Step by step, step by step He leads us...

Faced with a significant bill in advance of our first round of private vaccinations Nikki and I have been praying.

Last week we all had the vaccinations that are available free on the NHS - 4 days of feeling like someone had repeatedly given us "dead arms' - on both sides.

The thing was - that it was necessary we order and start to pay for those that are not available on the NHS - principally the Hep B vaccines. This is a course of three injections that whilst available on a fast track sequence for Nikki and I, are unavailable for the children in this form - so we had to step forward trusting that God would provide in order that the children are safely innoculated....but we needed the cash to be able to start (remember we're a family of 6 so when the bill is £70ish each for the Hep B alone it soon mounts up) and right now our cash flow situation is not helpful.

I remember a time when my wife and I were just engaged and I was having jitters (after all we had met in April, were engaged by the end of June and were due to be married later that year in November - we hardly knew each other!) Nikki had flown back to the US to start preparations and I sat down for a chat with Rev Clark in Nottingham. I explained that I was nervous "What had I done? Was I mad?" He looked at me with a smile and said "Congratulations, you're now learning what it means to walk by faith."

Today at church we were blessed and were given exactly what we need in order to get in the game. Apparently a family thought that an offering to our mission was more important than a new TV and another family agreed to have a dinner party to raise funds as well as donating a gift to make up the amount.

Step by step we move closer and the Lord meets us on each step.

Again Nikki and I are humbled and uplifted by the love and generosity of our church community.

And again we are reassured that the One who places the fatherless in families wants us there.