Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

my new place of residence - at least for now. I've been here close to three weeks for now and it already feels like forever. Not a good sign. :)
Don't get me wrong. The town is lovely. Just big enough that it doesn't have me running screaming for the hills or the next big city in my case. lol.
And I've even been blessed with unusually good weather both for England and for this season. Still I can tell in my gut that this is not the place for me. and i was sooo much looking forward to it.
But there is no church to speak of, no chance of developing any kind of social life outside of work. Which incidentally is exactly what I'm looking for.

At least work is not so bad anymore. The first couple of days were a nightmare where I honestly I thought I was never gonna get the hang of things. But once again I managed to land in a place where they dont proberly train but just let you sort of figure it out by yourself and hope for the best - so to say.

And I have to say its not very encouraging to find out that your the replacement of the replacement's replacement or something like this. My entire department has had 2 or 3 complete turnovers within the last couple of months!! Meaning none of us have been here longer than 3 weeks and now we are supposed to train and teach each other. :)

But you know the amazing thing is that even, in spite or maybe it is because of all this I get to rediscover Gods goodness, grace and mercy everyday anew!
Of course it doesnt always feel or seem that way. Take yesterday for example. After having worked my morning shift from 7:00-15:00 I was gonna treat myself to a nice Sunday Afternoon Tea and en route buy a new speaker-headphone to skype home that night. No such luck. The first store closed shop right infront of my nose and the next two stores didnt have it, but only referred me to the first stop. Than when I came to the Tea place, I first had to wait forever for anyone to wait on me only to find out they were fresh out of scones and thus were unable to serve me the long-awaited Afternoon Tea!