Elliotts Abroad – Our Family Adventures Overseas

We are looking forward to moving into our new flat this week. Some of our friends and family are surprised by our moving yet again since we arrived in England. Although we don’t enjoy the moving process, we are so thankful that the Lord has answered our housing prayers.

Our new place boasts it’s very own off street parking spot (a first for us over here in England- we are moving up in the world, tee hee) as well as double glazed windows (also a first for us over here.) These small things are a very big reason to move. We will no longer have to hop up onto the sidewalk and park in between bollards. Additionally, the double glazed windows and electric radiator heaters should lower our utility bills during the winter months.As an even better added bonus the bathroom is equipped with an extractor fan (yet another first!) and something we were looking for specifically when we were house hunting.

We are also thrilled because Colin will be able to use the small second bedroom for his office and workspace during the day. That means for the first time since we moved to England, we will actually have our very own bedroom! The flat is a bit larger than our cottage as well as having a lot of natural light, which will also help during the gray and dark winter days ahead.

We will miss the beautiful views from our cottage windows and we will miss the aspects of living in the village. However, we are more than happy to say goodbye to drafty windows, spiders and their food, and all the nooks and crannies in this current place.

We will post updated pictures once we have actually settled and moved into the flat. We already know where we want to put all our furniture and decorating ideas abound! Thanks for all of you who have been praying with us and for us about our housing situations.