Mosquito control
Lots of work at present in the run-up to finals. Going really well though. I am enjoying most my work. Just finished an essay on Anopheles mosquitos and invertebrate predators - basically the use of biological control agents on mosquitos. It's more interesting than many of the essays I have to write as it's much more zoological. All of my classmates opted to do the microorganisms module, except for me. I'm bored of bacteria and wanted to do a more environmental-management type module! Really different learning strategies for this module as a result but I am glad I chose it. Mosquito control and disease is really interesting to learn about, especially as it has such a big impact on the developing world. I have one more essay to write this weekend (on new discoveries and how much of these are dependent on the evolution of techniques - or something like that), plus I have to hand in the portfolio of journals I used in writing my dissertation next week - As I don't get to keep hold of them until my oral exam after Easter, I want to skim through them all and make sure I don't want any further information from them. Ciao.
Delayed interview results
OM contacted me yesterday. They wanted to know more about my past and about my break-up with my fiance last summer. I emailed them back and answered all their questions. They also want me to talk to their medical advisor at the conference at Easter so they can't give me a decision until after then. I was temporarily gutted yesterday when I found out it was another 6 weeks to wait but I've had some good 'God time' since then and decided actually it's a really positive thing. In my own plans I'd have got my answer yesterday. If yes, then it would have freed me to be my usual "Miss Organised" and get going on fundraising and speaking to my home church (when I'm home at Easter) about what I'm doing and sorting through my stuff to get rid of what I don't need... If no, I could have started thinking about what I'd do instead (job) and where I'd live etc. In God's plans however, I have to trust him until the very last minute, which is actually really great! I'd been praying that God would teach me to trust him more through OM so I guess this is an answer to prayer in that respect! I like it when things fit neatly into what I want to do and everything goes to plan and I've not got deadlines looming that could go unfulfilled... I need to learn to let those deadlines loom sometimes and to give everything over to God and just walk in what I believe He's told me to do. I believe that He wants me to go on the ships. Whether the timing is right or not, that I don't know. But He's asked me to walk with this. So I have to be faithful to that and leave my future in His hands, which is the very best place for it to be! :-)
Snow
We've had lots of snow in North Wales this week. I built a snowman in our yard.
Say hello to Mr. Mango
Teapot and camel in the snow
My handprints
Bangor pier
