y in Cambridge, and it was a nice day to try to catch up on a little rest, laundry, and do a little site seeing and shopping. In the city square there is a wonderful open air market and i took a picture of this wonderful strawberry display because my kids are part strawberry and the smell made me happy. Yesterday afternoon we walked out to a bed & breakfast run by a sweet but blunt English lady named Judith. Dr. Magnuson has known her for some time and said many people at Tyndale House are praying that Judith would come to embrace a relationship with the Lord. We had a real English afternoon tea and the picture you see is a wonderful English scone with jam and heavy English cream. It was a beautiful walk and very nice to meet Judith. Pray for her, that she would indeed come to know Christ as her Savior. 
This afternoon a group of us met to go punting. A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers or other shallow water. Punting refers to boating in a punt. The punter generally propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt_(boat) It was great fun to be out on the River Cam and try something new. There are some pictures of me punting but they were not taken with my camera.
The last picture I have included is the famous mathematical bridge, built in 1749. The rumor has it that this bridge built originally only with the principles of mathematics and not using traditional nails or other rivets or fasteners only wood was dismantled by students one night but they were unable to reassemble the bridge. It has since been rebuilt and now has more modern support but was built back as it was originally designed. http://www.quns.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Images/WinBridg.html
Finally, two corrections for some misinformation on earlier posts regarding some of the history here at Cambridge. First, Cambridge University is celebrating 800 years not simply the college we are staying at, Sydney Sussex College. Second, Trinity College is home to 32 noble prize winners, not Kings College.
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Wow! I have officially caught up with you guys, and it looks like you are having a blast! Edinburgh and Cambridge looks wonderful! The punting looks hilarious of pictures I have seen on peoples facebooks. We are finally back in Arkansas. Thank everyone for their prayers, and give them a hello from Arkansas!
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