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We are committed! In the past we agreed, but now we are committed. Tickets to Johannesburg have been acquired, and seats booked (same seats as last time). We are now sorting our possessions. I am grateful to Brother Nigel (Schibald), who, many years ago first planted the seed of a simple life, living with less. Pictured are the possessions we are shipping to South Africa. Fourteen boxes that will help us live a simpler life at Mercy Air, in White River.
What we are discovering is that we have so much stuff! Jesus once said something about our possessions and our treasures.  We have already made many trips to the re-cyclers, and the council tip, and there will be many more to come. In this part of the journey we are asking; ‘What do we want to come back to?’ We are moving from a 5 bedroom house vicarage with a large garden, to a small 2 bedroom cabin with a combined kitchen, living and dining room, with a massive garden (The Lowveld).     
We discovered we had three sets of crockery, (don’t ask). So we decided to box a full set, and give it away, which we did. We took it to St Basil’s charity for the Homeless in Birmingham. We have worked with them through our church and local schools for many years.
The phrase we are working with is: ‘To leave well’. We don’t share this to boast but to share what we are learning about ourselves and the opportunities before us.  We are following Brother Nigel’s model of living a simpler life.
If you are the praying kind, we would welcome your prayers for us in this part of our journey.

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