Baby, it's FREEZING outside!

I type my first blog in the UK cozied up in front of the heater, "Let It Snow" faintly playing in the background, and two of my flatmates discussing what our Christmas Dinner should encompass. Perhaps it's too early to be thinking about Christmas, but to those Christmas haters out there I say, "Bah Humbug!". Tis the season to be jolly and occasionally cheesy, and I am perfectly fine with that. I enjoy the way the chintzy tinsel, hanging off the boughs of a sparse, artificial tree, glistens in an array of colorful twinkles of light. Maybe it's the fact that I'm away from home for the first time ever over Christmas, but this up-coming celebration with my "new" family has become a source of great excitement for me. I'm so excited to create new traditions and new memories with the people I'll be sharing my life with for the next couple of years. 
Speaking of new family, the Youth With A Mission program I'll be working with, a Discipleship Training School, will be beginning in the new year. This upcoming week is going to be an orientation/introduction to the school for us newer staff members. This school with be mostly focused on impacting the UK throughout the year of 2012. Right now we have sixteen students and twenty staff, so we're praying for more students. I'm so excited to get to know these students and become part of their lives while they're here in the UK. This next year is such a crucial year for the UK, and we get to be a part of it; how freakin' exciting is that?!?
Impact UK DTS Video
So, the next time you hear from me, I'll most likely be decorating a tree or baking gingerbread. Until next time!