The past few months have been a whirlwind of events. We listed our home on April 11th, and accepted a firm offer on April 15th. Several weeks prior, a Christian contact we had made on the island back in February extended an offer to rent their 3-acre farm house. As we spoke about terms and viewed photos, it was clear that the LORD was in this, and we agreed to rent the home from May onwards.
We write this letter seated in the century-old home, peering out the dining room window across a large front yard and into the provincial park just across the road. We arrived on Wednesday, and have been trekking the forests and exploring the river a bit each day. Birds of all varieties have swarmed our newly installed bird feeder — I hand-fed a black-capped Chickadee this very morning.
The kids have spent multiple hours outside each day, swinging from the trees, exploring the barn, “staff-fighting” with various walking sticks, having “jolly adventures”, and significantly increasing their appetites! We joined a community of believers in worship today — meeting literally just down the road. This evening, we participated in a community potluck, met the mayor (of all 180 people in the community), and learned a bit of history about the home in which we now reside.
Our stay here is short this time — we return to KW later this week — but we look forward to being permanently on the island come mid-June. We anticipate our last Sunday at First Baptist Church to be June 2nd, after which we’ll be busy finalizing the packing and moving details.
Pray that the LORD would continue to show His hand of direction, and guide us through the busy weeks ahead. Charity will be ministering in music for our Super 60’s ministry later in May, and I will be travelling for one of several business trips this summer.
For anyone in the region: we are having a bit of a “goodbye” event at our home in KW on June 1st from 1-4 PM. Feel free to drop in, have some light refreshments, and say “bye!” We know this won’t work for everyone, so don’t feel pressured to come if you can’t make it — we’ll be back often enough.
Sincerely,
Jesse, Charity, Anne, Christopher, Alfred & Kathryn