Hello everyone! Now that I've managed to get the holiday pics up I wanted give an update on my 2015 so far. Well, before the new year began I went and visited two fellow YAGMs at their placements. Pics below, and then brought in the new year with beautiful sights, some mud, and many more new experiences. Already I feel like the new year has given me a fresh outlook on my time in England. Now that I have reached the curve in my year where I'm not just adjusting to life here, I finally feel that I am really embracing and absorbing what this year is teaching me. I feel so blessed to be on this journey and every day I feel that my relationship with God is growing stronger and stronger. (A quick note that some pictures were provided by Time for God and other volunteers and not just me).

Before new year during the holiday break I went and visited fellow YAGM volunteer Elise. We dog-sat a beautiful golden retriever and spent some much needed downtime catching up on movies.

Waiting for the train

A few days before new year I hopped over to see YAGM volunteer Ashlyn. 

Where Ashlyn lives in the beautiful country

We spent new years with Ashlyn's supervisor and his wife where we watched A Christmas Story and rang in the new year with Big Ben in London. It was a really bizarre and wonderful experience watching Big Ben chime in the new year with fireworks around the London Eye instead of the ball dropping in New York City. Also five hours ahead of everyone else at home. Definitely a new years I will always remember. 

Happy 2015!

Hiking up to Bunker hill the next day with Ashlyn

It was a little muddy. Luckily we ran into some members of Ashlyn's church who helped us down the hill.

Later in the month my host family took me to Kingston

where I knocked over a bunch of red telephone booths ;)

Another Saturday was spent with other TFG volunteers walking in the park where we met some curious new friends.

Who were very curious indeed.

Fellow TFG volunteers Nora, Aliescha, and Hanna and I at the Natural History Museum 

This month all the Time for God volunteers got together for our midyear conference in Wales

YAY TfG

All 88 volunteers together at last!

Our week included hiking up a snowy hill complete with fog

also snow angels

These are the moments I treasure. A game of spoons played with friends from at least eight different countries. What could be better than that!

there was more fun and fellowship

also worship

and workshops

At the end of the week we held a talent show where different countries and groups gave some wonderful performances

German group leading us in the German program theme song

also there was dancing..

our YAGM group performed church appropriate dance moves inspired by a YouTube video found by our fellow YAGM Justin. Here is the link if you want to check out the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6VjTwaWJEU 

#resurrection 

YAGM UK love #favorite dance move

This year Time for God also celebrated its 50th anniversary! 

Congrats TfG