We might as well be up front about what this post is mostly about – money – so you’ve been warned! Firstly, a huge THANK YOU to all who have supported us financially over the last few years and continue to do so faithfully, whether as one-off gifts or as monthly contributions to enable us…
Taking Stock
Alex and I wanted to write to you to update you on some of our latest news and reflections as well as to ask you, as our faithful supporters, to join us in prayer as we seek God for direction. On a personal level, our biggest piece of news is that we’re expecting a baby…
Learning to Rest
‘Rest coaching’ is not something I expected to acquire from my study in Pioneer Mission at CMS, but it has proved highly valuable and thought-provoking. It started as a one-off teaching day and has led to a small group of us meeting with Christian ‘Rest Coach’, Kerry, for some ongoing sessions. It makes so much…
Community Meals at 8SC
Greetings! As I write, ‘A’, one of our two residents, is kindly cooking Sunday lunch for the community and two guests – chicken and chorizo paella followed by gluten-free red velvet cake, with our gluten-free guest in mind. He was proudly sending us photo updates of the cake-making in progress yesterday! Monthly Sunday lunch has…
Making Home in Shropshire
Greetings from lovely Shrewsbury! For those who haven’t heard from us since my last blog post prayer request, I am very pleased to let you know that we found a lovely, cosy, 2-bedroom terraced house to rent which is walking/cycling distance both from the town centre and 8 Stretton Close (8SC), the house we have…
Prayer Please
Dear all, Just a quick prayer request if you have a moment… As mentioned in my recent post, Alex and I are looking for a place to rent for ourselves to live in that is accessible to the 5-bed house we are buying, in which to support ex-offenders. It is proving really tricky and disheartening!…
Next Steps
We are on the move! I will rewind a little… since before Alex and I got married last summer, we have been talking and dreaming about starting a missional community house for ex-offenders, pulling together our combined interests and experiences. Conversations about this accelerated in early June, when we met with a contact of Alex’s,…
Ups and Downs
Dear friends and Easter Greetings, I hope you are managing to enjoy some of the sunshine and easing of lockdown restrictions – meeting in groups of 6 outside is feeling like a lot of freedom! Quite a lot has happened since I last wrote. Most notably, Alex was in hospital for a month from mid-February…
Stars of Hope
Christmas greetings to you all! Firstly, as we near the end of 2020, I would like to thank you for your support this year – in prayer, encouragement and financially. Alex and I both feel hugely blessed by our combined supporters, enabling us to focus our efforts on local mission, continued learning (I’ve had a…
Making Home in Northolt
Greetings friends, I’m writing from Alex and my new home on the Racecourse Estate in Northolt, where we are enjoying married life! We are renting a 2-bedroom flat with a garden (in which we got married in July) which is pat of a church building. Apart from the daily blue lights and sirens on the…
Lockdown Blessings
Dear friends, I was refreshing my memory of what I wrote in my blog post two months ago, and was struck by my prayer request at the end, where I wrote: “Alex and I have a lot of change and uncertainty on the horizon, which is both exciting as well as a little anxiety-inducing! We’d…
Engaged and on a Mission
Greetings friends, I expect you have already heard my biggest piece of news since I last wrote – Alex and I got engaged! I’d love to fill you in on some of our journey, and we invite you to join and support us, particularly in our exploration of mission and where we sense God is…
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