Here goes it then...

I have had a fun couple of weeks. I was a New Word Alive last week, stewarding and rigging. Absolutely wonderful, I met so many great people. In the mornings I was on marquee one - we got to here Wayne Grudem on the doctrine of scripture! There was also a bloggers' meet-up hosted by Adrian Warnock. A list of those there can be found here.

As much as fun as I had, I am really looking forward to getting back to Thornaby. It has been quite a while since I saw most of the students and it will be great to catch up.

Anywho, time for bed methinks, I am still shattered from nwa. I actually slept until 2pm today. Btw, if you are interested in downloading some of the talks you can do so here.

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