Back in London

**I wrote this post in late September when I first arrived in London, but initially forgot to publish it to the web page. Thank you all for your patience with the delay.**

Hello everyone,

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. By the grace of God, I've landed safely back in London, and am currently recovering from jet-lag and preparing to get to work. Autumn has set in here, with chill breezes and occasional rainfall. At the moment, the sky is blue and sunbeams are slicing through the privacy curtains. Despite the city's reputation for continuous drizzle, I've found that the weather is mild more often than not. It is, without a doubt, my favorite time of year.

I'm extremely grateful to have been able to experience the beginnings of Autumn in Colorado this year as well. My family traveled into the mountains before I left to enjoy a few days of hiking and time together. By now, the elk are probably bugling, the leaves are beginning to change, and people are looking towards the all-too-quickly approaching holiday season.

My temptation is to look ahead as well. I'm anxious to see what this year will bring, how our new outreaches will look, in what ways youth work will change, who will return from the community this year, and what new faces we'll see. Then there's the change to when we have our Mum's and Tot's outreach and my time learning more about teaching English as a foreign language. That's not even looking at collecting my residency permit, completing the necessary paperwork at LCM Headquarters to begin work this week, catching up with old friends, and getting to know people who have moved into the intern's house since I've been in the States. I'm grateful that anxiety has not yet caught up with me, but the potential is there, and I'm reminded again of Jesus' words to Martha.

“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” - Luke 10:41b - 42

There is my prayer request for the coming time. Please pray with me that my focus and my priorities would be in their proper place. Pray that that's where the eyes of my team would be as we continue to work in East London, that before we become preoccupied with much serving we would not neglect to sit at the feet of Christ and remember why it is we do what we do. 

Thank you again to my family at Grace Church. You are tremendous blessings to me, and I am always happy to hear from you.

 Love,
Corrie