A week in Warwickshire

On Friday 13th, we left Leicester for a 50-minute drive to Leek Wootton, near Warwick, to stay with Jim and Nicola Perryman. Jim was the vicar in the Lyon Anglican Church when Carolyn was between 15 and 21 years old. Jim is now the vicar for the Ashow, Leek Wootton & Stoneleigh parishes.

On Saturday, we were invited to meet some people from the Stoneleigh congregation at the annual Duck Race in Stoneleigh. We each bought a plastic duck which was numbered, before hundreds of these ducks were thrown into the river Sowe. We all waited for the ducks to pass the finishing line. Our ducks didn't win but at least we weren't the ones with water up to our waists having to fish the ducks out with fishing nets!

On Sunday, we had a long and busy day sharing about our ministry with Agapé. Carolyn talked at the 8:00am service in Leek Wootton. The rest of the family joined her for the 9:30am service where we both talked. We then drove to Stoneleigh to speak at the 11:00am service. We spent a couple of hours in the afternoon making roughly 50 "crêpes" for our "French Evening". About 10 people from the Leek Wooton and Stoneleigh churches came to get a taste of French food, drinks, and culture and hear more about our work with Agapé. We also had the pleasure of meeting an Agapé UK colleague, who works in the area.