Here are a few bits & bobs from my week. My hubby, currently down to only a few hours work left for the month (and currently working on his CV) has been helping some good friends (two Sudanese families who have struggled to find accommodation) to find new rental homes. He has been helping them pull their paperwork together (seems like the Real Estate required a huge amount...) and been visiting houses with them.... a trip down memory lane of our own search for accommodation in a foreign country a few years ago... We have been praying these wonderful people would be able to stay nearby... and that the believers from one family would be able to minister to the other family... Nice to think about how it ought to work out from a human perspective but God doesn't work according to our plans. He may well have something entirely different in mind. We continue to pray...
Have finished off a birthday gift for a very special nephew... a drawstring library bag (recycled Dave's old jeans - don't worry Evonne, they had a good scrub first!)
We spent a day (packed up the homeschool books - guess it isn't really home school when you're not at home??) with a friend who was hungry for company, being restricted to home with her epilepsy.
Have also enjoyed some wonderful company for lunch today (and as per usual the camera gets forgotten while I engage in conversation and racing to dirty nappies...)
And of course the usual things like washing, cleaning, doing school run and homeschooling... posting off things I've sold on ebay (hoping desperately not to make any mistakes and send off the wrong parcel to wrong address:)
Oh, and I have almost finished giving an old desk (neighbours were throwing away) a new face lift. I have taken before photos but thought I ought to wait until it is all finished this time - rather than have you waiting months for the after photo!
The highlight of my week has been viewing Fireproof - a movie created by a church in US about marriage. Really speaks about the sacrifice required in marriage to really love your spouse. I must confess I have watched it twice now.
Another hightlight has been studying about Moses and how God used Moses after his loads of excuses (Moses is rather bold to blurt them all out to Almighty God Himself). Moses was not a young man when he returned to Egypt. In the text, Moses is initially described as well-spoken and well trained and then 40 plus years later, totally different living situation, he is coming out with excuses about his being slow of speech his inadequacies etc (I guess the slow paced life of being a shepherd out in the wilderness had some impact here).... and yet God uses him. It has been great to mull over the story, to think over how God interacts with Moses and even provides Aaron to do the talking on Moses' behalf....
So there you have a few little snippets from my week.
Oh, and could you pray with me about my hubbies work situation? While I am really enjoying having him around and could do with a few more months of it;) He will need an income sooner or later...
