Well at last we have something positive to report. The license to re-roof was granted last week and…
THE ROOF IS OFF!!
Dyfed our roofer tells us it will take about four weeks to complete as many of the timbers have to be replaced. So thank you for praying about this. We have enjoyed a month of sunshine, it’s been glorious. I wonder what the next few weeks will hold for us! (Photos below!)
Spring has been sensational here at Min yr Afon with day after day of blue skies and sunshine. Thank you Lord.
We’ve recently hosted many friends who have stayed with us over the holiday period. Seventeen in all, it was lovely seeing folk and fortunately their visits were nicely staggered so we never felt overwhelmed.
Last weekend we enjoyed the company of sixteen men from Christchurch in Tunbridge Wells. The idea was to work on our grounds in the day and enjoy and deepen friendships in the evenings. I can’t begin to tell you how hard they worked and what they accomplished. They even brought their own food and a cook!!
They cleared large areas of brambles and cleared old ditches and dug out new ones. They were such good company and we thank God for all their hard work. We hope we’ll see them again, perhaps for a holiday next time. We are sure there were many aching limbs on Monday morning (link to Photos below).
In a week or so, we welcome about ten folk from our church St. Johns, T.Wells. There are plenty more jobs to do and we look forward to seeing them. It’s a long journey and we really appreciate people making the effort for us.
Both Clive and Menna have hospital appointments on Friday. Clive will see his consultant following his last stay in hospital and Menna for results of a colonoscopy.
Menna received exciting news yesterday following an interview last week at Trinity University, Carmarthen, for a degree course in Outdoor Education. She’s been given a place for September this year. We were surprised to hear so quickly but are absolutely delighted for her. We shall do all we can to support her and Ffion. In time, the qualifications she will gain will be a huge help in offering activities from the bunkhouse.
Ffion has cut two teeth and started crawling this week. Now we’re in trouble!
Lloyd continues to be happy working in the Church in T.Wells. It was great to see him over Easter along with five of his friends from his Thailand trip, who met up for a reunion. We hope he’ll be here again as part of the work party from St. Johns.
Luke returns from India in the middle of May and will stay with us for about a month before going to Sweden for the foreseeable future. He also celebrates his 30th birthday in June. We can’t possibly have a thirty year old child, we’re much too young! (Then we look in the mirror!!)
Gay’s wonderful Mum celebrates her 90th birthday in May. She remains in good health generally speaking, some aches and pains but she’s as jolly as ever and it’s always a pleasure spending time in her company. She and Dad will have been married for seventy years in September. Isn’t this marvellous, God has been ever present in their marriage and they’ve been an extraordinary example of faithfulness to our family and many others.
We are continuing to enjoy our Church in Carmarthen. Matt our lovely pastor preached really well over Easter. We have taken a number of our visitors with us, all of whom have enjoyed it.
So thank you for your friendship, please keep on praying for a positive answer from the Environment Agency. Hopefully we’ll hear this week and if it’s a positive reply, we can go ahead with the planning.
The blog should be more regular from now but we will always let you know. Come and see us some time, we can always find room for you, even if it’s in a tent!
Lots of love and God bless you and those you love.
From all at Min Yr Afon x
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| Spring at Min Yr Afon |
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| Christ Church Work Party |
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| St. Johns Work Party |
