Knollcombes service on sun-day

Despite the freezing cold and blustery wind, Nick and I took an early morning walk – since we had a combined service, Nick had the morning off so we had a leisurely start to the day. Took quite a long walk, actually, out of Longwood towards Deadwood where there is a lot of farmland.


Couldn’t believe how cold it was, and discussed how providential it was that my mom sent us beanies before we had even moved to Longwood…they definitely make these morning walks bearable! Came across this dinky little “Sally Army Hall” complete with roosters and neat hedges.


I shan’t bore you with the rest of the morning’s details as they were rather boring even for us…after lunch we got ourselves ready, and accidentally ran slightly late in getting to church (despite having spent the entire morning at home with no other engagements to delay us…). The service was so wonderful. I would love for you all to be exposed to Nick’s preaching week after week – the Lord has blessed him with wisdom and insights and the ability to bring it across so clearly. We are still in the book of Acts, and today Nick took an indepth look at Paul’s early discipleship. It is beneficial to think more deeply upon these events, and consider the realities of how difficult it must have been for Paul to become a Christian and then struggle to integrate into the local church as they didn’t trust him.

In the late afternoon we saw the sun for the first time in a few days – we drove home via the docks where there were several cars appreciating the sea and sun! Back in Longwood we were delighted to find the sun shining too!