It has been a strange day today for many reasons, Emma and Ralph headed back up to Newcastle to sort their new house out before they begin teaching again this term, Em now has 20 private pupils, the new house has a bay fronted room ideal for teaching, so they are very happy. That marks the beginning of the mass exodus from the Coleman household, Chris leaves on the 15th, Jo on the 22nd, and Jon on the 29th... by October we will have gone from a household of 6/7 to a household of 2! How odd that will be after 26 years.
One more piece of news regarding Chris has been that he is booked in for a cardioversion next Thursday, this is usually a simple procedure but with Christopher's delicate physiology it has the potential to be more dangerous. Please pray that this will be successful and that Chris will be able to start Cliff college as planned.
All of this family busyness lies against a backdrop of ministerial formation for Tim and I, he enters his final year of Foundation training this year whilst I have switched to the MA degree, and am looking to study through ERMC for the next two years. I am very much looking forward to the challenge of the Feminism and Psychology Units.
All change, it is scary and exciting at the same time- back to living on a student budget for 2 years will be interesting... yet I am reminded that God knows what we need, he numbers the hairs on our heads and cares deeply for us... perfect love casts out fear... teach me your ways Lord, show me your paths...
