Drawing near to the end of the year.

 Hello my dear frineds.
I hope that you're well.
I hope that things are going well for you.
It is wet here in wellington, so I'm staying out of the rain, and inside.
A bit of a wet start to summer, but wellington does have it's nice days.
As we draw near to the end of the year, let us be thankful for the things that we have.
And as we go into the next year, rather than worrying about our needs and wants, we draw close to Jesus.

He is the ultimate giver of good things.

My round of my year has been mixed, I loved our wedding, this year, I loved the move to wellington, I love married life, but conscious of poeple who aren't married keep holding on.

I love how Andrei always points me to christ, in everything that we say and do.
I love our sponsor kids, and knowing that we give to the whole family, and their cycle of poventy is broken.
I love giving, at the right time and place.
I love all kids.

I love how prayers this year has been answered, I've had many different jobs, and each one in the right season.

I have ended up in hospital with gall bladder attacks, I still have my gall bladder, and I am healthy and it's behaving it's self.
I love how each day we give over to Jesus and he gives us what we need just for that day.

We've been going to a naturopath to keep healthy.

We are still, living with Andrei's parents, they are lovely, and we get on so well.

And as we draw closer to the end of the year it's a time to love and forgive.
Lots of love 
Chloe

Highs and lows.

 Hello there my friends.
How are you?
I hope that you are well.

Today I want to share with you, the love of Christ, that no matter what happens to us, Christ still loves us.

Lately, I've been going through some things, just the normal things like work, and such.

But lately, I notice that my prayer life needs work, we pray in the morning, I have a good 20 minute prayer time in the morning. We pray for our friends, we read the bible as a couple, and rely on christ.

And lately, it's going well. but a challange to me, is that no matter how much stuff I have, or money in account, or even Andrei the dear man that he is, we are all human.

We will fall short of the glory of God, our things won't save us.

Our family won't save us, nothing on this planet can save us, only the lord Jesus can.

Recently, dear Andrei got my first set of pearls, as beautiful and simple as they are, they can't save us.

We only need to look to Christ.

And when we look to Christ, and focus on him, all the things are dim in comparison.

Now I am aware, that I post too much on facebook, it is one thing, that I can't stop.

but I will try not to do so much posting, because.

A it really gives, people the faulse infomation, and thinks that their life is perfect, where they might be finding it hard.

And B, it's addictive.

So dear friends, don't think that for a moment, the grass is greener on the other side. 

The lord has indeed given you good things, that are different.

All life takes work, my friends, we have our own battles, but we focus on the lord.

We have overcome, our disabilities, our own mental health, grief of lossing both grand parents.

Andrei and I differences, don't think for a moment, that it's all rosey.

We have our opinions, but we meet in the middle.

We have no children, yet  and we will be trying, we aren't too sure if we can concieve, so we have sponcered family, and sponsored kids.

We have learnt to live on one single income, jobless, grief, covid restrictions.

Sickness.

So dear lovelies, it may seem on social media that it's going ok and everything is fine.

We still do life together and that the beautiful thing.

For my single friends out there, keep the faith, keep praying, keep the lords word close to you.

Be beautiful, be bold for christ.

Married friends, love your husbands, be slow to anger, slow to speak, listen, be in touch with friends both married and un married, ones with kids and some without kids..

Take it all.

Lots of love.
Chloe

An eternal flame.

 Hello my lovelies.
How are you?

I hope that you're well.
I haven't written for a while.
I haven't been up to much.
My hrs have been cut for personal reasons.

But then made up, so now working fridays and saturdays.
I find it complex time of year, with this jolly covid.
Now it's mandated, if you work in hospo, you have to be vaxed.
I find it, interesting, there are big, issues with this.
 If you don't have a vax passport you can't come into shops.
Only today, we had fish and chips, in churton park, we looked in the window, of our local cafe, it was empty, where as it would be busy.
Where I work, it has quiet down, where previous it was a hub of activity. 

It is a real shame, people have lost their jobs.

So for the ones who are self employed, those on their own the business keep holding on, and perhaps maybe just maybe put vaxed and unvaxed sticker in the window.

Well that's all for me.
Keep burning the enternal flame.

Lots of love.
Chloe