Anonymous said...

Ok, before I tell you about today I want to teach all of you a new trick in reaching me.
Step 1. Go to the site www.allaroundtheworldforyou.blogspot.com .
Step 2. Read Stella' s side splitting entry for the day.
Step 3. Stop laughing enough to where you can type.
Step 4. Click on comments.
Step 5. When the comment box appears, type your funny or enlightening comment.
Now pay attention this is where it gets a little tricky !!
Step 6. Click on the circle next to the word other.
Step 7. Click to the right of the word name.
Step 8. Type your name in the space provided. Ex: Tom
Step 9. Click Publish your comment.
Step 10. Worship God and forgive Stella of being a cheeky monkey!

I love you guys so much! Please don't be to mad at me, but I won't know who said what unless you tell me. I'm pretty sure that Sandy's the one that posted the comment about "my stella," but unfortunately many people have started calling me that, so I'm not positive.

Now about my fun day here in Wales! I started the day off by waking up a little late, so there was no time to worry about what clothes I put on......Wait, I never worry about that so pay no attention to that comment. Because of the late wakening we were a little late getting out the door and on our way to Grangetown to meet Robert. We got to where Robert was staying and the two of us walked to a place called IKEA (Eye-KEY-Ya) for breakfast. We get there and have a lovely breakfast. We realize that now it's time to head back to the church cause it's 10am and we're suppose to be picked up at 10:30am to go around town. Well, we start out of the building just about the same way we came in. We just took a different set of stairs to get to the same floor we entered on. We start looking around and there's no exit anywhere. So we go back up the stairs to try to get to the escalator we came up to get to the resturant. The stairs next to the escalator have a no entry gate in front of them and the escalator only goes up.

So now what are we suppose to do? We take the elevator down to the first floor. The doors open and we're standing right next to where the first set of stairs took us. But the couple that was on the elevator with us starts walking through the store like they're not shopping, so we decide to follow them. Maybe just maybe they are trying to get out of this prision just like us. They manage to get us to another room in the store that we haven't been in yet and start shopping. Luckly to men walk around us with determined looks on their faces so we follow. Not to worry we're not following them close enough for them to notice we're following them. They take us through what appeared to be a lumber yard indoors.

They custom build beds and cabniets. I thought it was a cool room. Anyway, we round the next corner and lo and behold, what stands before us?............. Cash registers!! We had to break in line to get out! This place not only made you see the entire store to exit it, but you HAD to go through an open register line!!! The next Welsh person that tells me Wal-Mart's the devil, I going to say, " No it's not IKEA is. At least Wal-Mart lets you walk in and out as you please. We don't make you walk the entire store before allowing you to leave!"

At one point me and Robert talked about bringing a sack lunch with us next time. Guys I really thought that we were going to have to go out one of the fire exits to get out of this place! It was a bit unnerving. After that place the rest of my day seems a bit boring. Though I did discover the Cardiff is made up of a lot of different cultures. I even found China town, well China road anyway. I was happy.

If you've made it this far I will reward you with my cell phone number here in Wales. You may call me at anytime. If you call me it's free for me, and as you all know anything that's free for me here is a blessing from God!
So this is what you dial............... 01144-7914-249-794. Ring me whenever you like! I love you all! Keep us in your prayers. And if the money comes in or people tell me that they'll sponser me a month here, I'm going to stay for the ten months and complete the Youth Ministry course. So tell everyone you know!

~Stella