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We wanted to just update you on all the amazing stuff that has happened in the last couple of weeks.

whats been going on?

We were given the opportunity to share with our home church of Sutton Christian Centre our heart and vision and what we are doing in the next year. Tony spoke on how the church over the years have invested in his life and challenged us to think about the people and relationships we invest our energy into. This went really well and we had lots of people interested in joining the adventure.


The Kitchen


We have been doing up our kitchen in order to be able to rent out our flat while we are away, whilst nightmare for a while to live without a kitchen and to be working late in to the night for 3 weeks, but a huge thanks to those who cooked meals and had us over and helped to DIY it! it is now a pleasure to use it was a you know who you are and thank you! To those who couldn’t but prayed- thank you!



The Car Wash


On Sunday 27th July we held a car wash and with the help of the 11-14s in the church (the Zoners) we washed over 30 cars and raised £550! It was an awesome and hot day!


God has really been answering prayer


- we have somewhere to live in the awkward in between stage of moving out and going


- we have a tenant who is a good friend who will look after our flat


-there are people who are willing to support us and sponsor us monthly!


- people are excited about the adventure we are undertaking and are standing with us


Coming Soon!

We now have two months before we set out and we have lots of busy days ahead of us sorting out our visas, pensions, vaccinations, and so much more. We have a couple of dates to visit Laura’s home church and family in Bolton, as well as being able to share on with her church, the bridge on the 22nd August at the 10 and 1 services. If you are around please do come along.

We have a Colombian meal on the 7th August, where we will be feasting on some authentic Colombian delights and hopefully we will be having salsa entertainment, cocktails and much more. Tickets are £15 adults £7.50 children U16. Please do come along if you can, it will be an excellent night and we will raise money towards going to Colombia. Do email if you are interested.

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Kai said…
aaaawesome!!!! And your kitchen looks fantastic!! :)
8 July 2010 at 02:01
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