Tonight we are just finishing our final preparation before we head off for Gatwick airport tomorrow morning.
Please pray:

• For safe travel to the airport tomorrow.
• For a smooth, stress free flight.
• A good appointment with the airport immigration official.
• Safe journey to our 1st night hotel.
• For the kids, especially Ben who is very apprehensive.
• For Lyn, who doesn’t like flying.
• For us all, the we seize the day with confidence and faith.
• A good appointment with the Bank in Saint John on Friday.
• For wisdom as we look at houses on the weekend.

So, not many prayers

We are truely thankful for all your love, prayers, best wishes and support.

God bless,

Jon, Lyn, Ben and Grace

I used to be very afraid of dogs – one day, when Ben was little a large dog jumped over our garden fence. I had to place myself inbetween the dog and the rest of my family. Since then I’ve made an effort to be friendly to dogs when we visit friends who have a dog – I’m not really fraid anymore.

When I visited Quispamsis for the first time I had a very strange experience one night. I can only describe it as an apparition. I decided at a later time that this experience was about reaching out and touching my fears. Now, as I wake on the week when we move to Canada I am set on a headon collision course with my fears. Fears of not being about to support my family. The fear of failure. Even though many people confirm that this step we are taking is of God, that (in my book) doesn’t necessarily equate with success, whatever that is. I’ve often wondered how Abraham felt when God asked him to leave his land and his family – God was asking him to leave all the things he was dependant upon and to become depeandant upon God – did he have complete confidence that God would work everything out? Was he anxious? Nervous?

When we moved to Vancouver in 2000 I had none of these nerves. This time it’s a different story. I have fears, but I am reaching out to touch them.

We heard this week that there is a mortgage that we meet all the conditions for. The downside is that we need to put 35% down, and that leaves us with some serious decisions to make about contingency cash flow. If I earn enough through the web and graphics work then this won’t matter, but there are so many unknowns.

Only 6 days to fly time now and I have to make a conscious effort to trust God, and not to ponder all the things that could go dramatically wrong. Sometimes Faith is about carrying on and not letting your fears, or even real possibilities divert you.

Well the loft is empty now – and that has to be good. Big farewell with Lyn’s family tomorrow – I would appreciate everyones prayers for them as well as for us.

The grim reality of two messy kids bedrooms after beginning to sort out what should stay and what should go. We’ve put the kids into one room so that one room can be a storage center. We’ll see how well they go to sleep tonight :-<
Two weeks and 2 days until the removal men come, and our task seems impossible. The excitement of getting the visa is turning to the realization that we still have a mountain to climb, or a mountain to pack anyway.

We went to the Canadian High Commission today to collect our passports with our visas in them. I was wearing a very cheesy grin, probably due to our joy at the end of this stage of a very long and stressful process.
Now we only have the small matter of flying, landing and discovering what God has for us in Canada.