So much has happened in the past few months for Geoff and Dar Gail McNabb, and family. They have:
• Moved into their new staff house on site at The Homes of Ethnos360 in Florida
• Completed paperwork and insurance set up
• Connected with a couple of home education groups
• Geoff completed the process of immigration and is now a US Citizen
• Visited churches and found a new church home
• Had a week-long family reunion with Dar Gail’s family
• Had visits from multiple friends from the UK, etc., etc…
…Looking at the above list they can see God’s faithfulness again and again.
Life is different from the UK and there are still many challenges in figuring things out.
One “minor” difference is the temperatures in summer…It’s HOT!
Geoff’s day begins at 7:30 most days with the maintenance team gathering for a time to pray and study God’s Word. At 8am the workday begins with a range of jobs, from fixing irrigation, prepping the outside of houses for new residences, fertilising the grass and shrubs, etc. At the minute they are cutting hedges and burning brush.
Aside from these day-to-day jobs, they must cut grass twice a week and strim and edge the whole site every other week. They have coffee break at 10am, lunch at 12noon and coffee break at 3pm, and then finish at 4:30pm.
Generally, the work is very similar to what he did in North Cotes… aside from the fact the plants are all different, the mowers are different, the grass is different, and the heat is almost unbearable at times. Oh, and they have different names for various tools. But apart from all this, it’s similar to life at North Cotes.
Geoff is working with a core team of four other men who have been very gracious to him and allowed him time to get adjusted to the different aspects of life before I take on the manager’s roll. There are still many things he does not know about the site, and it can add to the stress for the day, but God is teaching him for the hundredth time to be patient and wait on Him. Geoff is really enjoying his role and is looking forward to starting to lead later this year.
Thank you for praying for all of the paperwork that they needed to do over the past months and years. They are constantly reminded that:
“Our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,” Phil.3:20
The kids have enjoyed climbing the neighbours’ tree, helping their Pappy with the goats, and spotting alligators in nearby lakes and ponds.
Thank you for your prayers.