian dance and singing night in which was run by members of the indian community in order to raise money for salvation army and their MUGA which stands for 'multi use games area', i thought that this was fantastic as members of a different faith group were raising money for work that the army in Bedford is doing and this gave me a great sense of unity in the community and that we could rely and work together in the future more like this. my highlight of this week was in the SAMM (salvation army meal and meeting) lunch socilaizing with some of the homeless and hard up members of the community playing dominoes and listening to their life stories it was very interesting and a lot of fun, we had 14 games in which i won 5 whoop whoop ......