Down South

Our car broke down this week and it is hard to think how much you (or yeah, I know I use it a lot!) use it. When I don’t have it, it is quite weird, and you need to rethink and change plans. Its also good, keeps you on your feet.

Let us not look at the glass half empty or half full but let us see it overflowing! It is way much more fun to live like that. We always have a choice of how we look at things in life. Please don’t fall into the trap of thinking negatively and that everything is hard, but instead, see the light in things. Faith is positive!  

When we moved to England in 2019 we got many friends. One family that has come to have an important role through the years in our life is the Bowring family.  

This week me and the boys were going down to Chichester to hang out with out them, but our car broke down and I could not drive it. What did my beautiful friend do? She drove 1,5 hours to pick me, the boys and Kate up and have us overnight and then her husband drove us home today. The boys were so happy that they cried when they heard that we were going to be picked up by them (happy tears!!!!). Before Sarah told us the boys spent time praying and asking God to help us come down there and when they heard that Sarah was coming it was a huge answer for prayer. They have such childlike faith, it is so simple – We pray, God listens and we get the answer.  

To go down to Chichester always means a lot for us, especially for 2 reasons.   

1. It is the first place we came to when we moved here in 2019 so it has a special place in our heart. That is also the place where we learn more about the culture in England, the language and so on. We have many different memories down there. It is all from walks, dinners, laughter, tears and friends. When we drive through Bosham and Fishbourne it feels so dear to us.    

2. It is where we have some of our much loved friends.  

Sarah is a woman of God and has meant and mean a lot to me. Her friendship is so uplifting and refreshing so when I meet up with her my heart is so full of joy and my faith is strengthened.
The boys are so dear friends with Sarah and Ed’s children also and it is so amazing. They are also home schooled so it is very good because we can spend time together that we wouldn’t be able to do otherwise, it also gives me and Sarah so much to talk about. The children have been playing so nicely for 2 days: inside, outside, upstairs, downstairs. None stop.   

The children went to bed late yesterday evening. It was so much to talk about, so much to laugh and joke about. It is a beautiful friendship. They even put an alarm for 6 am this morning so that they would have more time to play. I was so surprised that even Gabriel came up, he is usually so hard to wake up and the one who sleeps the longest. However, they were all up and ready for the day. Sarah cooked pancakes for breakfast and then we went for a wonderful walk by the sea and the cows.

It was other children that had a field day with their school at the place we were and our children played next to them. I was so grateful for the freedom that homeschooling is providing.  It gives us the freedom to just go and do these things whenever we want and not only on set days.

~ I do not take that freedom for granted. ~

After the wonderful walk we went home and ate lunch together.
Me and Sarah just talked, prayed, worshipped, drank tea and talked about deep things for two days. What an awesome time together.

We are already planning our next meetup!