Ruth & Chris in Isle of Man

Ruth & Chris in Isle of Man! Its amazing how many people say "are you back here for a holiday". In the past 2 weeks, we have spoken about the charity to home groups, attended meetings, written newsletters, spoken at church services, sorted bags of donated clothes etc and Chris has also been working most days and trying to finish renovating our bathroom here in the evenings! Having said all that we are thoroughly enjoying our time back here, it is great to be with our family and catch up with friends.

So what else is good about being back on the Isle of Man- having the opportunity to walk the dog in the beautiful Manx countryside-50 minutes walk on Marine drive this morning! The NSC swimming pool-34 lengths in 37 minutes this morning! drinkable tap water, & the fantastic shower in our almost completed bathroom.

Please get in touch if you would like us to come and talk to you about the work in Romania. This year is going to be busy and we would love to share some of our vision with you.

Half way

Half way home and stopped for the night in Marktheidenfeld, Germany. a small hotel that we have stopped in a few times now and we received a lovely welcome from the owners. We have driven around 1000miles in the past 32 hours and on the whole a smooth run. Though Chris did have my heart in my mouth as he overtook a lorry coming down one of the Romanian mountains. Picture this lorry going round a hairpin bend, Chris cut the corner by diving down a rough track and coming out on the road below, ahead of the lorry!!!!!!!!!! Praise the Lord for our Pajero and its off road tyres!
we will be the road again in the morning, heading for Dunkirk and an evening ferry to Dover. then ferry to Isle of Man on Sunday afternoon.

Midnight in Dorohoi

Midnight in Dorohoi and we aim to be on the road for the first leg of our drive home at 7am in the morning. if all goes to plan we will cover around 550 miles tomorrow and get as far as the Austrian/Hungarian border. It will take us around 12 hours- slow going until we reach the smooth roads of the Hungarian motorways.
Today has been a mixture of administation, cleaning the apartment, packing up and visits to families. We took a couple of hours off this evening and had a lovely time of fellowship with our Romanian home group.
We will certainly miss folks here over the next few weeks, but are looking forward to being with our family and friends on the island. Noapte buna si Domnul sa va binecuventeze.