July 8th
We are down to the last few days -- four more sleeps.
The tenants are in the house and we hope the cat is going to settle with them.
We have had lots of goodbyes to say-- Ken's pottery friends and  gardening clients, Alison's colleagues.
On Sunday 1st July there was a lovely commissioning at Eastview Baptist and we have had several smaller gatherings where people have taken the opportunity to say farewell. Today we were at Franklin Baptist with Jess and saw some old friends there.

After the service on 1st July we had a family lunch with all of our children and their families. As it is school holidays and there are two family birthdays we have had several other meals and outings together as family. The grandchildren have been practising their Skype skills--- and grandma and grandpa have been making sure they can operate it too!

All of this has been a huge encouragement to us.

We leave Thursday at midday and arrive Kathmandu Friday midday their time (six o'clock Friday evening NZ time).

We hope we will soon have everything in place so we can keep in contact with you all.