Earl Grey with milk and a pinch of sugar

What a beautiful week of weather we've had here in Cambridge! Like seriously... I feel so spoiled, especially since it's a grey day again today. This past week has been full of so much sunshine, flowers peeking out, cloudless blue skies, cycling in the increasingly warm breeze, and getting ready to embarq upon our European travel adventure. Dehlia, Dorothy, and I head for Venice tomorrow and have been scrambling to get organized for three weeks of Italy, Spain, Paris, and Dublin... I can't really express how excited I am to explore and travel with these lovely friends of mine.
Yesterday I went to my last Cambridge University lecture... that was kinda weird... just to think that a whole term has flown by already. God had done so much growing within me in the last two months. He's blessed me with some great new friends that I hope can keep in touch in the future. He's protected me while cycling next to double decker buses on the left side of the road. He's teaching me about living in community... how to love genuinely, to forgive, to admit when I am wrong. I admit though, as wonderful as this place is, it is easy to forget that there is an outside world... sorta like concordia in that respect. I think wherever we are in the world, if we become comfortable there, it is increasingly easy to get consumed in our own world.
Hearing about things going on in Japan right now... all the suffering there, things happening in the hearts and lives of my dear ones back in the States, and just getting to meet people from all over the world has me thinking a lot about how the world is so much bigger than me. There are so many people going through so many different struggles and joys... so many people in need of love... so many people, like myself, in need of Jesus.
Those are my main thoughts for now. If anyone actually reads this, I'm sorry you must be really bored. haha
Pip pip and cheerio to safe travels, new adventures, good food, great coffee, sunshine, growth, learning, and trying to remember as much Spanish as possible. Our Heavenly Father loves you! *Rachel