England Bound in 9 Days!
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The Nitty Gritty
We are in the trenches, ridding our selves of the things we have accumulated over the past 10 years since returning to Canada from Africa and I'm learning I may have an addiction to hair/face products and all things perfumey.
We had a minivan full of stuff when we first moved from my sisters attic into our first apartment, when we leave this time we'll have about 20 rubbermaid tubs with the things we can't bear to part with, photos, kids school work and other memory things that can't be replaced. Other than that it's a strip down to the bear essentials. Clothes, some kitchen supplies, homeschooling materials, a few toys and some tools. Whatever we can manage to fit in 8 or 9 suitcases.
Since about January we have been trying to walk out what God has for us on a step by step basis, 'Ok God, what next?' that's why we rented our house and booked our trip to England-despite not yet having enough funds to live in Brazil. The result of trusting God and doing what He says despite the fact that it flies in the face of logic has been a huge faith builder. We have seen over 700/month in support come in since we started this. Amazing, it's almost like someone up there knows what they're doing.
So, we think it's a good idea to continue this way of living-a huge part of the training for what we are about to head into.
We are looking forward to catching up with family and friends in the UK, where Phil grew up. We have many friends we met while volunteering in Africa that also live there, so we will do a road trip from London, to Norwich, on to Middlesborough and then Scotland and back down.
We will also speak at one of the Vineyard churches there, sharing with them the amazing things God has done in Brazil and how our lives have led us to this point. We also hope to meet the directors for the Vineyard UK, a first step in developing relationships with the over 100 Vineyard churches there.
Our kids are holding up, excited about our trip to England, but we are seeing some flares of transitional testy-ness. Please keep them (and us!) in your prayers as the next few months will be full of fun and adventure but also a lot of change.
- Our house is rented (YAY!)
- We are at 2900/month (YIPEE!) (full support is $5,000/month)
- We leave for England on April 23rd (CAN'T WAIT)
- We return from England to Canada May 31
- We will be back in Canada for at least a couple of months raising more funds, although 3,000 will provide enough to support us and for a little bit of work, the more we have the further the mission can go (would love to have a boat to reach the remote communities on the river, things like that)
The Nitty Gritty
We are in the trenches, ridding our selves of the things we have accumulated over the past 10 years since returning to Canada from Africa and I'm learning I may have an addiction to hair/face products and all things perfumey.
We had a minivan full of stuff when we first moved from my sisters attic into our first apartment, when we leave this time we'll have about 20 rubbermaid tubs with the things we can't bear to part with, photos, kids school work and other memory things that can't be replaced. Other than that it's a strip down to the bear essentials. Clothes, some kitchen supplies, homeschooling materials, a few toys and some tools. Whatever we can manage to fit in 8 or 9 suitcases.
Since about January we have been trying to walk out what God has for us on a step by step basis, 'Ok God, what next?' that's why we rented our house and booked our trip to England-despite not yet having enough funds to live in Brazil. The result of trusting God and doing what He says despite the fact that it flies in the face of logic has been a huge faith builder. We have seen over 700/month in support come in since we started this. Amazing, it's almost like someone up there knows what they're doing.
So, we think it's a good idea to continue this way of living-a huge part of the training for what we are about to head into.
We are looking forward to catching up with family and friends in the UK, where Phil grew up. We have many friends we met while volunteering in Africa that also live there, so we will do a road trip from London, to Norwich, on to Middlesborough and then Scotland and back down.
We will also speak at one of the Vineyard churches there, sharing with them the amazing things God has done in Brazil and how our lives have led us to this point. We also hope to meet the directors for the Vineyard UK, a first step in developing relationships with the over 100 Vineyard churches there.
Our kids are holding up, excited about our trip to England, but we are seeing some flares of transitional testy-ness. Please keep them (and us!) in your prayers as the next few months will be full of fun and adventure but also a lot of change.
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