Ok repeat after me "Sid & Jayne have NOT moved out of community". Repeat anytime you hear any rumour or suggestion that we have please. Feel free to blog it, tweet it, FB it or just plain shout it from the roof top of your house. It IS true we have moved AGAIN! So here's the next chapter of the journey and the truth about the move...
We always knew when we arrived at our previous temporary Bugbrooke residence that we were going to need to move. This was at the request of the household elder because they didn't really have much space for us and certainly not for the various waifs, strays, teenagers & alcoholics that are frequently attached to us! However, we knew a move up on to the estate on our own would just look like we were looking for a cosy little scene on our own so we prayed and asked God that if & when it was right he'd send us someone to live with us, preferably a single man, but anyone who was in need of a bit of a refuge... He sent us a young, fairly newly married couple who we knew well, who needed to adjust to married life & find a way forward and a week later we were gifted with a cheeky young scally wag from the Farm who needed family and keeping out of mischief!
So now there are 5 of us in a 4 bedroom house which leaves us one emergency bed or room for visitors to stay. If it wasn't for my husband & I being slightly over 35 it would be a J Gen house & that's certainly part of our vision, to support and nurture a J Gen scene, offer space for young men and hopefully, in time, once things have settled down, rescue the odd visitor in crisis at the Jesus Centre. Ultimately we'd like a another single young man to help the balance but we're leaving it to God to choose who & when that happens.
Ultimately, we hope that the 2 scenes will come together under one big roof but it may be that God will do something different with it all... we really are all leaving it up to him.
Like all new ventures it's exciting & scary. Scary because although we're still very much part of the mother house in terms of meetings & finances we are also branching out & exploring community as a new group together... It's exciting because it offers us a bit of flexibility and scope but I have to admit there are days where I long for the comfort and security of a big mother scene. Still I'm a pioneer at heart... so we've not moved out of community we are simply exploring it in a different place with a different set of people at the request and with the support of the household leadership team..... so now you know!
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