It’s been an eventful few months since we last updated our website. We are thankful for God’s faithfulness and kindness to us. We had Hannah’s husband Noah’s parents and brother come to visit us in April. We had such a great month together, including a special week away together on the Devon coast. It was a beautiful area and we made lots of memories. Above you can see the 11 of us on Peter’s birthday. (We missed Aliyah of course!)
The sea was oh so cold! But it didn’t stop Peter and some of the kids from going in!
Some of us enjoyed it from a distance.
In May Peter and I were blessed with a special trip to Italy where we met my sister and her husband.
We are both celebrating our 25th wedding anniversaries this summer. We had such a sweet time together and a few adventures too (the big one being a fire in the place where we stayed. . . it’s a story . . . God really protected us!)
Here we are on our actual anniversary. We are so thankful for each other and for the last 25 years God has given us together.
All the girls are great at baking and Jessah’s now come into her own as a baker. Her specialty is snickerdoodles (an American cinnamon sugar cookie!).
Sisters! We are so thankful for the relationships our kids have with each other. Yes, of course at times they don’t get along, but they really do have strong bonds. The younger girls are going to miss Mariah so much when she goes to Bible college in a few weeks!
Aliyah came home from Bible college in June and Kaylah and Jessah have been loving it.
Me too!
A huge highlight of the summer has been having Aliyah’s boyfriend Michael visiting us. A few days after he arrived, he proposed to her!
Here is the moment at Lulworth Cove!
Mariah took some lovely photos!
Aliyah and Michael have been dating for a year and a half. In that time, we have all grown to love Michael. We had some time with him in the USA last year while we were there for Hannah’s wedding and then he spent a few weeks here in England last summer with us too. He is a godly guy who loves the Lord and wants to serve Him. We can’t wait to see what God is going to do with these two for His glory! Lord willing, they will get married at the end of May next year.
It’s been such a joy for me to have all of my children home at the same time. It’s been a very busy house, but joyful!
At the end of June, TC had a youth weekend away. All our older kids plus Noah and Michael went as leaders and Joel and Kaylah as youth participants.
The next big event on the calendar is the arrival of Hannah and Noah’s baby, due in just a few weeks. We just had a baby shower for them last weekend. Please pray for the baby’s safe arrival.
God had such a beautiful idea when he created families!
We are so thankful to God for sustaining us these past months. Peter and I have felt very maxed out at times in terms of ministry – preaching, life group, pastoral care, leadership and more, and of course parenting, our primary ministry. There have been many moments of exhaustion but also many joyful ones. We feel so privileged that the Lord gives us so many opportunities to serve him. Our home has also been full, not only with our children, but also full of many visitors and we have more to come in the next few weeks. Please keep praying for us to abide in Christ and draw all we need from him. Also pray for Peter, Joel and Aliyah as they go to Albania with the TC team at the end of July. God is so good and he is worth pouring ourselves out for!
