Good morning world,

It is hard to believe that it is December already, but it certainly is. Two more weeks of class and I will be all done for the term. School has been great!!!! I really feel that this is exactly where I am supposed to be in the world right now. I have been having a blast making friends from around the world. Mandy and I are starting to get invitations for summer vacations in France, Italy, Denmark, and many more. Right now in school we are working on “The Neutral Mask” (if you scroll down to an earlier post there is a picture of it). It has been a real challenge for all of us to work with this mask because it is so neutral that all your bad habits and little acting tricks show up immediately and they don’t work at all. So we are in the process of forgetting the way we used to approach things and trying to find a completely honest and engaged way of moving forward.

But enough about that mombo jumbo. Mandy has started her job (see above picture) and it seems to be going pretty well. The commute makes for a long day, but I think that once we get into the routine of it all it will be manageable. We found a church that we really connect to which is really exciting. They are called St. Barnabus, and the best part is they have Sunday night services.

Mandy and I went to the V&A museum for their Hanukka celebration. It was pretty cool we saw a shadow puppet show that needed a little work on the script but was all together interesting to watch. On the way back home we walked past the natural history museum, they are having a holiday village where there are shops, and food. We had roast chestnut (which are quite tasty) and one of the best sausages I have had in my life. They also have an ice-skating rink which I found to be rather comical. It has been in the mid 50’s the past couple of weeks so they cool the ice from underneath. Whenever someone would fall, which was pretty regularly, his or her pants would get soaked from the layer of water on top of the ice. For an out side ice rink in the middle of a city they sure couldn’t have found a more beautiful place to put it though.

Well that is about all I know these days. I am so thankful to be living out this dream. We come across little challenges, but Mandy and I are a pretty tough team. I miss you all, and deeply wish you were here with us.

Have a great December.


Peace.

Andy