Well here I am again with lots of questions to answer. Thank you for all your comments and messages, it's great to know I'm not just gaining a wonderful, gorgeous, loving woman like Rachel, but I'm gaining a YWAM family too.

So here goes;

Firstly a brief explanation to those of you who dont know what I meant about being a BLUE. There are two major football clubs in Liverpool. Liverpool and Everton, Liverpool wear red kits, Everton wear blue kits. Liverpudlians would argue there's only one major club and Evertonians vice versa, you get the gist.

What do I think about missons and have I ever been on one?

I think missons are great and a vital part of our Christian ministry. Whether they are short or long term commitments they have a great effect on both those who go out on the misson field and those who recieve the missonaries. We have in our church (All Saints Childwall) a couple - Daniel & Elizabeth Moor - living in Papa New Guinea. They live and work with the people of a small village there. They share the Gospel with these people and they are currently working towards having the Bible translated into the native tongue of the village. There are also a number of my friends going on short missons this summer. Jonny is going to Africa with Soul Action, Jess is going to Thailand with Tearfund, her brother - Simon is also going away, but I'm not sure where or who he's with, he has been looking at different missons and Ywam was one of them. And Hannah is going to Nmibia with Oasis. I know they will grow spiritually, in confidence and stature whilst they are away, sharing in fellowship with others.
I myself have never actually been on a misson, although I did consider it. When I first became a Christian, I'd only recently finished Uni doing Design Communications (multimedia). It was then, someone mentioned to me about missonary work. I looked into joinning MEM (Middle-East Media), it certainly apealed to me and I set up a meeting with one of the people from MEM. It didnt go very well, there were certain issues at the time, I couldn't see a way around. Finance was a biggie, but also I felt like they were just going through the motions with me, almost as if I wasn't good enough to be considered, I'd only been a Christian for 7 months and for them it wasn't long enough. I guess they were just making sure I knew what to expect. They never came back to me and I didnt persue them.

If you don't mind I'll do the hobbies, fav sport 'n' what I do for fun (continued) in one go, as they're all kind of related.

In my own down time, like I said I do all kinds of things. I love to read, draw, muck about on my imac with photoshop, watch movies, listen to music and sing away (I cant sing at all and I tend to sing the same songs over and over). I absolutely lurve Disney's Jungle Book and at random moments start singing "Now am the king o' the swingers waoooo, the jungle VIP....." or "well it's a doob er di doo, I mean a dooby dooby dooby dooby doob er di doo..."
I also love drinking coffee (Rach tell me off for drinking too much of it) especially in Starbucks or Nero's. A coffee there with friends is fab.
Active fun? fun? Just kidding, I do like to do excercise, badminton, weights, rowing, etc. but I have noticed of late that standards are slipping. I'm content you see, that's what having an amazing girlfriend does to you, now she's my fiance there's no hope.
Sadly, I dont ski or snowboard (not much snow in Liverpool - expect 'snow in a can'). I have said to Rach though, I would like to learn, so we can go on skiing holidays together. I can only imagine myself being a human snow ball at the bottom of the slope.
Fav sport... hmmmm....I absolutely love watching F1 Motor Racing. I'd love to race a McClaren F1 around a track. I also like watching the tennis, any athletics, oooow and did I mention a love playing pool. Rach is getting good, she actually beat me for th first time the other day, Well done! Well done! Yeah, I wont be lettin' that happen again.
I wish I could give you I real technical answer regarding Englands hopes of winning back the ashes, but sadly I dont really watch it. I did watch an England vs West Indies match the other day with Rach and her Dad and I really enjoyed it. They're slowly getting me into it. At this moment in time, I'd much rather play Cricket than watch it. There's hope for me yet.

What Strengths do I bring to our partnership?

This one's a tuffy - good question. I think Audge summed it up though in her comment. I help Rachel shine and laugh. I always seek to support her and encourage her in what ever she does. I love her so so much. Although I might seem a bit waco, I do have a sensible head (it doesn't appear often). Although we spend alot of time together, I do my best to make sure her work comes first and I come second. After all, her nursing is what she left Ywam to do.

What do I do when Rachel is upset or 'in hiding'?

This might sound strange but she's not been like that since we've been together. Rachel has said that herself. Sure she has been upset over certain things, but I always remain supportive and just be there with her.


These are good questions, keep it up.