Moving into the trailer and the banana house!

We thank God for an AMAZING Christmas in England with friends and family. We have come back to Zambia with lots of great memories and our suitcases full of sweets and treats :-)
We had a brilliant time in Cornwall towards the end of our time in England. As a family we had all chipped in and booked a little cottage in Stratton; just outside where my Mum and Dad live in their camper van as well as my brother and his girlfriend. This meant that we were all together on Christmas day :-) It was such a special time to all be together and I think living far away from our families made us appreciate it all the more! The only downside was that it went too quick! Some pics below from our time in Cornwall!

We travelled back to Zambia on the 30th; a long but good journey and arrived back on the New Years Eve completely exhausted and falling into bed way before midnight!
We have now moved house within the Amano grounds and instead of returning to our flat in the dorm we have moved into a caravan/trailer which is a literally a 2minute walk from the dorm but offers more privacy and a place we can call our own :-) It was a bit of a challenge squeezing all of our things into a much smaller space (especially all of Jona's clothes and shoes!! ;-) but we are now all moved in and really loving it!

This is a picture of the outside of the trailer, there is roofing across the top of it which overhangs over a large veranda at the front and there is a small area for bbq's out the front although in the picture it is overgrown with grass! I will try and get some inside pics asap.

The other move that has happened since we returned is the youth groups move into the banana house. After a lot of planning and praying the banana house is now near complete and ready to use this term! yay! Jarrett and I were able to move all of the furniture we have collected for the youth ministry in yesterday and it is already starting to shape up. The space has a mini kitchen, storage room, 2 toilets and then a large space for the young people to hang out and play games. We both feel sooo pleased to now have this space to use!

More pictures to come! We hope to buy some new sofa's for the room today too :-)

Jon is currently at school attending the staff meeting and preparing lessons etc. The boarders all return on Sunday and school starts on Monday so the term is already underway!