Answered prayer

Isa 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.....
Psa 136:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

One of the issues I mentioned in the last post was parking.
One apparently unrelated fact is that my sister works at Cheltenham College Junior School; another is the fact that the school has broken up for the Christmas holidays; and a third is that the school is very close to the chapel.

When my sister called round yesterday with some cards, we were talking about the parking problem; and she said that, on the way home, she would call in at the school and, if he was still there, ask the Headmaster if perhaps one or two of the family could park at the school to relieve the pressure on parking as well as providing comfort to those who would worry about finding a space again on returning from the cemetery.

His reply? something along the lines of "well, the school is closed, nobody much will need the spaces - have as much space as you like, I'll warn the Estates department, glad to help......"

Our God is SO GOOD!

For those unfamiliar with the area, try

http://maps.google.co.uk/

Type in ‘Naunton Parade, Cheltenham’ and when the map is displayed, click on the ‘Satellite’ button. This superimposes the satellite image on the street map and you get the street names displayed as well.

For what I hope may be a clearer picture, I show below a Google earth picture, which looks small but you should find that, if you click on it, it enlarges.




1. Naunton Parade (where the chapel is) is shown towards the bottom left corner.
2. The road that goes up from the bottom left corner to just left of top centre is Bath Road
3. The road that goes from top centre down to right centre is Thirlestaine Road.
4. The pale building on the right-hand side of Thirlestaine Road, set back a bit at a right angle to the road with several cars (including a red one) parked outside, and with a large grass area behind it (to the right in the picture) is the Junior School. The entrance to the school from the road is clearly marked; drive in and park.
5. Continuing away from Thirlestaine Road, the area in the picture that looks grassed in front of and to the side of the main building that you approach from the road is now all tarmac.
6. The large white roof (?sports hall) has additional parking beside it (to the left of it as you look at the picture, but to the right as you walk towards it!) - but this may be bollarded off.
7. Having parked in front of the main building, bear right to walk down the side of the new hall, where not far beyond it you will see a chain-link fence.
8. The road behind the fence is Kew Place, which will lead you (straight) back to the Bath Road, and then turn left along the road before turning left into Naunton Parade to get to the chapel.

Although not required by the school, a note with the following data displayed on the dashboard of any cars parked there might be an idea; unfortunately blogger won't let me type it up bigger in a pretty box!

Attending funeral at Providence Chapel
Naunton Parade
Tuesday 18th December 12 noon

Parking by kind permission of
Mr Archdale

And finally - thanks to all who have sent cards and emails. I will get my "thankyou letters" done after Christmas!