Monday and Tuesday

Karen and I spent Monday meeting and interacting with the staff at the MAF United Kingdom headquarters office in Folkestone. We had a wonderful time presenting the ministry of MMS and then meeting with different departments to discuss how to better partner with them in preparing their engineers for overseas service. The weather was perfect and we even had a few minutes before finishing up to walk the short distance to the shore and enjoy the salt air and warm sun. We were able to see France from the viewpoint! (And yes, EMMA, you will be featured soon.)

Monday evening Harriet, one of the MAF staff, took us out for "proper" fish and chips which was absolutely fantastic. The sun was setting, we were by the ocean, eating outside, and the air was warm (until the sun set). It was a wonderful way to end the day.

Tuesday
This morning we walked to MAF International headquarters and shared MMS' ministry with their assembled staff. We spent the rest of the day discussing ways to enhance our partnership with them in preparing MAF United Kingdom's engineers for service under MAF-I's operational control.

It's a three way partnership as MAF-UK sends engineer candidates to MMS so we can prepare them for field service with MAF International. It's complex, hence the ongoing meetings and communication between our three organizations.

It was a most profitable two days on the tail end of an amazing two weeks.

After a wonderful dinner in Ashford, we closed out this evening in the belfry of St. Mary the Virgin's church, in town center, witnessing the eight bell ringers practicing ringing the church bells. No pictures of that...as we hadn't brought the camera into town, but what a memory!

There's far too much to post, too many pictures to share, and we plan to head in to Canterbury tomorrow to visit the cathedral and do a bit of exploring. We'll post more when we can, get photos up as able, but right now we're kind of whipped and need to call it a night.

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