It's moving time again.

 

Since I got back from Uganda my feet have hardly touched the floor!  Abi had her 7th Birthday a week later and we had her party in the Church hall so we could invite lots of her friends for the last time here in Ohio.  Straight after that began the preparation for a rummage sale which I was organizing.  This gave me a big opportunity to try and get rid of the things we will no longer need.  Flannel sheets, thick duvets, and electrical items (US voltage will not work in Africa) all had to go.  The sale although exhausting went really well.  I have discovered that I much prefer buying items than selling :0) Going through all our electrical goods,  pricing, publicizing and delivering is very time consuming but has been worthwhile.  We have almost sold everthing we advertised.  The car still needs sold please pray we can do this soon. It's hard to believe that in three weeks our stuff will be taken away into storage for a month or so until it is shipped to Uganda.

 Our US visa expires at the end of November and we fly back to Scotland on the 29th.  We will spend a few days in Glasgow with my folks getting over jet lag, visiting the opticians and the dentist etc. before we head up north to Blair Atholl.  We have use of a friends house in Blair Atholl that we are able to stay in for the duration of our time in the UK.  Abi and Matthew will be attending the local primary school for the two and a half months we will be there.  Andy will be doing the majority of the traveling and I will be more home based while the kids are at school.  We are still working out the details of where we will be each weekend and soon we will be able to give you a schedule of which churches we will be visiting in the hope that we can meet  with as many of our UK supporters as possible.  

For those of you in Ohio,  we are having a special evening on the 16th of November at 7pm at the Church of the Nazarene, Coshocton.   I will be performing a mix of Scottish music along with my own compositions and we will be sharing about our MAF adventure so far.   Abi and Matthew will also be doing a rendition of "Ye Cannae shove yer Granny aff a bus".  It's a family night for the whole community so please come if you can whether you know us well or not.  It is a chance for us to say goodbye to a large number of people in the place that has been our home for the last three years.

The house is in chaos as we slowly dismantle furniture and go through our lives over the last three years whilst trying not create an atmosphere too disruptive for the children.  I am so thankful that Abi and Matthew are at school during this time and that Eilidh at least naps once during the day.  It seems like only yesterday I was doing all this in Tummel Bridge in Scotland! By the end of this week my aim is to have us all living out of our suitcases  so that we can determine what needs to be shipped,  given away or taken to the UK.   We have lists upon lists stuck on the kitchen cabinets of things we still need to do,  need to buy,  need to remember etc. It's not one of my favorite things to do in life but it has to be done. Once again I have to release all attachments to "things".  God has blessed us so much and I try to focus on this.  I am so glad I serve a God that provides for all our needs. :0)

Andy does not have a work permit yet,  we don't have a house in Uganda, but we do know that God has everything under control.  We are thankful that the needs in the UK for a car and house have all been worked out or are in the process. I am not sure when we will have time to blog next (apart from our UK schedule),  more than likely from Scotland once we are settled in Blair Atholl.  The down side to Mission life is there are many goodbyes to be said.  It is an emotionally draining time but worth it all to have rubbed shoulders with so many amazing people. Friends truly are a gift from God.


Signing out for the last time in the USA  :0(
Heather (Andy, Abi, Matthew and Eilidh)