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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...

Here are a few photos to give you an overview of our adventures since November. End of November, David was in Paris at the Centre Evangélique (a large gathering of evangelical church federations and ministry organisations in France) to man the Agapé France stand with a small team. We enjoy leading worship in our Rennes Nord church as a family from time to time. End of November we celebrated another year for Carolyn. In December, Claire worked hard to give her class a presentation on Scotland (where Grandma grew up). The Agapé Rennes team met for our traditional and much appreciated Christmas breakfast. Then we celebrated Christmas in the Vendée with David's family. Back in Rennes, we enjoyed the sound and light show at the town hall, always surprising and different every year. We finished 2022 and started 2023 in good spirits with good friends and good food. And 2023 started with work in our house to replace our old gas boiler with a heat pump. It's time to save energy. Then Ja...

So many adventures since April! Here are some pictures to give you a quick summary. Just before our sabbatical leave, David went to Spain for a gathering of Agape Europe leaders. Here are the Agapé France representatives. Beginning of April, we started our sabbatical with a week of holidays in Brittany with most of Carolyn's family. To the delight of the children, this house in the middle of the countryside had an indoor swimming pool! In April as well, we were able to enjoy the Spring sun and flowers in Rennes. Beginning of May, David spent 10 days in an abbey for a spiritual retreat in silence and solitude. This included a quiet little corner to read and meditate... ... and also beautiful surroundings to admire God's creation and be revitalised in the open air. End of May, it was Carolyn's turn to leave with a big smile for a week of spiritual retreat. Mid-June, we were delighted to attend the beautiful performance of a musical, for which Julie had practised all year with...