We have been slacking with our blog and we apologize for not being good at communicating as of late. A lot has happened since we last blogged (obviously since it was October). We celebrated American Thanksgiving in all its glory. Had a lovely time connecting with our community and remembering the wee things we are thankful for. We celebrated Christmas through the L'Arche Belfast tradition of Kris Kindle (aka Secret Santa) and had a lovely time celebrating the actual Christmas day with Thomas, Makiko, Tae Woo, Scott's family and Maria. We travelled to Paris and loved every minute of it. Throughout the long weekend we walked over 26 miles whilst exploring the city. We moved house (our old landlord moved into our house so we were forced to relocate). We have attended a wonderful course in Birmingham called 'Urban Christian'. It was a great encouragement as we look forward to our next step that God has a heart for cities. (If any of you are familiar with the book The Naked Anabaptist by Stuart Murrary, he was one of the leaders of the course). Lucy had 2 college friends (Sara and Jodi + 2 of their friends) come visit for a weekend, which was lovely. So life here has continued to be filled with the same old same old as well as new and exciting experiences and adventures.
As the title of the post says, 6 weeks from today our visas expire. It is wild to think that our 2 years here is close to finishing. Although we will deeply miss our friends in Belfast and deeply treasure the impact living in L'Arche has had on us, we are also so excited to see what God has in store for us next. After our visa expires, we will spend a few weeks travelling around continental Europe before heading back to spend time with all of you who we can! Then in the beginning of June we will be moving to Detroit, MI. That is about as far as the plan has been revealed to us as of yet as we are both applying for jobs and will secure housing when we return. We would petition prayers of peace and revelation as we continue to work through what God has in store for our next steps!
Thank you all for your continued support as we finish up our time here in Belfast. We look forward to seeing many of you in May!
Thanksgiving 2011
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Paris-January 2012
