Well...This is it....I'm moving!
Esther and I are renting a house together. This is it on the right.
I have been thinking about it for a while now and I just felt God confirm that I was meant to look. We saw this one going for £425 a month (plus Council Tax, Electricity, Gas etc on top). So we went to view it and we knew that this was where God wanted us to be.
Esther lives at the top of Holywell at the moment. It's inaccessible for a number of reasons. She lives by herself so as a youthworker the young people are unable to call around as it's against child protection policy. It is also seen as the posh area of Holywell whereas most of our young people live in the more working class and council owned area. This house is great because if you head up the road about 50 yards you're onto the High Street so we are central for everyone.
Just a couple of prayer requests though.
- As we are just off the High Street please pray for protection. As with many small towns in GB there is a high drinking and fighting culture at the weekend. We may be subject to the fall out of this.
- God will really use us where we are and that we will influence those people around us and the young people will feel they can call around and share anything they need to with us.
- Dad, although he came to view the house with us and seemed pleased about the choice, is taking it badly. He is drinking very heavily. Things have happened that I can't really repeat here. I am looking forward to moving out and living with a fellow Christian (to be built up, study the bible and pray together) but there is this weight of guilt and fear that I feel I am buckling under at the moment. I think it would be easier to handle if I knew that he was drinking so heavily as he was angry with me and wanted to get back at me, but it's heartbreaking as he is doing it because he is so depressed and sad. All this coincides with the 10th anniversary of my mum's death on 9th October. It's been tough on him but he cannot seem to understand that the drink will not help. It doesn't help that one doctor tells him that he is an alcoholic and then another one tells him that he isn't. Please pray that I'll entrust him to God and know that God's plan is perfect; and for the strength for me to get through the coming week. I'm definitely moving, I just feel as though I'm on autopilot at the moment.
