Last week in Dublin (the big smoke)

Well it's my last week of living in Dublin, it is hard to believe I have back living here in Dublin for the last 6 years!!! How time flies! When I am about to leave Dublin (I have left several times before) I always begin to think about the great things Dublin has to offer such as shops, cinemas, museums, galleries, restaurants, theaters and parks. Now when I am in Dublin I hardly ever partake of these things (time and money are usually my issue) but I like to know I can just pop out to them at a moments notice if the notion takes me! I have been trying to see and re-see some of the sites of Dublin over the last couple of weeks before I leave again such as the National museums and Glasnevin cemetery. I have also been trying to catch up with friends (and sometime I have been combining the 2) whom I will miss when I leave too (sorry if we didn't manage to get to meet up).

I am heading down to Tramore this evening to get the keys of my new house and to start moving in these are exciting and scary times, Tramore seems very small compared to Dublin but that might be a good thing!!??

I have my last sunday in Grosvenor road Baptist church this sunday which will be hard too, please continue to pray for me as I move out of the Big smoke and as I move church too, please also pray for me as I work out the details of moving my stuff from Killkenny to tramore the next part of my big move thanks.

Indoor Camping

 I have moved out  of the house I lived in for the last 3 years on Sunday and now I am in temporary accommodation. I am staying in a nice house in Dublin it belongs to my church, the senior pastor and his family were living here up until just over a week ago but they have moved to England now to work with a church there. The house is completely empty there is nothing here apart from a cooker and a rug and a table and the hot water is not working either so it is like camping indoors as I am sleeping on a camp bed and siting on a sun lounger :-) I was wrecked after the move and clean up but I have been able to rest a bit over the last few days and now I am meeting people and going to see some of the sites of  Dublin before I leave. It was my birthday this week too and I had a nice day in Dublin with my friend Claire and the sun was shining that day too which was nice. I will go home to Cork for a few days next week too which will be nice and then I have to move again :(  I am not looking forward to the move but I will be glad to be moved in to my new place. 

The Move

Avril driving the van

 Well most of my stuff is now in Killkenny at Avril's uncle's farm, we had a busy time over the last 24 hours lifting, shoving, stuffing, packing and unpacking and after 2 trips to killkenny and thanks to Avril, Claire, avril's uncle robert, Jonathan, Aishing and their kids my stuff is moved the first leg of the journey to Tramore. I am now cleaning up the house and packing the last few things I have. I also got keys today for a house that I am going to stay in for the 2 weeks I am homeless!! I will be camping out in a house here in Dublin that belongs to Grosvenor road church, it is empty because our senior pastor John Samuel and his family left today for a new job in England, they will be missed. When i say camp out I mean it as there is NO furniture in the house at all there is a cooker and there is broadband but that is it! but it is a roof and 4 walls and it is more than many people in the world have. Thanks for your prayers and thanks to all those who helped yesterday and today.

On the Move

Sorry I have been missing for the last few weeks but there has been a reason....PACKING! I have been packing for the last few weeks and now I am getting ready to move my stuff. The last few weeks I have also been trying to sort out what is happening for the next few weeks as I need to be out of the house here in Dublin by the 13th Aug but then I don't get into my new place till the end of the month so there are a few weeks where I have no fixed abode! The plan at the moment is to move stuff  with the help of Avril and David Wade (and maybe some other friends) tomorrow Tues 7th to Kilkenny, Avril's uncle has a room I can use to store my stuff and Dave Wade has a van so we will move what we can tomorrow and then on Wednesday I might move some of my furniture into the house in Tramore (when I have the van and extra hands). Then depending on how much stuff I have left here in Dublin I will decided what I do next (Avril and dave might help me move stuff on wed too if needed).
    Please pray for the move tomorrow for strength, energy and safety for all who will help and please pray for me over the next week as there are lots of things to do and lots of decisions to make too. I am not sure where I will stay for the 2 weeks that I am homeless but I will try and stay in Dublin but thankfully there are a few options. Thanks for your continued support love Charis xx