Stop the Traffik

About two weeks ago, Joel and I went to this Youth worker conference to do a bit of networking. And during one of the talks there was a presentation about a coalition of organizations working together to help stop human trafficking around the world. I was inspired to do something about it, to get involved. So as I was listening to the woman speak, I heard God say to have a big dinner, fundraising dinner for this cause. So I got all excited about this, and would like to have a dinner on Freedom Day (March 25) which the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade happened. It was a huge day then, a cry for freedom of those in slavery, and this next year it can be yet again a huge cry for freedom of those again bound in slavery.

So I am really excited about this, i am looking to make this a big deal in the city, I would like to invite influential people of the city, council members, church leaders, business people! And ask them to donate and get involved by informing other people they know.
I do ask for your prayer, its going to be a big undertaking, but I know I got it in me!! But please pray for me, as I plan this meal, and contact the people who will be influential for me during this time!!
thanks
adriel

A very successful feast

Well, its official, I love entertaining! And Joel and I made a great team at it!! We cooked all day long, we woke up and started cooking at 9am, and didn't finish until abut 7:15pm or so! Joel made some awesome sweet potatoes, and TWO wonderful turkeys! We both made some awesome, awesome stuffing! I made homemade cheesecake, pumpkin pies, and an apple pie! Let me tell you everything went down very well. Everyone enjoyed themselves. And we had lots of drinks, laughter and food! We had twenty people there and all of them good friends of ours. I even latticed the apple pie, and well it turned out like a work of art, but it was really hard to cut, so then it was not as showy once cut! But I am sure it tasted good!

(My center piece)

We decorated our "family room" really nice and had lots of fairy lights and dim lighting to set a mood of good eating! I know the pictures of blurring but you get the idea, right?
We asked our housemates to make the mashed potatoes and they turned out fantastic and then we asked some friends to bring the vegetables, and they were great. And then we asked everyone else to bring some sort of drink.. and drinks did they bring. Lots of wine.. I didn't have that much, i was already too tired from cooking, but everyone enjoyed themselves. But the great thing is that everyone ate so much that no matter how much they drank no one really got even a little tipsy! Oh it was a great, great night!

I am now so excited about our next party! Well we don't have one planned but we will have

one some time I am sure!

Thanksgiving

Oh Thanksgiving, my most favorite holiday!! Its such a great day full of family and food. The best part about this holiday is that its just about being with those you love. Not about presents, or selfish things, but about being thankful for those you have and how much they mean to you. This year its Joel and my first holiday as a married couple!! Today we are going to Holmsted to have a Thanksgiving meal but its not going to be the same... we have some concerns... first the guy who is overseeing the cooking is English.. and he cooks and serves Small portions, so we are considering that today is not really our thanksgiving though, tomorrow is when the feast will begin. I am so excited about it. Joel and I are hosting a huge meal for about 15 or so of our friends. I am making a bunch of pies, all hand made thanks to mom's recipes. And we have two turkeys ready to bake... everyone else is bringing the rest of the food. The problem is that we had to make this meal on Friday because everyone who is coming is English and its more convenient being that they don't have the day off like in America.

I spent all day yesterday getting the pumpkins ready for pumpkin pie. What fun, but it took me all day... and i didn't get the hang of a pie crust until my like 5th try.. and then it finally worked.

I have about 4 more pies to make.. oh i love baking.

We both miss our families so much, especially during the holidays. Its tough because these are the times you want to be with your loved family... but luckily phones and email are easy to use!!

We love you and miss you

adriel and joel

ps. more to come about our feast of all feasts tomorrow!!

Ok Go video

You must watch this... you might not like the music.. but my goodness they are good on a treadmill.
ps. they are Norwegian

Oh my Lost

So now I am trapped in the show that is Lost. I just cannot get enough: so much mystery, so much suspense... whats going to happen next, who is that, where did Ethan come from.... okay so I am only on the first season.. so i have some more to watch... but how i love this show!

This weekend we spent Saturday night at a murder mystery night. It was a lot of fun! Joel was cast as an old antique salesman, and I am was a young yet bitter archaeologist. It was fun, Joel shaved his facial hair just to get into character! It was perfect... and well we didn't win, because I gave up after a while. But get this... the couple who hosted the party, I don't know them very well at all, but we were invited anyway, which was very nice. And we then saw these hanging on their wall... what are these you ask... HOMEMADE LIGHT SABERS... yeah that's right homemade.. how awesome is that... i have never met anyone like them before..

These two are our friends Tim and Fritha, she was a pregnant "woman of the night" and he was a vicar!

What a fun weekend!! more to come later my friends!!

ANOTHER car

this is a cool steam engine one.. you can't see the steam but you can see people waving.. oh how great

a car

this is a example of the "cool" cars

Who had the funnest weekend?

We Joel and I did, yes I am talking about last weekend, but this is the first chance I had of blogging... so give me a break. We had a great weekend... let me tell you about it by pictures

WE hosted a Halloween party on Sarturday evening, as I blogged about earlier... Superheros vs. Villains.. and people kind of made up who were super heroes and villains, someone came as Sponge Bob.. i would assume he would be a superhero. Some one came as the Russian Batman.. again.. I didn't make the rules. Well I did, but it was fun to see people's costumes..some didn't try as hard.. but hey it was a fun, fun party. Someone also came as the "Joel of Ole" the former Joel.. that was fun. I guess marrying me made him into a Superhero. That was cool!

And then on Sunday day Joel and I went on our weekly Sunday walk in the afternoon. We went a different route this time... and lucky we did because we ran into the "London to Brighton annual drive." 110 years of tradition where people drive these super old cars, like 1890-1920 (i made those dates up, I am not sure if they had cars then.) who knows.. anyway:

It was like the epitome of Britishness... well old Britishness.. old men in wool hats, and high boots, and tweed hats... and it was just amazing.. and fun to watch.

There was also a terrible fashion mistake that unfortunately i see all the time here... and two too cute dogs NOT enjoying the car show

And then while we were eating our homemade Hummus and bread, we saw a Bi-plane doing tricks.. and another cute dog enjoying the see. I tried to take a picture of the bi-plane.. but that didn't turn out!

See that thing thats near the pier... that looks like a bird.. well thats the plane...
There you go... that was my weekend in a nutshell!!