The final countdown!

So we are now entering in to the ‘last times’ for a while.  We have been to our last quintessential village fete for a while which was full of all things which fill your heart with a  warm glow of ‘home’.  The Morris Dancers chimed their way through their dances,

afternoon tea was served by ‘tea ladies’ wearing 1950’s aprons, the air was full of laughter and merriment and the most fun of all was had in the long distance egg throwing competition!

We have now moved out of our house and feel incredibly blessed by staying at some very lovely friends' houses.  It is a huge privilege.  It almost feels like being on holiday - except for those last few things to do on our gantt chart!  We are now living out of 15 suitcases and are gradually filling them up with all sorts, from socks and speakers to books and balloons!  

The last few weeks we have been on a residential course with MAF teaching us everything we need to know about working for MAF and living abroad.  The course was hard work but we are all feeling a lot more prepared - and my amazing Mum survived 2 weeks with the kids.  It was great to be on the course and meet some great people who are in the same situation as us and heading off to different countries to work with MAF.  It was so helpful to chat with people going through the same experiences and emotions as we are.

So now we have a party to organise and lots of friends to say farewells to for a short while and a chance to tick off everything from our old friend the 'gantt chart!'