2007-02-19 - 10:04 a.m.

So I didn't get around to catching up on READING diaries but I have gotten around to coming back for another update because the overtheshouldermoaner isn't in work this week so I don't have anyone breathing down my neck and reading everything I type!!!

OH THE FREEDOM!!!!!!

So how long is it since I updated with anything other than a promise to update "soon"

*goes to look*

CRIKEY... since not long after my birthday really!! Goodness and you're still here???

*LOVES YOU*

Ok so lets get caught up… non Christians feel free to look away for the first few sections:

So churchsearch has ended now – we’ve found a place (where we can boogie) no sorry there’s not a whole lot of boogying going on in our new church nothing much rhythmic going on at all. To be honest if we were to draw up a list of things we wanted in a church it doesn’t tick so many boxes – but sometimes God just TELLS you he wants you somewhere and for all it’s failings being there has mended parts of us we didn’t even know were broken. The people are just so COMPLETELY genuine and all they want to do is LOVE people – they’re not mad evangelists looking to tell people who WRONG their lives are and how they should be super squeaky clean like them they’re just a group of normal people many who feel so honoured to be loved by God that they want to love everyone else and spread the love – we’ve met some really AMAZING people there already. God is working there you can practically FEEL it when you walk through the door – everywhere you turn prayers are being answered and it’s NOT because they in any way claim to be any better than anyone else but they’re all so open about EVERY part of themselves that you’re more aware of what God is doing it’s TRULY AMAZING!! Strangely too.. it’s a tiny tiny church and it’s NOT somewhere I would take someone to show them how GREAT church is.. I mean it’s lovely but it needs some SERIOUS pulling into NOW and some SERIOUS making relevant to the community etc but even so EVERYONE there was looking for a BIG church a vibrant large energetic church and yet they have settled here feeling this is where God wants them. Big things will happen there.. and by that I don’t mean some weird Toronto blessing type effort I mean these people really want to just be servants of the community and make peoples lives better and just LOVE!! God is all about LOVE not rules not elitism not money JUST LOVE and it’s so very very refreshing to have found a church built on that!!

In finding this church and making all of these new friends we’ve met a new couple called Chris and Lucy who started going to the church a few weeks after us and we ADORE them – in this short time they’re about as close to us as anyone could be and they’ve even started coming along to things with the CLAN!!!! I’ll tell you more about them soon – I’ll add them to the cast list!!

In the short time we’ve been a church we have become house group leaders and hosted a valentines event for the community and they really WANT what we have to offer.. they value our God given skills and they TRUST us to use them in an appropriate way! So yes in short we would never have picked this church but God is cleverer than us and HE picked it and I am SOOOO happy there… WE are so happy there!!

OK NON-CHRISTIANS COME BACK!!!!

Other than that Lisa and Kevin got married and it was BEAUTIFUL but Lisa has half term this week and I think she might be better at telling you all about it!! Since they’re wedding they’ve both just been GLOWING they’re so cute!

Christmas was lovely – it was busy and hectic but not in a nasty stressy way just in an everyone wants to spend time with us and we’re staying up really late to manage it.. a FABULOUS kind of busy I think!

I haven’t been taking any pictures recently my camera is too big and bulky for snapshots and I don’t have time to think anything out in advance these days haha but I DO intend to take some soon because I need to capture as much as I can about my home before we move..

OH YES YOU HEARD RIGHT THE WILLIAMSES ARE ON THE MOVE!!!

We’re staying in our local area but we’re going to lovely lovely gorgeous HOUSE with STAIRS by the river and it’s got a communal courtyard with BBQ and it’s all just WOW! we only had the offer accepted yesterday and have hundreds of viewings on our house this week so it’s all go go go go go go go

There’s been lots of other LITTLE things but this is already very long for an entry with no pictures to break it up!

Basically if you thought I was cheerful before – LOOK OUT!! I had never even IMAGINED I could be this happy – mine and Gareths relationship is just growing by the DAY and he is ASTOUNDING my almost hourly at the moment!!

The only thing not perfect in my life right now is that I miss you guys.. but I’m working on that!!

LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH

More updates – hopefully better structured less rushed ones.. soon

LOVELOVELOVE
x x x

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