the big 40

Yes, my husband turned 40 yesterday!  That means I am only a couple of years off that!

 

Time goes quickly and I also have recently received notice of my secondary school (Moreton Bay College) graduating year 20 years reunion!  Now that reminds me that I am not a spring chicken anymore!  But they say (whoever they are) that life begins at 40, so its not all doom and gloom.

 

Life here is certainly not doom and gloom (even though we haven’t blogged for a while).  We have had to move house (the previous landlord wanted to sell his place and gave us notice), our sick dog ended up not making it and so we are back to one dog, and friends were moving back to the USA and we ended up scoring their cat (Kit Kat).

 

Since moving we have had an almost constant stream of guests in our guest rooms, including Andrew’s parents.  They were able to be here for a birthday party for Andrew and just to spend some time with us, so that was really special.

 

The new house is great but has many repairs needed and the landlord is not exactly fast or efficient in getting them done and there always seem to be additional complications – such as when the roof repair men came to fix the many leaks, they ended up fixing the leaks (good) but also severed our phone line (not so good)!  These many interruptions take so much additional time to rectify!

 

Ministry is busy and good and we are seeing God at work in so many ways.

 

The retail licence was granted eventually but it took so long much of our Capital was used up in the process and so we are starting very small and this is difficult to trust God on and be patient as so many folk are anxious to obtain books etc. We have received some donations which is helping and we praise God for these provisions.

 

The magazine is being well accepted at a slow and steady pace but is also severely struggling due to lack of advertisers willing to advertise!  We don’t have a high enough customer/subscriber base yet to carry it.

 

Our garden is growing well, as we have had so much rain, after many years of drought….we pray for spiritual renewal in hearts and growth in ministry also.