So, we’re in the very last week of school. Adventure Girl was sent off from Guides in style on Friday and Adventure Boy from Beavers yesterday. They both had mixed feelings; happiness from the love and care shown to them and the fun they’ve had, sadness from moving on. Adventure Boy says to me ‘what if the new Beavers don’t like me? Or don’t do football?’ Much as I can assure him they will, my feelings are with his, and I find myself thinking ‘what if they don’t like me? What if the school gate mums ignore me?’ <Funnily enough, not ‘what if they don’t do football?><\/p>\n
It’s such a time of bittersweet wonderings. Stoke has been amazing. I love the people here. I can only stand back in wonder and see what God has done. How can I go on from this place into the unknown? Especially to such a role – a church plant? Sometimes I’m overcome with excitement. More often, I’m left thinking ‘what on earth are we doing?’<\/p>\n
But today I am sad. The school week is crammed with last things. I can’t get to many due to spoons being in short supply this week, but I’ll do what I can. Tears are near!<\/p>\n
It’s not really an ending though, I suppose. It’s all just part of God’s great plan, and woven in with where we were before and where we will be next. A step on the journey. A stage in the Great Adventure. And so we can do it, we can embrace it, we can go for it.<\/p>\n
But a little piece of me will always be in Stoke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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