September 2020 to February 2021 in pictures

On 21st September, Julie officially became a teenager, celebrating her 13th birthday. She continues to shine with her radiant smile 😊 .

Since September, we (David and Carolyn) have been taking part in a Bible training course with our church every other Saturday morning. Given the restrictions on meeting together, this is what it's like. Look familiar?

Julie and Anna were delighted to join others in creating a hand-written Bible, each illustrating a book of the New Testament, a project launched by the French Biblical Alliance (la Bible Manuscrite).

End of November, Carolyn also joyfully celebrated another year 🎂.

In December, after a few "incidents", we were able to get ready for Christmas by decorating the house (with the beautiful cards we received), baking Christmas biscuits, and revisiting the biblical stories around the birth of Jesus.

We spent Christmas with David's family. A joyful and much awaited reunion!

As has now become our family tradition (and not because of the curfew), we spent the evening of 31st December at home by the fire, just the five of us.

2021 started with the celebration of Anna's 11th birthday.

Her much-awaited birthday present arrived a few days later: we have adopted two guinea pigs, Cracotte and Noisette. Anna, who is passionate about animals, is delighted to look after them, and takes her job very seriously.

Mid-January, it was Claire's turn to celebrate her 7th birthday!

For the first time in almost 50 years, Agapé France's annual staff conference was held by video-conference, from 1st to 5th February. 

Another unusual happening was that we had snow in Brittany!  There's nothing like making a snowman, or sledging, to get children laughing 😀.

So even in a difficult time like this, if we have eyes to see, there is much to remind us that the Lord's mercies are new every morning.