January 20, 2008
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Sunday Rambles
We finally made it to church, Eden Baptist. It’s not one of the hundreds-of-years-old one, but it’s round and wooden inside. The pastor had an excellent message. (Guess what, FBC friends? They are working through Hebrews in the morning and the evenings are Genesis–ha!) I was so eager for the kids to go and find friends. It just so happened that friend-making was a bit easier. All the kids were dismissed to a Sunday school-like time during the message, even Hunter and Wit. (Their class meets every other Sunday.) So, all were able to find someone worth knowing. And, when the service was over, one family came up to greet us.
Guy–Hi, I’m Jim.
TGD–You don’t sound English. Are you an American?
Guy–I’m from Minnesota! Are you American?
TGD–Yes, we are.
Guy–Yeah! (Embraces TGD in ginormous hug)
The couple appear super-friendly, and they have four kiddos, aged 10 to 3. Mrs.Jim (the wife) even offered to take my whole brood to Tesco (“better than a Super-Target,” said she) in their eight-passenger van! Woo! They are here for a year while Mr.Jim gets his doctorate. He’s a pastor.
Tomorrow night, the older boys are planning to go to a teen Bible study. It will be a big bus adventure. Back home, we just get directions and drive. Here, TGD and I spent about 15 or 20 minutes consulting bus tables and time tables and figuring out where we’d have to transfer. (I’m going with them this first time.) Bible time and friends are well worth the hassle.
After church today, we splurged and took the family out to lunch at an English pub. I had fish and chips. The kids had pasta (pronounced pass-tah with a very long “a” sound). It’s the same thing as you would expect–penne pasta with marinara sauce. Momentarily, I forgot that fries are chips. When I was ordering TGD’s chili, the man said, “Do you want chips or rice?” “Uh, I thought we got both,” said I, thinking of tortilla chips. Duh.
For those who want to know, when you go to a pub, you get your table and table number. Then you go to the bar and order your food and drinks. You carry your drinks back to your table, but they bring you your food. Maybe that’s how you order food in American bars as well. I’ve not been, so I don’t know.
You’ve Got Mail
(It just gets dropped through the slot)
The yard (er, garden) where the kids play. This is the view from an upstairs window.
Comments (18)
It truly was an enjoyable Sunday morning and afternoon! I sense that Eden Baptist will be wonderful for us.
By the way, the pub food is quite good. And since there is no waiter/waitress, there’s no tipping. So the final cost is 15% less than you might expect in the US. Makes the food taste even yummier!
Did you enjoyed the fish and chips?
I must remember to call them fries in America when we go later this year
Your adventure sounds exciting, all the big and small details.
Oo, lookit all the letters!
Yea! Glad that you found some friendly folks, even if they are American.
Good luck getting to tomorrow’s bible study!
I’m so enjoying your adventures! Thanks for sharing!!!
Sounds like a lot of fun! I’m kind of hungry for fish now, ha ha.
My band has a Myspace site with some music on it: http://www.myspace.com/leadwoodfolk . Those songs haven’t been mastered yet, so the EQ is a little off still.
Our first meal in London was in a pub like that. We were all confused at first because we didn’t really have table numbers. They had the little cards they give you at the bar, but there were so many of us, all in the same section, that they just didn’t bother. They just came into our section and said “who oredered the…” It worked out pretty well, and the food was… at least mine was.
Speaking of food, if you run into a West Cornwall Pasty Co, have a Cornish Pasty for me! They were delicious!
Yay! It sounds like your “I don’t know what to do here” disoriented newly moved period is about to end.
That’s mucho mail for a newbie! Glad you are making connections!
So glad you found such friendly folks so quickly! That will certainly make it easier to adjust!
(I had to also contend with the thing you deleted the other day…can’t imagine where that one came from….)
So glad you all made some friends! Love the mail slot!
RYC: Oh that is priceless! (I don’t watch Dr. Phil much but I caught a Valentine’s Day special where they taught clueless husbands how to be romantic. Obviously a bright guy, but a lot like Keith. Even I am amazed, and Mr. M once ignored birthday, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and anniversary one year. (We were exceedingly busy (he was working up to 80 hrs a week) and with small children and for him to buy me a gift meant I got left to manage the melee alone for another two hours. I didn’t mind having him there instead of shopping.
The Dot and the Line is truly a romantic book. Have you read it? It’s one of my favorites.
Teacher Person, have you heard of Hay-on-Wye? I would love to go there….bookstores galore!
This is so much fun to be with you there!
Why are we there anyway?
I look forward to there posts!
Sounds like you had fun @ church!! Nice to find a nice one! and the pics are cool… Lovely back yard!!!
Hugs and Love~ Thanks for dropping back by my site too returning the comment!
~Leslie ~ One your fellow queens~
Woot, fellow Americans! I’m glad you found them. Your trip to the museum looked like fun as well. ^_^