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Well, we’ve been at the Wycliffe Centre for over a month so it’s time to update you on what we’ve been up to…

We’ve settled in well and are really enjoying having our little flat that’s in such a lovely location on the edge of the woods. It’s been a great base for me to do my work from. I’m having fun working with colleagues in Tanzania from a distance, doing what I can to help them. It’s also nice that Matt can come home from his recruitment work in the office to have lunch with me!

We’ve joined a church in High Wycombe, North Thames Vineyard ,and despite only having made it for a few Sundays so far we’re enjoying getting to know some people (there’s young couples like us – yay!). We’ve also attended a small group and started to feel at home already.

We’ve been going swimming once a week in a local pool. Though this isn’t quite as lovely as any of the locations we swam in in Tz (Lake Nyasa surrounded by mountains, or overlooking the Indian Ocean or the Rift Valley wall) it is good to be able to go regularly and to get some proper exercise. I (Liz) have been able to do this as well and I’m getting stronger as a result!

I’ve also joined a ladies group on the centre and that has been a very encouraging time of fellowship, prayer and discussing a Christian book. It’s a great way to get to know a few of the ladies around here.

Matt has been appreciating the ability to play volleyball and golf with friends and just chilling out at a local pub with other guys. It’s great how furlough is allowing us to do many things that we couldn’t do whilst in Tanzania. We’re definitely making the most of it! Some of these activities may sound mundane to you but the old saying ‘you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone’ is very true for us in these things!

Our weekends have been a bit busy but we have also had some chilled ones at the centre and love to go for walks in the woods. We’ve been to London with Matt’s family, taken his sister to uni in Bristol and spoken at Faringdon Baptist Church on another weekend, and most recently we’ve also been down to Devon to speak at the Tanzania prayer meeting in Exeter and to celebrate my Mum’s birthday. Speaking of travelling, we’ll be up in Sheffield again next weekend so hope to see some familiar faces then! Thanks also to people who’ve popped in to see our new home – we’ve loved entertaining you! All the rest of you are warmly welcome anytime!