A.R.T. Antics

The last time I wrote this story I had been married for just a month and I hadn't even turned 40 yet well we have now been married for eighteen months and we have just celebrated our second Christmas since we got married. Now back to the story Reggie and myself had been having a conversation about Reggie wanting to moving to England. I found out later that he had received a word about how he would have something with England and Ireland by a well known prophet in the Netherlands. I never thought he would actually move to England because he had mentioned it several times over the years, though this time it was more than a passing comment. I told him about the dream I had to set up a cafe for young people and to franchise this and see it as a ministry really touch people's lives. As soon as I told him about this he said I am going to move to England and I am going to help you set this up. At that point I thought back on the friendship which I have to be honest I had noticed an...

Fast forward eight months where there had been a little interaction in between but not enough for me to think anything of it. The last weekend of February he called me on video chat and showed me what he was having for dinner and his apartment which was huge and quite smart. I throught to myself he's got it a bit more together than what I've given him credit for. We had a nice chat and organised to see each other the following weekend when he was over for a conference he was preaching at. In the end the only time we could meet was on Sunday evening after my church meeting. So the following Sunday I went to the what is called home meeting to catch up with him or so I thought.  Instead all I got out of him was "It's so good to see you over and over." Then he preceded to talk to one of my younger pretty friends who I was convinced he liked. After all why was he talking to her?  Actually the opposite was true he really liked me and was so nervous he couldn't get h...

Almost 4 years ago I met a young Dutch man who little did I know that a few years later would become the protagonist in my love story. At almost 39 I was beginning to have doubts that I would ever have a love story to tell. I had experienced many encounters with a catalogue of guys but never anything serious as now. I had got close to serious a couple of times both times with Nigerians. I was almost convinced that I was going to marry an African or at least a guy of black ethnicity. A few years ago when I lived and lived with Latins I thought the person would be of Latin heritage. However Dutch was not on my list a friend had jokingly said I was going to marry a German well I guess they were close in geography at least.  I met this young man at Jesus loves in 2014 where I was on the team as outreach leader and on the ministry team. I remember this young man bounding up to me instantly making friends with. I remember he was larger than life extremely friendly and was kind of bouncin...

Good things come to those who wait patiently on the Lord... Gosh so much has happened recently I would say my life is irecognizable to a few months ago. This is mainly due to the fact that about 5 months ago a young dutch man who has been my friend for quite a few years now decided to try his luck in barging his way into my life. At the time I didn't really know what was happening, and he established himself in my life rather quickly moving his whole life over here to start again and be part of my life as well as following the call of God on his life. In time I realised that I had had a gem in my reach all along but just not recognised it. Like I have said on several Instagram and facebook posts that good things come to those who wait. As many of you know I have waited an awfully long time. After being on my own for so long I can't imagine life without him. My life has been a roller coaster with many twists and turns highs and lows but it has been amazing. However I do thin...

JULY Last weekend was very busy for both myself and the church as we had two wedding in the same day. Lisa Burrell got married to a sweet Nigerian young man. Myself and Yvonne set up the reception and the decorations the night before which was great to help out in some way. I even helped out on the day cutting up melons and shifting people in and out of the venue. It was a beautiful day with both bride and groom singing to each other, there was not a dry eye in the house.  The first wedding had not already finished before the second bridal party arrived. Ishiqua and Aaron were the second wedding which was quite different to the first and the bare seemed to be extremely relaxed and laughing and joking all the time throughout the ceremony. Then if that wasn’t enough weddings a couple where I was the guy in question’s Alpha course leader got married on Sunday. So as you can imagine after this weekend I am all wedding out. Still I have lot of ideas for the future now. -------------...

Not seen much of my flat recently, been out quite a lot, which is not unusual. I do love living on my own though, it’s great to come back to there at the end of the day. My flat is really lovely and cosy, it’s great to be able to have people round and to be able to cook. I know that these seem like normal things but I’ve not been in this position before. On Saturday we had a picnic in our local country park; Clifton Country Park it was really. Sadly I had issues with my back that day but I got to talk to a very interesting lady who has just come to the church. Then afterwards we had a 30 th  birthday party at jump nation which is a trampoline park. She said that she wanted to bounce into her 30’s, it was exhausting I was tried after 20 minutes. Finally my second birthday was much more civilised we went to dimities and then cloud 23 where the views are absolutely amazing. The weekend was rounded off by leading worship at Salford. This weekend is going to be a lot quieter.

It's amazing how long time seems on holiday, it's as if time stands still. Monday was a great day we spent sometime on the beach watching two new friends as they parasailed over the sea. One of my new friends from London decided that on our last day we should go back and ride a banana boat. As I can't swim something to be conquered very soon. I took one look at the boat and decided there was no way on earth I was getting on that boat as it looked very unstable and I was sure I would be thrown off. She did talk me into agreeing to go onto the boat that pulled the banana boat. We decided to go on an adventure to the lighthouse that we had heard about. Only we decided to embark on this adventure in the midday sun. One of the group decided we should find somewhere to shelter which I decided was a fab idea because I didn't want to turn into a crab as I burn very easily. I had to wear a top over my shoulders so I didn't burn even though it was baking hot. Our walk led u...