First day in England

Today marks my first full day here at The Kings Lodge. :]

After many flight delays and missing my bus, I arrived yesterday at about 4:30 in the afternoon. Jet and Edward were so welcoming and excited to see me. I got settled and we had super with the group. 

Everyone I meet says something like, "Oh! You're Anna! We've been praying for you for weeks!!!" or "Anna! You've arrived! An answer to prayer right before my eyes". I'm not quite sure how to think about it all yet. 

The Kings Lodge is beautiful!!! The room I'm in is lovely and has two majestic windows that  overlook the front lawn. There are people here from England, America, Germany, Brazil, Korea, Malaysia, Amsterdam, among others. And someone from South Africa will be arriving later.  :]

I'm excited for the opportunity to experience it all. Daan is so much fun and so easy-going. He likes my nose and my glasses the bast so far. :P It's cool because Jet confirmed what I felt during my quite time this morning; that it's ok for me to take care of myself.  And in fact, that I need to value myself especially while I'm here, if only so that I can serve more wholly. 

There is a man from Kentucky here and also a British Lady who lived in my neighborhood and who's husband used to teach at OSU. :] How cool is that? :]

Dinner [main meal of the day] is at 1pm (in 30 minutes) so I better go. Jet lent me a book on parenting that I am going to read through. :] Praise the Lord, it hasn't rained yet! It is so sunny and beautiful out! 

Please feel free to send me a letter if you want *wink wink* the address is:

The King's Lodge 
               Watling Street
               Nuneaton
               Warwickshire 
               CV10 0TZ
               England

Have a great day! Leave me a comment so I know you read this. :) 

God bless and keep my family and I in prayer!

In Him^,

Anna :]

Rest in Peace

Have you ever thought about what it means to rest in peace?

We use the phrase with regards to the dead; those who no longer have to deal with the unrest of this world (obviously this is not completely true, but I'm trying to make a point, work with me). 

And then we have the concept of dying to our old ways, living in Christ's new life. We find this such a hard concept to grasp. Could it be as simple as resting in His peace? 

If you want to boil it down to a very extreme level (what in life is not extreme?) you could say this - You can live in the unrest and struggle of trying to do this life on your own. Or you can choose to lay down your life, surrender control, and rest in the peace of the One who is the essence of Good. 

Food for thought. 

Rest in Peace-

Anna Elizabeth Jefferis 1989-