Our names are Geoff and Michelle Morris, we have two children, Jake and Luke and 2 dogs called Sam & Buster.  Geoff was raised in Bristol and Michelle in Southampton, England.  We married in June 1990 and now have two wonderful boys.   We were active members of St Thomas' Church in Fair Oak Hampshire and enjoyed the opportunities the Church provided in its outreach and Bible Study.  We really felt we epitomised 'Mr and Mrs Joe Bloggs of the congregation', not being able to play an instrument, sing very well or enjoy standing up at the front.  However, God has a divine purpose in everyone's lives, we recognise that if nothing else, inwardly we do have a huge heart for Jesus.  We continually seek God's will for our lives and it is our earnest desire to work for Him and walk his ancient path.  Geoff had been praying 'Here I am God, Send me, I don't mind where, just tell me to go and I will go'  Well after 18 months or so God clearly said 'GO, GO TO FRANCE'!! Shock horror as Geoff was not exactly a fan of all things French!!  After much confirmation, here we are living in France, but with a real sense of  having our roots still firmly planted in our sending  Church, St Thomas'. We have discerned that  Gods Calling upon our lives is to establish a Non Denominational Christian 'Place of Rest'.   Our ministry is to provide member care for cross-cultural non-salaried missionaries by providing 'no cost' accommodation at 'Le Reposoir' adjacent to our home in Northern Brittany, France. 

God weaves incredible patterns through peoples lives and puts many people together for his Divine purposes.  He has called our entire family to this Ministry and feel that He will reveal more of his plan as our boys grow older.  Now we have finished the renovation works on the old barn,  we continue to integrate as much as possible into the local community.  Upon moving to Brittany in the summer of 2005, our boys have joined local Catholic schools where they have settled well, made good friends and doing extremely well academically.  We have been disappointed and surprised however how little God features in the schooling environment and in students lives, however, believe that the Catholic schools are the best option considering that  as they get older, secular humanism  is taught and practiced in all Public Schools in France.  Step by step we are building relationships with people and creating outreach opportunities.

After spending all of our savings and more  to afford the Christian French language school  fees and accommodation, the budget to finance Le Reposoir was swallowed.  After earnestly praying for more finance God spoke to us at the same time but independently whilst Geoff was away in the U.K.  It was then that He revealed we were sat on the finance in the form of our house which we owned but were renting out in Southampton.   We realised that our finances are a result of Gods provision, so the decision to cut ties with our home land and sell the house to use the profit was made that much easier!  We have since sold our home in the UK and have used the profits for the renovation works to enable the opening of Le Reposoir.
We had been up till the end of 2007  able to re-organise our UK based business to afford us an income to live on here in France.  However, since January 2008,  we have had to make our 1 employee redundant and are now living off our limited savings whilst searching for alternative sources of income.   Whilst presently not needing to be at Le Reposoir 24x7 there most definitely is a need to be here some of the time to be able to pray, listen,  chat and spend time with our guests if they so wish.  This complicates the work situation making full time employment not a possibility, our work for God  here comes before anything else, we believe that more and more  our presence will be needed here at Le Reposoir as our ministry grows into a world wide established 'Missionary Place of Rest'.

Geoff is still involved in finishing various repair and maintenance projects on the property, enhancing the services we will be providing for our guests.  All the family are involved in a local French Church in Rennes, and we are active in our outreach projects within the local French and English ex-patriot community, whilst being here to host our guests.

Our Sending Church  - St Thomas' Church ,Fair Oak, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England.

St Thomas' support us in our vision with prayer and a financial contribution each month.   We regularly take trips back to our Church and are extremely grateful for their support. Find out more about St Toms at  www.sttoms.co.uk

EPER - EGLISE PROTESTANTE EVANGELIQUE LA RENCONTRE  - RENNES  - New Frontiers in France:  Our Church here in France who have been a great support to us.

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