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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

  • Just a few more days before the big move. What have we forgotten to do? #
  • Front Page – Post-Reformation Digital Library – LibGuides at Calvin College http://libguides.calvin.edu/prdl #
  • Going out for a run, making the most of the fact that the kids are in Dan yr ogof with their mum and some friends. #
  • 4 days to go before moving to Brittany. Thanks for yout prayers. #
  • @gethin_aj No, it isn't, we've done that and I've seen some friends there once who had done the same. in reply to gethin_aj #
  • To packing there is no end. #
  • RT @davidpmurray Pastors, please take a break http://post.ly/q0iT #
  • No cooking today. The kids had chips and are now in bed. The parents are having curry. #
  • On the way to the shop, a man was lying on the floor, people were trying to ressucitate him and get his heart to restart. Life is short. #
  • 7 days to go before moving out. #
  • Incredible read: Temporary marriage | Cranach: The Blog of Veith http://www.geneveith.com/temporary-marriage/_6023/ #

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Moving is more than packing you know

Everyone who has moved recently will remember that moving is not just about packing up and putting things in a lorry. It is also about administration. There are lots of things to remember: Electricity company, Internet, Phone, Gas, HMRC for the benefits, Bank… On the other side, we must also set up everything on the other side. The fact that we are moving abroad makes things more challenging.

It has at times been frustrating. When I tried to sort out insurance for example. Each time I tried to have a quote on the web, I could get to a certain point, and got stuck because they wated also my present address and phone number. These being british, of course the site didn’t accept them. Then, when I tried to phone, most numbers were special numbers which I couldn’t call from abroad. And when I could get through, I was welcomed by a machine.

I did get to speak to a couple of people, but either the system had crashed, or the advisers were too busy. So at the end, I got a quote from someone based in Guingamp, the representative of AXA, and I went for them because they were the first human beings I got to speak to, no machine, and I got a quote pretty quickly.

Same to sort out the electricity, it took me ages to find a nuber I could phone from abroad. Internet could take time to sort out as I don’t have the phone number of the previous tenant.

But to be honest it hasn’t been as bad as I expected. Most things have gone smoothly. There are still more things to do, but we’ll get there. I am expecting some problems nce we arrive, as France is renown for its bureaucracy. But it’s ok, we’ll manage.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01

  • We seem to be on top of the packing. Lot left though. But we are looking forward to a good rest on the Lord's day tomorrow. #
  • 9 days to go before moving. #
  • 10 Days to go. Thanks for your prayers. #
  • Just had a 30 min run, feeling refreshed. #
  • RT @davidpmurray I hate the telephone http://post.ly/p9FW #
  • 11 Days to go before moving out. #
  • WDS number 1 for efficiency: I got my P45 through the post today, will be able to get paid tomorrow by UFM. #
  • 12 days before moving out. #
  • How to Rebuild Your Attention Span and Focus http://bit.ly/aKegTo #
  • Only 13 days before moving out. The pressure is on. #
  • The blog has gone mobile. If you connect from your mobile phone, it should now automatically detect it: http://www.erdurand.com/blog try it. #
  • The family is going to Barry Island today while I am staying here to sort a few things out. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

  • CSI on TV, that's fatal. #
  • Our latest prayer update is available on the facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/keloumat #
  • The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost #
  • I am being buried alive under dust and junk. But we'll get there. 18 days to go before we leave for Brittany. #
  • Transport for our move is being sorted out. Amazing to see how God is answering prayer. #
  • Admin: need to sort out house insurance for our move. #
  • Against Heresies: Arminian Bible Bits and Breaking the Dress Code http://goo.gl/b/zH5b #

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The Web Means the End of Forgetting – NYTimes.com

I have read a number of articles recently about the fact that you can’t delete anything online once it has been published on the web, however hard you work at it. The following NYTimes article is only one amongts many: The Web Means the End of Forgetting – NYTimes.com. It often makes me think twice before posting anything here, or anywhere else. What if what I am about to put online will come back to me in years to come, and I’ll regret it. I am sure it has some consequences for new believers. They will always have reminders of their past lives coming back to haunt them.

But I find comfort in these words in Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more. God knows all things about me, nothing escape His watching eye. But as a Christian I have the assurance that as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us (Psalm 103:1). But also: Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies (Romans 8: 33). The web may not forget, but God forgives.