On the Streets of Oxford...

Last weekend, I wrote an email to a family friend about Oxford. And it turns out that the email was perfectly informative and worthy of your reading. So enjoy!


Oct 6.

Oxford is wonderful. I have been here for about a month and I absolutely love it. I live at a student house on one of the main roads just north of central Oxford. It is about a 10 minute walk from Wycliffe Hall, where I take classes. Wycliffe is a lovely community, about 150 students. It is the English version of a seminary, therefore predominately male. Most of the students there are studying to be vicars, with a handful of independents, plus the OCCA (my course). The whole Wycliffe community is full of genuine people who truly love each other; I am continually in awe of God's work here.

My course has 13 students (America, England, Ireland, Ukraine, Spain, Hungary, and Africa). All of us are in our 20's, except for two "older folk." We've been together for about 3 weeks now, and are meshing well as a group, as well as integrating into Wycliffe. As for the course itself - the lectures have been great, of course! They've been doing a lot of orientation, preparing us for all the terrifying things that we'll doing! Sometimes I wonder what I've gotten myself into, and yet there's no other place I'd rather be. We're also auditing several Wycliffe classes, as well as University lectures in town - all of which start (officially) next week.

So, in short, I think this is the best place I've ever been. There's something about the city of Oxford and the community at Wycliffe that makes me feel like I belong here, and I never want to leave! I'm not sure if one year will be enough...


In other thoughts - for this summer, I've been pondering the idea of spending 2 or 3 months in some Mediterranean country, helping with a Mission or Ministry...doing God's work while getting a feel for a different culture. It is a very new idea, and I'm not sure how I'll feel about it next week or next month, but it's worth thinking about...