We feel so blessed!
So far while planning our God led journey we have been so blessed by so many different people and many of these people we have just recently met and got to know.
For example, on Saturday night we went and had a yummy BBQ dinner with some new friends we recently made. These new friends of ours blessed us with a yummy dinner and great conversation that continued late into the night. It was a great night for us and for the girls, especially since they to have two girls.
It is so funny, we have made so many new friendships since planing this journey and we will be sad to leave these newly formed friendships behind, but we believe God is surrounding us with these beautiful people to support us, encourage us and to believe in us and our vision and journey.
We feel so blessed and so very grateful to these people and to God for this.
Their support means the world to us!
I'm so very aware and its so very evident to me that God's hand is on the planing of this journey, and that alone is the only thing that brings peace to my sometimes anxious heart. Thank you God xo
Take Care,
Dimi xoxox
Monday, 30 November 2015
2 Weeks until...
Settlement on our home is only 2 short weeks away, what a shocker!
The time has gone so very fast and it is hard to believe we only have 2 weeks left in this house.
Monday 14th of December is our final day here. We did plan to leave on our journey that very same day, but plans have needed to be changed a little.
We won't be picking up our 4WD until after our house settlement day and that is why we've had to delay our plans.
If plans don't need to be changed again, our new plan is to leave on Tuesday 22nd of December.
We decided to stay with my mum for the one extra week we remain here until we get our 4WD. The good thing is the extra week also gives us that little bit more time to tie up some loose ends!
This also means our Gorgeous girls can remain in school for the final week of the school year. Our girls are happy because they both enjoy school and they will be able to enjoy an extra week of school with their school friends.
We are hoping we don't need to make any more changes to our plans, especially regarding the day we leave....However, my heart often reminds me of God's word.....
Romans 8:28
"And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them."
So, I'm trusting in God that all will work out just as it is meant to work out!
Take Care,
Dimi
The time has gone so very fast and it is hard to believe we only have 2 weeks left in this house.
Monday 14th of December is our final day here. We did plan to leave on our journey that very same day, but plans have needed to be changed a little.
We won't be picking up our 4WD until after our house settlement day and that is why we've had to delay our plans.
If plans don't need to be changed again, our new plan is to leave on Tuesday 22nd of December.
We decided to stay with my mum for the one extra week we remain here until we get our 4WD. The good thing is the extra week also gives us that little bit more time to tie up some loose ends!
This also means our Gorgeous girls can remain in school for the final week of the school year. Our girls are happy because they both enjoy school and they will be able to enjoy an extra week of school with their school friends.
We are hoping we don't need to make any more changes to our plans, especially regarding the day we leave....However, my heart often reminds me of God's word.....
Romans 8:28
"And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them."
Take Care,
Dimi
Sunday, 29 November 2015
Round 2...
Well, well, well...Google and you tube, sometimes you are more precious than gold, Hahaha!
So Shane and I had round 2 with setting up our caravan and awning. Last time it took more than 2 hours and we were totally spewing about it, 2 hours is way too long.
We actually looked into purchasing a quick set up wind out awning, but after thinking about it for a short time we decided it was too expensive and not worth it.
Shane did some homework and called the company that makes our style awning/annexe (Aussie Traveller) and Shane actually found out our awning/annex is great quality and is made from a really durable material, so that was great news for us and we were very happy to hear that. After finding that out, Shane checked out WONDERFUL google and found a clip on you tube that shows how to set up our exact awning (ours is just bigger), it took the man in the clip only 3 minutes to set up the awning (not including the annexe), only 3 short minutes. My golly gosh, it took Shane over 1 1/2 hours to set up the awning last week.
Oh another thing Shane worked out by watching the clip was that he had the awning poles in the wrong way, that is why they weren't staying up properly!......What a Nutter!
Well, it was round 2...Shane and Dimi versus the awning and annexe, Hehe!
This time we followed the directions on the you tube clip and set it up step by step referring back to the clip. To our complete AMAZEMENT we had the awning set up in an awesome and very short 15 minutes, and the annexe only took us about 11 short minutes....
We were sooooo impressed with ourselves we just kept giving each other a High five, we felt invincible, Hahaha!
We are so wrapped it only took us a short 26 minutes on our second round, we even think we can improve on that time, YAY for google and you tube!
Oh and round 2 goes to Shane and Dimi, WOOOHOOOOOOOO :-)
Check it out...
We are so glad we decided to give it another go, YAY!
Have a good one and Take care,
Dimi xoxox
So Shane and I had round 2 with setting up our caravan and awning. Last time it took more than 2 hours and we were totally spewing about it, 2 hours is way too long.
We actually looked into purchasing a quick set up wind out awning, but after thinking about it for a short time we decided it was too expensive and not worth it.
Shane did some homework and called the company that makes our style awning/annexe (Aussie Traveller) and Shane actually found out our awning/annex is great quality and is made from a really durable material, so that was great news for us and we were very happy to hear that. After finding that out, Shane checked out WONDERFUL google and found a clip on you tube that shows how to set up our exact awning (ours is just bigger), it took the man in the clip only 3 minutes to set up the awning (not including the annexe), only 3 short minutes. My golly gosh, it took Shane over 1 1/2 hours to set up the awning last week.
Oh another thing Shane worked out by watching the clip was that he had the awning poles in the wrong way, that is why they weren't staying up properly!......What a Nutter!
Well, it was round 2...Shane and Dimi versus the awning and annexe, Hehe!
This time we followed the directions on the you tube clip and set it up step by step referring back to the clip. To our complete AMAZEMENT we had the awning set up in an awesome and very short 15 minutes, and the annexe only took us about 11 short minutes....
We were sooooo impressed with ourselves we just kept giving each other a High five, we felt invincible, Hahaha!
We are so wrapped it only took us a short 26 minutes on our second round, we even think we can improve on that time, YAY for google and you tube!
Oh and round 2 goes to Shane and Dimi, WOOOHOOOOOOOO :-)
Check it out...
Have a good one and Take care,
Dimi xoxox
Saturday, 28 November 2015
The Gift that Keeps on Giving...
The other night Shane went to the young adults connect group end of year dinner. Shane leads the young adults connect group at Encounter Church. This dinner was the end of year dinner and it was also Shane's last night with the young adults group before we go on our journey.
Shane came home and he was a bit emotional and he placed the above box on the dining table and just looked at me. He said something like "what have we been praying for? and what were we discussing today?" I wasn't sure what he was talking about because we have been praying for a lot of things!
Shane lifted the gift box lid and I looked inside the box and that was it, we both cried.
Inside this absolutely Gorgeous gift box was yet another answered prayer from God. Yet another answered prayer to add to the list of MANY answered prayers.
This is what was inside the gift box.......
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| Answered Prayer...Bibles... |
I believe whether the young adults knew this or not, God whispered to them and used them to answer our prayers.
I'm not part of leading the young adults at all, Shane does that himself, but either way both Shane and I are so proud of the young adults. At Encounter Church in Sunbury, Victoria we have some AMAZING, Mature and God driven young adults that we believe are going to be world changes, we can just see it!
Thank You Very Much to all the young adults at Encounter Church who were a part of Gods answered prayer...We appreciate it :-)
Take Care,
Dimi and Shane xoxox
Friday, 27 November 2015
So many GREAT people...
Recently we have met so many GREAT people ...
We met one of our neighbours for the first time a few months ago. These neighbours moved in to a house across the road at some stage this year or last year!
This neighbour has a dump truck and he offered to allow us to use the truck because we had a whole lot of rubbish on our front lawn from cleaning out our sheds and house. We had nearly 2 trailer loads full of rubbish, what a shocker!
As offered, the other day our neighbour drove his large truck onto our front lawn and after a bit of hard work it was all gone!
Another thing ticked off our to do list, YAY.
So many GREAT people!
Thank you Adrian, we appreciate it.
Thanks Heaps and Take Care,
Dimi :-)
We met one of our neighbours for the first time a few months ago. These neighbours moved in to a house across the road at some stage this year or last year!
This neighbour has a dump truck and he offered to allow us to use the truck because we had a whole lot of rubbish on our front lawn from cleaning out our sheds and house. We had nearly 2 trailer loads full of rubbish, what a shocker!
As offered, the other day our neighbour drove his large truck onto our front lawn and after a bit of hard work it was all gone!
Another thing ticked off our to do list, YAY.
So many GREAT people!
Thank you Adrian, we appreciate it.
Thanks Heaps and Take Care,
Dimi :-)
Sooooooo Proud...
Okay, just a warning...I'm going to brag a little about my family, but that's okay isn't it :-)
I just want to share how SOOOOOOO VERY Proud I am of my family!
We have a whole lot of things to look forward to on our journey and it is very exciting and we are all looking forward to it, however there has been quite a bit of sacrifice to make this journey happen and I am extremely proud of my GORGEOUS husband and our GORGEOUS girls for how they have handled it all!
Shane has had to give up his job, leading the young adults connect group and our house that he has worked VERY hard to keep.
Our Beautiful girls have had to sacrifice things also. They've had to give up the house they love, our much loved and adored fur girl Zoey Cute Rech that we've had to temporarily leave behind, their school and school friends.
We've all prayed together as a family so the girls know why we are on this journey. Even though there has been tears from all of us regarding some sacrifices, the girls have really just taken it in their stride and they are really looking forward to it. As a mum and wife I am so very proud of my Beautiful Family.
We know our sacrifices will be more than worth it in the long run!
Okay the bragging is over :-)
Take care,
Dimi xoxox
I just want to share how SOOOOOOO VERY Proud I am of my family!
We have a whole lot of things to look forward to on our journey and it is very exciting and we are all looking forward to it, however there has been quite a bit of sacrifice to make this journey happen and I am extremely proud of my GORGEOUS husband and our GORGEOUS girls for how they have handled it all!
Shane has had to give up his job, leading the young adults connect group and our house that he has worked VERY hard to keep.
Our Beautiful girls have had to sacrifice things also. They've had to give up the house they love, our much loved and adored fur girl Zoey Cute Rech that we've had to temporarily leave behind, their school and school friends.
We've all prayed together as a family so the girls know why we are on this journey. Even though there has been tears from all of us regarding some sacrifices, the girls have really just taken it in their stride and they are really looking forward to it. As a mum and wife I am so very proud of my Beautiful Family.
We know our sacrifices will be more than worth it in the long run!
Okay the bragging is over :-)
Take care,
Dimi xoxox
Thursday, 26 November 2015
What I'm Not Looking Forward to...
This is a list of things I'm NOT really looking forward to on our journey...
1. SPIDERS and ALL creepy crawlies
2. Road kill (I once had a horrible collision with 2 kangaroos, it nearly was 3)
3. Lack of privacy (I'm a private person by nature)
4. Cleaning out the portable loo, Haha
5. Some of the scary/high rides the girls want to go on (at the theme park)
Okay, so that's all I can think of...That's a good thing though!
Have a good day and Take Care,
Dimi xoxox
1. SPIDERS and ALL creepy crawlies
2. Road kill (I once had a horrible collision with 2 kangaroos, it nearly was 3)
3. Lack of privacy (I'm a private person by nature)
4. Cleaning out the portable loo, Haha
5. Some of the scary/high rides the girls want to go on (at the theme park)
Okay, so that's all I can think of...That's a good thing though!
Have a good day and Take Care,
Dimi xoxox
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