Week Six

We have new (old) carpet! Yay! Let's tell the story....


It all started 3 weeks ago when I went to the Tip-Shop to get some lace curtains (costing about $5) to use to keep the butterflies off my veggie patch. Garth sent me off with $50 "just in case". Well, while I was there I happened to spy some new light purple carpet - then I spied my lovely friend Linda, who happens to be married to a carpet layer. She rang him and he came over to the Tip shop to check out the quantity and if it would be enough for the girls room. It was, and it only cost $40!!!! So Brent throws it into his Ute, comes and measures up, drops everything and lays the carpet that very Saturday. What a generous couple! Our whole family was quite taken with our one room of soft fluffy carpet and spent the afternoon lazing around on it in awe. Now, fast forward to the following Wednesday evening when Brent and Linda come to our front door with a carpet sample and asked "Do you like this colour?" (as pictured above with Swae) I said yes, still puzzled until they lead me out to see his Ute packed to the brim of carpet he had just pulled up from a house that day - from another Christian couple at that. I was totally over whelmed (nearly to tears)! The boys got to it and before I knew it, our rumpus room was full of rolled carpet and under lay - ALL FREE! This last Saturday, Brent came and did our living room and walk way and it looks like a new house! How spoiled are we? How gorgeous are our friends? and how amazing is our God?


Garth's favourite words have become "Swae, just bugger off!" and he proposes that she was programmed incorrectly at birth, since a normal child is suppose to laugh 70 times a day - Swae whinges this amount instead.... driving everyone up the wall - the universe obviously forgot the carry the 1. However, he has done exceedingly well this week considering he has only had one eye, the other was taken over by a virus. The eye became furiously red, sore and super light sensitive. A trip to the doctors proved predictable unhelpful but we are hopeful that it is actually getting a little bit better now -time will tell.
Capernwray was a bit different this week. We had Lectures on Acts 1-8 The Early Church. It was really interesting and full of great discussions. Tuesday was our "Quiet Day" in which all students are encouraged to spend the day alone with God - in prayer, in his word, in nature etc. It really is a quite day when no one speaks and no loud activities are happening. I spent about four and half hours praying and reading the Bible while laying out in the sun on a grass over looking the fields and river. Beautiful! The sky was a brilliant blue and the birds were playful. I spend the majority of that time reading and writing Ephesians. What a great book! As I re-wrote it, I transcribed all the "your" and "we" type words with "I" and "me" type words. WOW! Now the book was speaking to me personally. And I learnt so much. Particularly about the church body and about the security we have in Christ. It was a great time and I highly recommend everyone take this kind of time even if only once a year! That evening, all the students and staff came together to sing and share our days with each other and that was a very uplifting time. How faithful is our God in our lives!
Another highlight in my week was Bible study. This time I had to write and present it. Talk about a LOT of work - I must have spent 20 hours in preparation! But it all went well and the other students got very involved. For the presentation itself I got an A- and I hopefully will find out this week what mark I received for my full manuscript. But I am truly loving my time at Capernwray this year and I feel so blessed to be supported by friends and family.
Until next time...