An amazing night tonight!!!

Tonight El and I discussed about her coming to attend the Student Welcome on 30th Sept and staying the evening. We didn't think anything would happen: that El would ask, that her mum would say it's ok to go. But guess what? It happened!!!

During the phone call I sought advice from mum about what we should do etc. Mum advised to pray before doing anything, before asking. Mum prayed for El and her mum came home so El could ask her. El was nervous and so was I, but she asked anyway.

She explained that it was a church student welcome happening on Friday 30th Sept in Glasgow and she'd like to go - and it would involve her staying over. Her mum just said it was ok as long as El didn't have to work. Whoo-hoo! Amazing Grace!! God has softened El's mum's heart and she said it was ok for her to stay in Glasgow! So mum and I prayed straight away to give thanks to our gracious Heavenly Father.

The only issues we have left now are: what time El finishes uni on the Friday? What time I finish work on the Friday? Will I have time to pick Jessie up? Will Ellen enjoy herself? Will Cat be ok about any 'noise' we might make when we get home? Will El be allowed to come down to Glasgow for Christmas and/ or New Year?

N.B. (HoLam and Diana's wedding on Sat 24th Sept 05, El came down and return on the same day and I went up to Aberdeen with her.)

Just realised as I was praying before sleeping that I haven't had one day of absence since I worked at Capital BBC Information. Although I have been late for work a few times, even called up to find out if I was absent, which were not my fault, I have had 100% attendance and I thank God for the good health.

There are/ were time when the symptoms of a cold or illness would appear. But thank God, after Beechams, water and prayer, my symptoms were not allowed to develop. =)

Let's hope the same could happen with this new job =)

I want to praise and thank God for His great protection today. I drove to Buchanan Bus Station to pick up El around 10am. I travelled along Baird Street, when a female drive drove out of Black Street wanting to turn right. She crept out just looking to her left and not her right where I was coming. Luckily I was only going about 30-35mph and managed to brake and swerve away from her car onto the other side of the road. Whereas she just stopped.

We spent a few seconds stopped to gather our thoughts. I started reversing back to her intending to give her a verbal lesson but she drove away - she was lucky!

So thank God there was no accident, also no oncoming traffic on the other side of the road when I swerved onto it.

The rest of the day went quite well. =)

There has been many things to praise God about since our holiday. The Lord kept us safe in Toronto, away from all harm and despite some days of 'unhappiness', we all enjoyed the two weeks over all and woudl like to go back again soon! =)

This entry will be about Monday 11th July when i was up Aberdeen the day before and was planning to return to Glasgow with El so we could visit Glsagow Youth camp together. El told me we should get up 4am, have something to eat, then walk out to catch the 2A bus around 5:55am or so as our Megabus to Glasgow was 6:40am. We stood at the bus stop for about half an hour and there were no signs of any buses, and hardly any cars. We got concerned; El called for a taxi at 6:13am. The operator said a taxi would be there shortly. We continued waiting a further few minutes before I called up again to ask for status and to tell them we had a bus to catch to Glasgow at 6:40am. The operator told me I should have booked half an hour in advance, then after putting me on hold to check its status, she informed me that the taxi was "on the path".

The longer El and I waited the more axvious we became. What if we missed the Megabus? Could we get on the 8:40am bus without paying? Would there be seats available? I think El was more worried than me. Oh yeah, if we arrived at Glasgow 12pm it would be a rush to meet people at 1pm.

A few cars passed and our taxi came: a Fiat Bravo(?) estate car. We explained to the driver our bus departs 6:40am so he had ten minutes to get there from Bridge of Don. He said it shouldn't be a problem. We told him we waited at the bus stop for a long time and he told us it was an Aberdeen local holiday so busese were on Sunday service.

Anyway, the driver drove very fast, like 40mph in 30mph zones, went on roads that didn't have red lights etc and got us to Guild Street Station bang on 6:40am. We seen the bus reverse out a little, the taxi driver horned the bus as El and I ran to the bus flagging it down - we go on!

Hallelujah! So close!

Oh yeah, taxi driver almost drove as fast as a seagull soaring! Haha!

(Update from 30th May 2005)

Excellent! Praises to God!

Ja came home on Sunday night (5th) and on Monday (6th) Auntie told her to have the suitcase ready for El for the next day. Ja said to El she'd get it done by Tuesday night.

It was around 9pm, moments before El watches kek-jap, I encouraged her to remind Ja about the suitcase and to ask her for it after the kek-jap at 10pm. Ja did get it ready for the end of kek-jap and El moved stuff from her medium suitcase over to big suitcase! =) Now she'll have more space to carry stuff back if necessary.

Oh yeah, as a kind of side note, Auntie even told El, that if Ja doesn't have the suitcase ready by Tue night El should tip the stuff in the suitcase over Ja's bed! Hehe!

This'll be a prayer for El. Our holiday is in ten days time. El would like to start packing a week before we leave, which means in two days time, since she has to come to Glasgow on the 8th. However, Ja had taken the large suitcase away to Portugal until the 5th, so El has either the medium-sized suitcase which is 3/4 of her legs height, or a smaller one.

She reckons she can fit everything into the medium suitcase, and that she'll need seven days to pack, just like for EDGAS. I need to find a way to persuade her to bring the large suitcase to Toronto so she doesn't need to force everything into her medium suitcase and not have space for anything else. After all, going to Toronto is a lifetime opportunity - we shuold enjoy it to the max.

I will have to ask God to help say to El she should bring the larger suitcase, even if it means packing into the smaller one and transferring to large one.

Please help me God... =)

(Update from 9th May 2005)

I think it was a few days later, Saturday 14th May that El told me her mum told her Honda was working the Saturday I was coming up. That meant I didn't have to work! =)

When El told me through text the first thing I replied was "Hallelujah!" and later I hinted to El that I had been praying about this.

Praise God!