Finally, it stops raining (3)

Finally, it stops raining (3)

On Tuesday evening, I went to the meeting of the Christian Union of Loughborough University, which takes place in a large hall in the School of Arts and Design. The meeting consisted of praise & worship (song-singing), followed by a talk. Although it rains heavily outside, I was glad that there were nearly a hundred students attending the meeting. There I met a student worker of the Universities & Colleges Christian Fellowship (the British equivalent of Fellowship of Evangelical Students (HK) and Inter-varsity Christian Fellowship (US)), who works among the Christian fellowships of the universities in Nottingham, Leicester and Loughborough. Quite a hard job.

On Wednesday, I met Sarah, another biologist in my College, in Loughborough. She is very keen on rowing, and is a member of the women rowing team of Trinity Hall. Our college is very good at sport. Recently, our women rowing team won the championship in an inter-collegiate rowing competition in Cambridge. Well done!

Sarah lives in a village quite a distance away from both Nottingham and Loughborough. She drove me to a country park outside Loughborough. In Leicestershire, to which Loughborough belongs, there is plenty of rural area. The country parks of Britain are managed by a voluntary organisation, the National Trust. I think they are all well managed. As it is now winter, the branches of most trees are bare. It is a good experience to walk through a wood with many tall trees beside you. I like countryside. It gives you a feeling of the Nature, which you can never experience in the busy and bustling life of Hong Kong.

After having lunch in the town centre and visiting the Charnwood Museum, which gave me a rough introduction of how this area developed through ages, Sarah drove me back to the University. Thank you, Sarah.

In the evening, I attend the Christmas Carol Service of Loughborough University, organised by its Chaplaincy. It was attended by Christians from various traditions, e.g. Anglican, Methodist, and Catholic, etc.

Beside sightseeing and meeting friends, I have started, eventually, my revision, which I could not done any in the week before when I was in Cambridge, packing all my stuff and writing emails and Christmas cards. I found it very challenging to revise hundreds of pages which were taught in the 8-week term, in the month forthcoming.

I shall set off for London tomorrow morning. On Sunday afternoon, I shall fly to Luxembourg, and explore this small Grand Duchy for 4 weeks.

Thank you very much for reading such a long newsletter. I hope you enjoy reading it and are not bored. Please feel free to give comments. If you think it is too long, please let me know.

By the way, it stops raining today. It is sunny. How lovely is the sun! Eventually, there is a day which does not rain. Thank Goodness!

Write to you in Luxembourg.

Isaac Chun Hai Fung

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終於停雨了（下）

星期二晚，我參與拉夫堡大學基督徒團契的聚會，地點在美術與設計院的大堂。聚會程序有讚美敬拜（唱歌），然後是短講。雖然外面下著大雨，我很開心這裡有近一百名學生聚會。那兒我碰到一位英國大專基督徒團契（Universities & Colleges Christian Fellowship，相當於香港基督徒學生福音團契和美國的Inter-varsity Christian Fellowship）的學生工作者（同工），其工作是服侍諾丁漢、萊斯特和拉夫堡的大學基督徒團契，很辛苦的。

星期三，我在拉夫堡與Sarah見面，她是我學院的另一個念生物學的同學。她非常熱愛划艇，是聖三一堂學院女子划艇隊的成員。我的學院長於運動。最近，我們的女子划艇隊在劍橋院際划艇比賽中奪標。真棒！

Sarah住在離諾丁漢與拉夫堡一段距離的鄉村裡，她開車送我到拉夫堡城外的郊野公園去。在拉夫堡所屬的萊斯特郡，有許多的郊區。不列顛的郊野公園是由一個志願團體──國家基金（National Trust）來管理。我想它們都被打理得很好。由於正值冬季，大部份的樹枝都光禿禿的。在樹林中散步，身旁有很多高聳的樹木，是個很好的體驗。我喜歡郊野，它給你一份大自然的感覺，是在香港繁忙喧鬧的生活裡，是絕對感覺不到的。

在市中心吃過午飯，並參觀了簡介這地區發展歷史的Charnwood博物館，Sarah開車送我回到大學去。謝謝Sarah。

晚上，我參加了拉夫堡大學校牧處主辦的聖誕歌詠崇拜，參與的有來自不同傳統如聖公會、循道會和天主教等的基督徒。

除了觀光和與朋友會面外，我終於開始了我的溫習（上星期我在劍橋忙著收拾行李、寫電郵和聖誕咭）。我覺得要在未來一個月，溫習在八星期的學期裡所教的幾百頁紙，是好一個挑戰。

明天一早我就會起程到倫敦去。星期日下午，我會飛去盧森堡，在這細小的大公國（Grand Duchy）遊歷四週。

感謝大家閱讀我這長長的通訊。希望你享受閱讀它，而沒有悶死。歡迎你給我意見，如果你覺得太長的話，請告訴我。

順帶一提，今天終於停雨了，天空放睛，好可愛的陽光！終於有一天不下雨的了，感謝主！

在盧森堡時再寫給你們。

馮儁熙

原著是英文，中譯本完成於二零零六年五月二十一日

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