Our family has just arrived in Wales and has spent the last few days getting over jet Legge and adjusting to our new lives here. Things have been going well, Monmouth is a beautiful country town with rolling hills, markets and buildings that are hundreds of years old. The streets are narrow little streets made out of brick with cute little shops, cafe’s and pubs. There is so much history here and lots to learn about the culture and history of this town. Three of the girls that are going to be on our Global Action Team have just arrived one is from Austria, one is from Germany and one is from Moldova. Jay and I are going to be taking on more of a leadership role because the girls are only 19 years of age and might need some support and a sense of family.Tommorrow morning we will be meeting the church congregation and introducing ourselves, we just put a power point together describing where we are from and what our lives would look like in Canada. Next week we will be getting a better sense of the different ministries we will be helping with in the church and the community outreach .
Sydney started grade two and totally surprised me with the fact that she had no reservation at all starting right away. She has already made some cute little british friends and is thrilled with the accents. Marley will be starting on Monday and is also excited to start this new adventure called school. Please pray that the girls will continue to adjust well to our new situation. Sometimes it’s hard as parents to know exactly what they are going through and how they handle change is sometimes a challenge. So far they have been doing well other than a few tired spells here and there which I have been dealing with myself. I have a new appreciation to what the foreign students go through when they first come to N.C.C. I sometimes feel like I have Canadian written across my forehead. I didn’t think it would be so obvious to people that we aren’t from the same country. I feel like I stand out like a sore thumb.
Today we went down stairs to spend some time with the pastor Jonathan Greaves and his wife Samantha and four kids Carmel, Keilah, Amana and Eden. The girls are 6, 4, 3, and 1.5 you can just imagine the excitement when Sydney and Marley found out they were going to be having a tea party with their new little friends. We had the opportunity to enjoy Welsh Cakes, scones with jam and clotted cream…YUMMY! So much fun! The girls are thrilled to have some playmates just downstairs and Jay and I were very exciteto spend some time with Johnathan and Samantha. Very nice couple and very down to earth.
Jay and I are very excited about the week ahead and are looking forward to getting an understanding of what our role in Wales is going to be. Please pray that we will settle into a good routine and that we will really feel a sense of what role God wants us to play in this wonderful little town called Monmouth. There is a lot going on as far as ministry goes and some great opportunities here to put our faith into action. We will continue asking God what he wants us to be doing in this community.
