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Here are a few photos of the highlights of the end of 2024. Julie is continuing her supervised driving and is approaching the 4,000 km mark. She is planning to take her driving test in March 2025. Claire perfected her driving skills on a smaller vehicle, her bicycle, with her class. Anna had a little mishap in sports class (orienteering) and ended up walking with a big boot in order for her sprain to heal. She had the pleasure of trying out her crutches in the snow! 🙂 End of November, we took part in the food bank collection in our local supermarket. It was an inspiring experience to help those in need. Also at the end of November, we were delighted to celebrate our colleague Keysi's wedding. Every Wednesday morning, David continues to meet with 3 colleagues to read the Bible and pray together. This is always a highlight of the week, helping us to put God's word into practice in our lives. A prayer walk along the beautiful Breton coast. Carolyn ended November by blowing out he...

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...