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Summer's well and truly over and the temperatures here leave no doubt that autumn is here 🍂😊. So here are a few warm memories of our summer through photos of our family life, our Church life and our ministry with Agapé France. At the beginning of July, we hosted a young Italian girl, who came to France with a group of people from a town twinned with our own. We went to see the Normandy landing beaches and the American cemetery with the group of Italians. Very impressive. We celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary in July! 💞 We started celebrating with a delicious meal, before flying off a few days later for a week in Corsica, just the two of us. We stocked up on wonderful memories. What a privilege! It's a magnificent island. We spent a few days in Lyon with Carolyn's parents at the beginning of August. We also enjoyed seeing some of our faithful partners in our mission with Agapé France again. The photo below was taken in front of Saint John's Cathedral. We were als

Time marches on and yet another school year comes to an end. Here are a few photos of some of the highlights of the last few months for our family and our ministry with Agapé. In March, Claire received a photo album covering the first 10 years of her life. Hours of work went into sorting and formatting these 140 pages. The result is great and reminds us of so many good times we've had together over the last 10 years. We had a great Easter weekend with Carolyn's brother and his wife. Our programme included beautiful celebrations in church for Good Friday and Easter Sunday, climbing trees, crafts and delicious meals. Claire's school opened its doors for their spring exhibition. We admired Claire and her classmates' beautiful creations. During the April school holidays, we enjoyed some spring activities organised in our town, and especially kayaking as a family on the lake. On 8th May, David and some colleagues represented Agapé France at the Pierre de Coubertin stadium in

Another change of year since our last photos here. Here are a few photos of what the last few months have been like for our family and our ministry with Agapé France. At the end of October, we managed to get away for a romantic weekend to recharge our batteries. We didn't need to go far; Brittany is so beautiful. Also at the end of October, Julie and Anna took part in the Music'art camp, where they put on a superb, high-quality show in just one week. In November, Agapé France celebrated its 50th anniversary. The whole family took part in this beautiful celebration, reminding us of God's faithfulness. At the end of November, Carolyn celebrated one more birthday 😊. Then we started to get ready for Christmas. Anna made a magnificent and delicious "bûche de Noël". We went to meet the neighbours on the new housing estate just down the road from us, bringing them home-made Christmas biscuits. Like every year, our Agapé Rennes team got together for a Christmas breakfast