From today Kerst`s new song The Winter Queen can be viewed on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWao9VqQXx8&feature=youtu.be). Very excited to see all the work coming to fruition. I remember both days very well on location: the Falconwood and St. Paul`s Shadwell. There was sun, wind, rain and lots of laughs trying to follow the director`s instructions. It was a great day in a beautiful Vondores dress.
`The Winter Queen - Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596 - 1662) was the eldest daughter of James VI and I, King of Scotland, England, Ireland, and Anne of Denmark. She was married (1613) to Frederick V, palatine elector, in order to cement an alliance between English and German Protestantism. She was a crucial link between the houses of Stuart and Hanover. As the wife of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, she was Electress Palatine and briefly Queen of Bohemia in the winter of 1619-20. Due to her husband's short reign in Bohemia, Elizabeth is often referred to as the Winter Queen. Among her 13 children were Prince Rupert; Princess Elizabeth, who was the patroness of Descartes; and Princess Sophia, who was electress of Hanover and mother of George I of England. This song is about the Winter Queen - a forgotten story.` (Kerst)
I had all the intention to start writing the literature review today and send some of it to Kerst for proof reading, but we had our first community meal at the Mission Year flat. Diana cooked the most amazing honey mustard chicken with roast potatoes. She told us stories about her three years in Cambodia as a missionary child. The many differences between cultures and periods in time make me wanting to embrace with more respect the blessings of our comfortable life. Diana told us the house they used to live in stood on poles and had gaps between the floorboards where they used to push through the chicken bones which were happily eaten up by the local dogs. I dressed up for dinner putting on a skirt I got from Burcak last year and a top, some jewellery and my legendary Aqua Di Parma Iris Nobile perfume to honour Diana`s time and efforts cooking the delicious food.
After dinner we had our first official flat discussion about rhythm of life, community meals, cleaning rota and prayer intentions. We also named our flatshare to Love Shack somehow after the B52s and decided to get a calendar we can pin up on the wall to let each other know about our schedules. We laughed a lot about buying `A pin up calendar for the love shack` in a mission house.
(I miss having a room of my own.)
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