Well what a Star!! Dan successfully completed his bike, run and scoot which added up to just under 3K! He did amazingly well and looked the part dressed as a ninja turtle! We are so proud of him and want to thank everyone who supported him financially to raise £200! Good one Dan!
Hi all
Well we are 5 weeks to go and time seems to be flying by! Life is moving fast and we are very focused on preparations to go! We are also very excited! We wanted to blog to say how proud we are of Dan, our nephew, who is embarking on his first triathalon with a difference this Saturday, 4th February. At the grand old age of 5 he will be completing just under 1k, including a bike, run and scoot! I am sure you will all join me in cheering him on and wishing him all the best! He has set himself this challenge in order to raise money for Project Tehila and is well on the way to raising over £100. A big thank you to our youngest fundraiser! We love you lots and think you are really special!
To those who don’t know we fly to Zambia on 7th March and will be staying up in York for the last week or so. During the last few weeks, if you would like to pray for us, it would be continued energy and knowing when to take breaks as things become increasingly busy balancing all the preparations. We look forward to all that lays ahead.
For now, God bless and hope you are all well.
Hannah & Sam & girls xx
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Hello everyone!
Well apart from all catching a sickness bug the week before Christmas, which proceeded to spread across the entire family, we have had a lovely Christmas up in York with the Northern family! We hope that you have equally had a lovely time and wish you all the blessings for 2012.
We are now back in Bracknell and on to the next stages of our preparations. This week we need to draw up our tenancy agreement for the people renting our house, amidst many other jobs to do with house letting. I had no idea just what was involved in this side of things! Well at least I can leave that part to Sam. My job is the packing which is in itself a challenge as many of you will know I am not the most organised of people!
Anyway, our excitment is growing. There is lots to do which at times does feel overwhelming but just need to keep handing over to God and take one day at a time. More pledges have come in this week so God is continuing to bless us financially as well as in so many other ways.
To those of you who have made a pledge, we will be sending out information in the next week or so via email with information on how to turn your pledge into a donation.
Have a great week.
Han and Sam xx
Hi, its Sam here….Our intention was to regularly udpate you all with our progress, thoughts, ramblings but here we are – 2 months on from our last blog. All we can say is that this shows how busy things get when you look at moving your family out to Africa! We have been meaning to write for ages so we are determined to make this a Sunday night thing for future blogs!
So here is the update:
People’s amazing generosity keeps bowling us over as more and more people are getting behind us. This is such an encouragement and very helpful indeed. We have just had our application approved for Stewardship (an organisation that claim Gift Aid on our behalf – for a small fee!) so we will be shortly sending out instructions to all those who have pledged to give.
We have also managed to get permission to let out our house. This has been a task in itself. Didn’t realise you needed to even ask! After getting approval from The Woolwich we have also got our gas safety certificate and Energy Performance cert – boring but essential stuff if you want to be a landlord.
Over to Han….
Last week we met up with a couple who live in Lusaka, Zambia. We knew about them through friends Ken and Ann who randomly met them at a conference in Brighton, in fact were sat next to them! We have been in touch and they were back for Christmas so invited them for a meal. God has just brought so many people into our lives during this journey. I read somewhere that if your dream is from God, ” you’ll have the necessary gifts and talents to fulfill it and what you lack, God will provide in additional relationships and resources” This has been so true during the last few weeks. We at times have felt a bit overwhelmed with the enormity of what we are embarking on and at times a little daunted by the work out there. But we just know that this is God’s plan and he is in control.
We have now reserved our flights so reality is kicking in and with that a certain level of nerves and excitment! For those of you are praying for us, it would be great if you could pray for our accomodation when we first get out to Zambia. We currently don’t have a place to stay but hoping that we can be based somewhere for a couple of weeks to give us time to find a home!
We want to thank you for all your ongoing support to us as a family. Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas
Well, what an evening! We have been waiting for a reply from the school in Zambia to confirm whether our girls can attend. Tonight we managed to speak to the Head teacher (who happens to be in England for a week) and he has confirmed that Isla will be able to have a place and that Amba will be able to go part time! Just need to send him a retainer! Thank you God – a wonderful answer to prayer! It sounds a great place for the girls with 29 different nationalities! Another job ticked off the list of many…! Just as well we have got a project plan underway, thanks to Wayne Austin!
Well, what a couple of weeks!
Just wanted to update everyone and say that we have currently received pledges reaching almost £16,000 (with gift aid). This is truly amazing and we feel so blessed to have had so many people give generously. What has blown us away is the interest we have received by so many people – keen to know our plans and filling us with encouragement! We now plan to tell our work within the next 2 weeks so it would be great to have your prayer support around this time for favourable outcomes that mean we get to keep our jobs on our return!
Thanks again to our parents, family, friends and people we hardly know who have given money to our project! This has been such a humbling and powerful journey so far (and we haven’t even left yet!).
Praise be to God – love Sam, Han, Isla and Ambaxx
Will be back to the blog before long!
We are pleased to say that we have developed the first phase of our website. Please check back from time to time to monitor progress on our project. Thank you for your interest so far!
Hello we are:
Sam, Hannah, Isla & Amba
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