On the move

It's been a busy week! We've done a lot of sorting, packing and lifting and that's all before Friday when the movers came and took all our furniture into storage. It will stay there to be used by new missionaries coming to the field in the next few months.

Margaret and Andrew headed off with the guys to reload the furniture and boxes she and Robin had in storage which gave Robin and I a little bit of time to try and clean the empty space.

By Friday evening we were installed in our new accommodation for the next 3 and a bit weeks before we leave. We are in the seminary building in the apartment used by teams when they come here. It is an excellent facility and the kids seem to have transitioned well. They think we are on holiday as we are all sleeping in the same room so they are quite excited. With the extra dormitories we have extra space to spread out our stuff for packing. Though most of the sorting has been done we still have a bit of work to do to reduce what we want to transport home into nine suitcases that fit the weight and size requirements!!!!!

Our idea is to have that done as soon as possible so we can spend the last couple of weeks with dear friends.

This is Andrew's last working week. He finishes on Thursday evening preaching at the service in La Raza. It's really beginning to feel real now and time will fly by.

As we finish here we are also planning for our transition back to the UK. Our house in Coleraine is on the market and we are looking for a car. We appreciate your prayers as we trust God to work out all the details. Obviously we can't really start looking to buy in Scotland until we have sold our house in N. Ireland.

Our new ministry assignment is getting more and more exciting as God continues to move pieces and open doors before we even get there. We'll post more details about that later.

It's a strange time for us. Mexico has a piece of us and it will be difficult to say goodbye to people (permanently in many cases). We are also excited about what is ahead. By the changing circumstances the kids now know something is going on but they are doing well. Tabitha remembers some of the highlights from our trip home in April and is looking forward to reliving them. Apart from seeing everyone again she is looking forward to getting her Snow White dress from her cousins, new welly boots, a school bag and lunch box and visiting the farm!