From Hot Mozambique to cold Ireland!

On these hot days Abigail & Joshua love to cool down in the water!! We praise God however that this year the weather has not been unbearable! We have had lots of overcast warm days in the high 20's which is really pleasant!! However we do realise that we are in for a shock when we come back to Ireland.

We, God willing, travel to Johannesburg by car next Tuesday. We then stay overnight and fly out on the evening of the 14th Dec. Please pray for us as we prepare this week to travel. We want to meet with our Mozambican friends here to wish them a blessed Christmas and we have packing and organising to do! Pray also for a safe journey and protection from God for all of us as we travel and especially that the children would sleep on the plane!!! They do not have seats so will be on our knees! Pray for free seats near to us where they can sleep!

We are really looking forward to being back in Northern Ireland and catching up with family and friends. Our primary reason for this visit is that we have two family weddings to attend which will be great! We are also looking forward to celebrating Christmas and the twins 2nd birthday at home! We are having an informal get-together on Saturday 7th January in Ballinderry Parish Church Hall at 2pm. We are sorry that it is not possible to visit everyone individually due to lack of time but we would love to see you on Sat 7th!

Girassol

Ali has once again entered the Christmas Window Competition in Antrim. She and others have put a great effort into creating a great window. Thank you so much to all who have exerted so much time and energy. The windows in the participating shops have already been judged by the official judging panel but this year they also are taking into account the views of the public. There are voting papers in the shop. We would love you to support the shop and Ali in this competition. We would really appreciate it if you could pop into the shop and fill in a voting paper to vote for the best shop window. The voting papers are only available in the shop and the voting closes this Friday!

May you know God's blessing today! We really appreciate your love and prayers!

Love Melvin, Sharon, Abigail and Joshua.