Catch Up

Well its been a while since I have updated everyone so lets catch up.
Sunday was Mother's Day and also the day that Barry came into town! I went to church all alone because Bernice and Kate were out of town for the weekend, but I had a lot of fun. Our pastor gave a sermon about the Proverbs 31 woman in honor of Mother's Day, which was amazing and at the end of the service all the little kids ran out and gave a bouquet of tulips to all the women! It was so sweet and precious, but honestly all I could think about was how excited I was that Barry was coming in less then an hour.
I walked around downtown just filling my time waiting for 1:50pm to roll around, I bought some Mother's Day cards since I figured they would be hard to find come May, and finally after an hour or so of distracting myself I walked over to the train station to find Barry standing there waiting for me!
I must admit it was a very surreal feeling, I couldn't quite grasp the fact that he was standing there in England, it felt like a scene from a movie or a dream and any minute I would wake up to realized it was all just a dream. Thankfully, it was not a dream!
Sunday I made us lunch and then let Barry take a nap for a while, he was pretty exhausted from all the traveling. We took it pretty easy Sunday night and went out for dinner and then watched a movie.
On Monday we went downtown and I showed him all the historic sights and we went to the maritime museum where there was proof that Narwhals exist! (Pictures will be posted!) Then we went to my 4:15 class where we talked about the movie Pulp Fiction, so it really wasn't too boring, and Barry said it was actually fun. We went to Kate and Bernice's house afterward so that we could get all of our Greece stuff booked which is nice to have that all taken care of!
Tuesday was another relaxed day, I had two classes that Barry came to with me. In between the classes we went down to all the little shops and I just showed him around the University area it happened to be a very beautiful day so it was nice to get out and walk.
Tuesday night we went to the pub quiz on campus which was really fun even though our team did really horrible.
Wednesday we went to York, and it was great since I had already been there, I could give a tour of the city first hand and just enjoy the city. We got to York around 1:45pm and had lunch, walked around and I showed him the Minster, Abbey, the Shambles and the other historic parts of the city that I saw on my first visit. After a lot of walking we decided to head home around 6:00pm. We arrived back in Hull around 7:45 which gave us enough time to get a little dressed up and go on a date. We ate at this really yummy restaurant called Ruby's. I have eaten there before and I was so excited to eat there again, it is a very relaxed atmosphere with delicious food. Afterwords we made my delicious gluten-free brownies with ice cream and watched a movie!
Yesterday was the best day by far, we went to London which was incredible! We arrived in London around 12:30pm and wandered around until we found a restaurant called Wagamama's.
Patty had recommended this restaurant to me and it was absolutely delicious Japanese food. After we headed over to Buckingham Palace, along the way we stumbled upon Trafalgar Square which was such an incredible thing to see. It's this square with a huge fountain and statues and everyone is just sitting outside talking, eating and enjoying the beautiful weather. We walked through St. James Park to the Palace which was a beautiful park, plenty of green grass and flowers to surround you. The park was filled with people walking, running, sitting, hanging out soaking in it all in. It was so beautiful, we sat in this little patch of flowers and ate ice cream and just enjoyed the nature in the middle of this big city. As we arrived at the Palace, I got a phone call from my mom. I knew something was wrong immediately because she was in tears when I answered the phone. My dad has been really sick for a while and Wednesday he went to the hospital. This was a good thing because they were finally able to figure out what was wrong with him, it turns out he has an infection in one of his valves in his heart. My dad will need heart surgery, everything should be okay but the details at the time were very vague which was stressing my mom out. She told me that my dad would need surgery and that she might not be able to come for spring break anymore.
After we hung up, I looked at Barry and we went and sat on the steps in front of the palace and prayed for my dad. At that time we gave the entire situation up to the Father and knew that he would provide and everything would work out according to his plan.
I tried really hard the rest of the day not to worry about my dad and to remind myself that God was taking care of him, thankfully Barry was there to remind me of that a lot, because my thoughts tend to take a hold of me and cause all sorts of unnecessary worry and emotion.
After the palace we walked back through the park and went over to the West Minister. The church itself was closed but it was beautiful to look at from the outside, we walked around the area for a while took pictures of Big Ben and then decided to head over the the London Eye. The London Eye was really neat, it is a 30 minute Ferris wheel and you can see all of London from it. It was truly breathtaking and a nice way to relax after a day of walking.
After the eye we ate at this delicious restaurant called Giraffe, the food was really good, fairly cheap, and the environment was really fun and trendy.
After our meal we decided to head on back home, when we got home I received a phone call from my mom.
They are going to do the surgery on my dad but they are going to wait a few weeks, so after my mom gets back from England. My mom and grandma are still coming and they seem really calm about the surgery, it is important but it doesn't sound life or death. I really see God's hand in this situation and think that he will be healing my dad before my my mom even returns.

Barry and I are hanging out the rest of the day and then we leave tonight for Manchester. I am sad to say goodbye but excited to see my mom and grandma!
Prayers for my dad and family are much appreciated thank you!