This time has literally flown by! It is so hard to believe that I will be leaving this amazing place in 3 days! I have been so blessed to have been able to form relationships with these warm and welcoming people! 


God has shown me that no matter the time you may be around a place, relationships are extremely rewarding! The only way to describe it is that my cup runneth over! As we are having to say goodbye I realize what a close relationship I have formed. Getting to talk to the sweet older ladies that show me pictures of their great-grandchildren to taking time with a 5 year old to see what kind of biscuits they are making in the plastic kitchen, each person has shown me such a loving and warm welcome and I am very sad to have to say goodbye. What is really amazing is that although we are from two different countries and sometimes speak a different language, we have a common unity in Christ. Isn't that amazing! It is a great reminder of what Christ has done for me and the love that I should show to all people that I may meet. These people will forever be ingrained in my heart and I will continue to pray for them! I feel like I now have an adopted family here in England! I have so many grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, and another mum and dad! I am so thankful for each person that I was able to meet and get to know. God has placed each person in my life and I am incredibly blessed!


It is really difficult to describe my feelings about leaving. When people ask me if I am excited about leaving my answer is Yes and No. I am so sad to leave but then I am looking forward to being home and seeing everyone at home as well. When I look back over the past 3 weeks that I have been here, I am amazed at all I have done and how God has grown me. I went from shaking in front of people and being scared to share my heart to realizing that Christ has something to say through me and my life and to not being scared to share it. I have also met and spoken to many many people. Forming relationships has been one of the purposes that we are here. Planting the seed of the love of Christ by listening and talking to someone. Showing them His love and praying that as they get to know us that it would draw them closer to Him. 


I am so thankful to have met each and every person in this wonderful area of Moulton, England!


Some of the things that we have done in the past few days:
Thursday:

Mr. David did not read the sign :)

We got to visit the Althorp Estate

Its like it is straight from the movies!

The stables

The grounds

Wow! it was BEAUTIFUL!

They mowed the grass...it made Rachel sneeze :(
And thats the stables

The island where Diana rests

Memorial

 Saturday:

Shopping!!!

The Farewell Sausage Supper

Such sweet people!

Love them!

Hannah!! :)

We had fun!

Love these people!

 Monday:

Rachel is excited to eat!!

Jack, Pam, Flo, and Bob. They are so much fun!

Boys Brigade

Lets go to the park!

Wow! Go Rachel go!

These boys are so much fun!

I did not see this sign till later :)

We did not get too far :)

It would be awesome to ride in one of those!

 Today (Tuesday):

Floxgloves

Lunch with Mrs. June by the garden

Such beautiful flowers!

I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to go to Moulton this summer! I am so thankful that God has allowed me to meet so many people and to fall in love with every aspect of this community! I will miss them all!

It has been a long while since I have posted! And a lot has happened since Friday! So I will take it a day at a time :)


Saturday! We went to the Central Baptist Association meetings at Loughton Baptist Church. I enjoyed it! We met people from all over Central England! As well as enjoying worshiping and listening to teaching with all of them! We also got to enjoy a great picnic with all kinds of wonderful English food!

A very pretty church!

 I really enjoyed it!


Sunday! It was great! We worked with the kids this time. We did the children's service. We taught them on the story of the woman who touched the cloak of Jesus and was healed. We had a video, games, and coloring sheets to go with the lesson. It was so much fun! I love those kids! That day two people were accepted into membership of the church!! :) After a relaxing afternoon we went to Activ8, the church youth group. That was really enjoyable! We watched the football match on the tele ;) then at half time Rachel, Jennifer, and I shared with them how we had been growing during our stay in England. It was great! It has been a joy to get to know that group! :)


Monday! THE OLYMPIC TORCH!! I got to see it! I am not mentioning how early we got up or how cold it was or if it rained or how long we stood there...because it was totally worth it!! :) We were right up on the spot and got to see all the floats go by and finally in the distance you see a guy (the runner we saw) in white holding a huge gold torch with a small flame reaching out of the golden top. It was amazing! It is hard to put it into words! I realized that this was a chance of a lifetime that I will most likely never see anything like this again! I was a part of history....wow! 
  

Our great spot!

Someone gave us some flags to wave

I got one too!

Then came the floats! 

They were handing out Cokes..but we did not get one :(

Here he comes!!

Almost here!!!

Here he is!!!

There he goes :)

I even got a video of it :)

It was absolutely amazing! I am so happy that I had the opportunity to go to it! :) After that we came home and went to Boys Brigade!

Project Craft! :)

Sweet boys!

Such focus

Made some Olympic Torches

The older boys shot bow and arrows

That was a very fun night! Rachel and I got a chance to shoot some as well..and Rachel almost got killed! haha But she is alive and well! ;) Jennifer got a chance to hold a bow but no shooting for her! Got to save that arm! :) 


Tuesday! Mr. David had a funeral this day and Mrs. Beth was sick with a migraine so Mr. David dropped us off at the Northampton Market for some shopping. It was very fun! We got all kinds of cool stuff and souvenirs as well as eating some good food!

And tried on some hats!

We then made supper! We had a lot of fun trying to figure out all the measurement transfers! :( but we were able to do it and it turned out very good!

Rachel made a macaroni casserole

I made Poppy Seed Chicken

Yummy!

Jennifer sauteed some vegetables! 

  It was quite delicious! :)


Today, July 4! 

This morning we had prayer meeting. I know I say this often but I am truly blessed by this group! It is such a great way to start off the day, in prayer! This group is so warm and welcoming and I feel so at home here! After the prayer meeting we headed up to Moulton Parish Church (I have had pictures of it in earlier posts). They were having a luncheon like the one that we had a couple of weeks ago and we were invited to speak. 

Mr. David introducing us

The people there were so sweet and I enjoyed talking to them! I also enjoyed getting to share and talk with some of the people that were there! It is such an encouragement to talk to people that are from a different country but we have a common ground in Christ!! That is soo amazing!!

We then got a chance to go and tour the church...including the bell tower!!

Climbing to the bell tower

The bells!!!

It has been a great few days! and I am so thankful to have the opportunity to come over here! :)