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Hello dear friends,
After a dry and beautiful April, we’ve had quite a lot of rain; consequently the fields, mountains and gardens look spectacular in so many shades of green. Though we lost a number of plants due to the severe frosts of the winter, it’s truly amazing that so many plants have burst into life with a ‘Look at me, I’m back looking more beautiful than ever!’
I think the best way to show you the progress being made is by way of our photos this time. However here too, is how we see it in words...
The carpenters have now completed the dormitory walls, complete with sound proofing and two layers of special plaster boarding. One of them remarked, ’There’s more sound proofing between the dorm walls, than I put into some semi detached houses!’ Such is the wisdom of the directives issuing out of Europe.
The first fix of the electricity has also been installed upstairs.
It’s quite exciting walking around the rooms, praying in each one and planning how they will look when completed.
The water tank is now in situ and will shortly be connected to the bunk house.
The ground floor has been excavated the damp proof membrane and the drainage installed, the first layer of insulation laid and the first layer of concrete has been poured. Once that had dried, more insulation went down and the pipes for the under floor heating went down and finally the screed.
The outline walls for the wet rooms, four of them, and the drying room have also been laid.
The joiner is about to commence work on the windows – to European standards of course! They should be installed in the next two weeks.
Now that the work has begun, we are realising in takes on a momentum of its own and if we had all the finance, the work could be completed very quickly indeed. We have all the work men we need. Now all that is necessary is the financial wherewithal.
To be specific, we are needing £25K very soon and another £35K to continue and complete the work!
So, we are spending much time on our knees.
Help us. Keep on reading, praying and seeking God’s mind for us dear friends.
Do we keep on praying and make arrangements at the bank, or do get taken to the wire and wait to see God at work. We are finding it very difficult at the moment.
Clive likens it to the time of his cancer. He asked people to pray and he sought medical help. For us now……………?
If you would pray for guidance for us, we would be very grateful.
We know that for us personally, the journey we make in this venture, is as important as the end result. We want to be the people God intends us to be.
We remember the first trip we made to the Soviet Union back in the Seventies, how the preparation for the trip was as important as the trip itself. What we learned about prayer, fasting and stewardship are life lessons for us as Christians even now. Those days were and remain extremely precious.
We don’t want to miss out on something wonderful that God has in store for us but we also realise that workmen and bills have to paid promptly.
The word we seem to be coming across on a regular basis in our prayer times is, Persevere.
We are all well. Can’t believe Ffion was two years old July 1st. She’s a very chatty little person. We lost a chicken recently, it went missing for nearly two days. It appears that the little girl had picked it up and put it in the spare coop we have and shut the door!! Inside we found eggs and a very hungry and thirsty hen.
So dear friends, walk this road with us. Enjoy the photos, we’ll send more as progress is made.
Write or call (01550 777 144) we would love to hear from you.
With our warmest love and prayers that God will bless you and all those you love.
Clive, Gay, Menna and Ffion in Wales
Luke in Sweden
And Lloyd in Tunbridge Wells
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| Summer 2011 |
