I want to do

I've found these ideas on Pinterest and I really want to do something similar to decorate my room. Tomorrow is my day off  (yeah!) and I hope to have a look around on charity shops!

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Encontrei estas ideias no Pinterest e quero mesmo fazer alguma coisa semelhante para decorar o meu quarto. 

Amanhã é o meu dia de folga e vou aproveitar para ir a algumas charity shops!

Dear Matt, I love your voice!!

Up and downs

The last days have been full of up and downs. I feel frustrated about things I wanted to do better and without any mistakes. It's very hard when at work I can't fully understand the patients specially when they speak very fast and with a different accent. I feel very excited as well about new things I'm learning and every little step I'm taking forward. Today I did my first Medicine Use Review alone!! ( this is a service pharmacies offer to know how patients are getting on with their medicines and answer any queries they might have)
These feelings remind me again that the strength to go and to live and to work does not come from my own abilities but from the One that can make the work of my hands bear fruit like our back garden cherry is!
Yes, it looks like we're going to  have a harvest! :)

Today

right living and right speaking

"To be a witness for God is to be a living sign of God's presence in the world.  What we live is more important than what we say, because the right way of living always leads to the right way of speaking.   When we forgive our neighbours from our hearts, our hearts will speak forgiving words.  When we are grateful, we will speak grateful words, and when we are hopeful and joyful, we will speak hopeful and joyful words.

When our words come too soon and we are not yet living what we are saying, we easily give double messages.  Giving double messages - one with our words and another with our actions - makes us hypocrites.   May our lives give us the right words and may our words lead us to the right life."  Henri Nouwen

Early mornings

I was already cycling to the train station by 6.10am today. Just wishing I could keep my eyes opened while my legs were moving! How painful such early morning are!
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Hoje pelas 6h10 já estava eu na minha bicicleta em direcção à estação de comboio. Só desejava manter os olhos abertos enquanto as minhas pernas mexiam! Que dor ter que acordar tão cedo! 

Today gray day

It's raining and it's cold...very cold. I had forgotten the feeling of cycling with the rain against my face, my hands hurting with the cold and my feet completely wet. 

Oh well, I could keep complaining but these are just small details in life. After all if it didn't rain, this place wouldn't be so beautiful. 

This gray and cold day helped me to be thankful for the community God has brought me into back again, thankful for friends and people who care about me and are interested in my life. I am thankful for the smiles, hugs, words, holding a little baby, a warm and cosy sofa and a cup of tea in a place that's still so familiar...:) The Sun might not be shining, but these little things brought it into my day! 

Today was Jubilee Sunday - Queen Elizabeth II has been reigning for 60 years!

Here are some of her words that we also read at church today: 

"God sent into the world a unique person - neither a philosopher nor a general, important though they are, but a Saviour, with power to forgive. 

Forgiveness lies at the heart of Christian faith. It can heal broken families, it can restore friendships and it can reconcile divided communities. In it in forgiveness that we feel the power of God's love" 

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Por aqui chove e faz frio...muito frio. Já me tinha esquecido de como era andar de bicicleta com a chuva a bater-me na cara, as mãos a doer com frio e os pés completamente molhados. 

Bem, podia continuar a reclamar mas isto são só pequenos detalhes da vida. Afinal se não chovesse, este sítio não seria tão bonito! Por outro lado, este dia cizento e frio fez-me agradecer a Deus pela comunidade que tenho à minha volta, pelos amigos e pessoas que se interessam e preocupam comigo. Estou grata pelos sorrisos, abraços, segurar um bébé, f  palavras, um sofá quentinho e chá num lugar que não deixou de me ser familiar...:) O Sol pode não ter brilhado hoje, mas estas pequeninas coisas trouxeram-no ao  meu dia!

Hoje foi um domingo muito especial - a rainha completou 60 anos de reinado.