This Week @ Canvas

Time sure is flying by over here in England, as I'm sure it is everywhere. It has been another busy week at Canvas. Mike flew home for the week to be with his family for his grandma's funeral and is getting back Saturday afternoon. We have had three GTCCF interns visiting for the week and next week the Globalscope Germany team arrives to visit. So things are staying quite busy and people are coming and going like crazy! It is fun to have friends visit and experience Canvas!

Events have happened as usual this week. Open Mic Nite was really cool this week including musicians, spoken poetry, and a Stomp-type of band that got everyone in the room involved. So fun. Tuesday Night we made chicken casserole and Nathan talked about grace. And tonight we are making carrot and coriander soup and I'm hoping to play some Taboo! Here are some pics from events this week at Canvas!

The Canvas House ready for Open Mic Nite

The crazy stomp type band that played at Open Mic

Leah and I serving chicken casserole on Tuesday Night

Tuesday night jam song

Students eating dinner: (from left) Matt, Matt, Owen, Becky, Charlotte, and Carl

Around the World is a hit in England!

Every Tuesday, Nathan and a bunch of guys clean up the kitchen listening to country music

Busy in England

We can't believe that November is already upon us. It is getting dark and cold very early here in England and Christmas decorations are already out in stores. We spent all of last weekend working on our flat. We wall papered, finished flooring, painted, and painted some more. Our living room and bedroom are both done! And we have ordered a couch from IKEA to arrive next week. All that's left is painting the bathroom and wall papering and painting the kitchen. It has been lots of work in the beginning, but really worth it to make this place home for us.

This week has kept us quite busy! On Tuesday, we obtained a UK bank account at Lloyds TSB complete with checks and a debit card. Tuesday Night at Canvas was awesome this week. Loads of students came and we ate an Italian pasta bake. Natalie (staff member) interviewed Pete (student at Canvas) about his life and faith journey and it went really well. Tonight we are going to get some Mexican food with some students and I can't wait. We are told that it is one of the best Mexican places around, but not to get our hopes up because it isn't that great compared to what we are used to. Totally worth a shot though! In America we have a Mexican restaurant on every corner, in England there is an Indian restaurant on every corner. The Indian dish of choice is called curry and is very popular here. Somehow lots of the Mexican food here ends up tasting like curry. Still good though.

I wanted to share a few photos of the Canvas House, so check them out:

The outside of Canvas.

The main room where events happen.

The cafe room.

The game room.

Canvas staff photos.

Weekly Canvas events.

PS - Shout out to my sister, Laura! It was her 23rd birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday!! :)