MOVING HOME

OUR  (EX) DARTMOUTH HOME

Hi some of you may know that I have been trying to get Stuart to settle down for quite a while now. It looks as if it might finally be happening. We are expecting to be in Rio until the end of September and then, DV we shall move to our new little terraced house in Watford. Why Watford you may ask? Didn't you have a house in Dartmouth? Isn't there somewhere more exciting with all the places you have lived and worked in?  The answer is we feel that this is what the Lord wants us to do for the next step of our journey and so we are being obedient. Stuart has very graciously agreed that he can put up with the winters in UK. (I could always send him off to see Lois and co. in S Africa or Suzanna and her family in Australia) So....we had to decide where we would buy our new home. For some reason I had this idea about Watford. Stuart remembered he had preached there many years ago on SAMS deputation. It is near the end of the M1 and therefore handy for Paul and Daniel to come and see us. There is the most gorgeous countryside round about. Traffic links are good and when our daughters come from far away places across the sea to visit, they won't have to make another trek to Dartmouth

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/14625978?more_details_carousel=1

This is a link which should bring up the pictures of our new house. We even got it reduced so we are very thankful.We are just about ready to exchange contracts and hope to move in early October. You can start getting on the list of visitors soon! Our house is 6 minutes walk to the church and town centre where there are excellent shops, the Harlequin centre, 3 theatres, leisure centres, transport links  and beautiful parks and woods plus delightful little pubs on the canal. Couldn't be better!
Thank you Father.

We feel very thrilled and delighted because the main reason we wanted to move was to be able to serve in the local community. Watford is a place where the Spirit is really moving.

This is a photo of the very old parish church which is bang in the centre of the shopping precinct which is mostly pedestrianised.  50 local groups belong to a christian outreach to the whole area with lots of very cool programmes and innovative ways of engaging people. There is a lovely bookshop called Presence in the High st..It is a place where all sorts of people go and all the staff are in some stage of training for christian ministry. Next door is the brand new christian bookshop and upstairs a SPA! All manned by Christians.

Upstairs and at the back is a dear little courtyard and a retreat centre where people can go and chill out for a couple of hours or receive counselling. Opposite is a branch of the London Bible college.

Of course, all the churches have their own programmes for members and lots of outreach too.

It seems there have been a lot of prophecies about what the Lord is doing in Watford and we feel very blessed to be a part of it soon. 

 .http://www.picturesofengland.co m/England/Hertfordshire/Watford/pictures/1125210

Not sure if this link will work or if you have the time and energy to look at some of the photos.

This last link is just to remind you that we are all here for a purpose. There is nothing more exciting than being part of that purpose so that every day has its new challenges and joys.

http://www.dailyencouragement.net/