Day 4: London

hello dear, how was your weekend? thinking about you.

Today is my last full day in London, I will be heading down to Manchester by train tomorrow to meet my parents and stay at our house. Yesterday, I went to the imperial war museum in the morning, then my cousin’s home in St Albans. Today, I went to revisit the church I used to attend in South Kensington in the morning, then to Soho area for some shopping.

This 4 days in London went by quite quickly. Aside from how hot it is in the underground and how packed central London is full of locals and tourists who are out to enjoy the sun, summer really makes London a really pleasant and energetic place.

Earlier today during my revisit to the church I used to go to during my Master’s study, I had a really profound and unique experience. As I was looking around at my seat trying to observe if anything had changed at the church, some memories of the past suddenly became really vivid in my mind. I remembered how there were more than once when I came in to the church a really weary, depressed state, so close to giving up, but then it was in that space where I really encountered God once again and experienced him speaking over me and my life.

And as I rewinded back to those memories in my head, at same time I just had this strong feeling in my heart saying to me: “Look at where you are at now.” And at that moment, I really felt a lot when I realised how far I have come to today compared to 2.5 years ago when I was really deep in that depression grave. 2.5 years ago, I was spending all my time thinking about when these would all be ended. But today, even though I still cry a lot and experience mental breakdowns every now and then, I am more and more confident to believe that as overwhelmed as I might feel at times, there is countless blessings and goodness that God has put in my life waiting for me to receive and experience, and he has given me purpose in this life that is an ongoing journey to discover.

I don’t even think the me 2.5 years ago would believe that these are the words that I just wrote would come out from me :) So I just really wanted to journal down this one of the most impactful moments I had during my visit to London this time.

Tomorrow I am going to Manchester, starting this 3-week stay with my parents. I am sure there’s going to be a lot of challenges, but hopefully there’ll be good moments too, and growth and gains of experience for me in different areas.

Love you and will continue to think about you 🤍

I really liked this dress that I tried today when I went shopping, but I think it’s probably a bit too sexy for me wear it in HK, so I didn’t buy it in the end :(