An update from Bradford: A New Found Hope

Last week was probably one of the toughest weeks I have had in years. I saw people around me taking significant steps forward, charting their lives out, whilst I appeared to be going nowhere. I found that incredibly frustrating. I was happy for my friends, but starting feeling sorry for myself. This week however, I finally came to a decision and signed up for a teaching assistant course. I love working with young people so it seems like a logical choice and there is the opportunity to become a teacher if I fancy it. In the writing world things have moved on significantly, I have completed another draft of the second book, and I am now starting my first joint collaborative piece with  Brandon Vaughan. We are doing a collection of short stories together. The first of which is finished, I have just had an idea for the second book, and will be working on it over the next couple of days. I have also moved onto Hubpages, an online writing community. I have published two stories and an article on Bradford already, and am meeting new people through it, and best of all I am feeling a lot more positive. Life is good again! I am sure some people are reading this thinking: I only wish my dark spells were as short as yours, Joseph. That's God, he carries us through the rough times. On the church front, we are doing masses of outreach over the next week to promote Alpha, we have something like 1500 fliers printed, so Christians getting praying for opportunities and divine appointments.