Anthony Presents
Lutheran World Travels
First Quarter Report
Greetings,
So it has been awhile and I have fallen behind with my monthly installments of what I have been up to. I figure why not just give you the first quarter report for 2008.
A lot has happenedover the course of the past few months.
In February my parents came to visit and spent a week with me. They got to see where it isthat I spend my days living and working. We also spent time running around Oxford and London. My mother was convinced that after I had successfully led her around London without getting to lost that I would be alright to make it on my own. My favourite part of their visit was sitting in the little pub not to far from our hotel in London andsharing a laugh and spending time with one another. The thing that I learnedfrom their visit is that we can often take certain relationships for grantedand it is only when we aren’t able to be with those people that we realise howmuch they really mean to us and how much we love them.
In March, myattentions had turned to running. I had the opportunity to take part in theReading Half-Marathon. It was a fantastic day and there were nearly seventeenthousand people that gathered at the Madejski Football Stadium to take part in the race.I was running the race as a sponsored run to raise money for Door of Hope, theplace where I work. In the end, I finished the race in 1 hour 45 minutes andraised £300 for the house.
As Easter rolled around I decided since I had a four-day holiday, I wanted totravel to see a little bit more of the country. I made my way up to visit a fellow volunteer in Saltburn, England. I had a fantastic time in the littlenorthern seaside town. I had proper fish & chips, great walks and conversationwith my friend, and it snowed for the first time that winter/spring.
We are now into April and I am beginning to think about my next big adventure here. A co-worker and I are getting ready for our cycle ride from the frontdoor of Hope House to Paris, France. We are undertaking this journey to raisemoney for Door of Hope and I couldn’t think of any better way of taking in thesights and smells of the French countryside. We will leave Hope House in Reading on May the 13th andride 65 miles to Portsmouth on the south coast of England. There we will board the overnight ferry toLe Harve, France. Upon our arrival there they will begin our 130-mile tripthrough the French countryside before we arrive in Paris, where we spend 2 daysresting and sightseeing and then begin our trip back towards England.
We have a set up a website that explains more about our trip and why we are going, http://www.justgiving.com/hopehouse2paris.I am truly looking forward to opportunity and sure that by the end of our tripI will have taken way to many pictures. I am also looking forward to sharing mystory from this experience as well.
Lots of Love from your Lutheran traveller,
Anthony
Soli Deo Gloria
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