Much has happened since my last post. As Sarah has already said we completed on our house in Belmont on 25th Sept, the day after Tim and Ruth moved into their new house in Winchester. Needless to say it was a busy week and there was little time to reflect on the time that we had spent there as we gardened, cleaned, packed and ate the remains of the food lurking in the fridge. We were very grateful to Tanya and Nicky who helped so much with the cleaning and consequently took a lot of the pressure off us.
Most people who have been part of our lives in the last 22 years will recognise scenes like this:-
But few will have seen the house like this:-
.......and no-one will have seen our studies, (scenes of much preparation,not to mention spider solitaire) like this -not even us!!
When we moved into the house as a young couple with four young children my prayer was that we would be sensitive to how God wanted us to use it. We were privileged to be entrusted with a lovely home in which to raise our fantastic children and it also proved at different times to be a temporary home to many others. I hope that we have been faithful to the phrase which was above the hob in the kitchen 'Entertaining impresses, Hospitality serves.' As we hand it over to the new owners we wish them every happiness and turn the page to the next phase.........
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