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Julie and Anna enjoying a go on a roundabout during a few days in Lyon A very tiring end of school year! David and Trent at the projection desk for Agapé France's 40th Anniversary And Carolyn warmly welcoming visitors You'll find more photos of the event here:  http://40ans-agapefrance.org/lieu-hebergements/  . You can also watch a few retrospective videos of the last 4 decades since the 70's here (narration in French):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-veMQCKkzFw&list=PLdmr6qp6znMK-eWeFGQgnhz6XfrMiNx-W  . The beginnings of a promising duo... Open Day at our Church on 1st June Discovering fishing... A beautiful show of songs and dances at the school fete ♩♩♪♫ "La mamannnn des poissonnnnns, elle est bien gentiiiiiiiille" ♫♩♪♫ Walking the rabbit (not ours!)... A lovely family outing to a local event called "Bazar le jour, bizarre la nuit"

Several churches gathered together for an Easter service in Rennes Family picture on a 250-year-old cypress in Combourg 6th April: Official opening ceremony in our new Church building Surprise dinner out as a family, precious moments for parents and children 14th April: A day out with the Agapé Rennes team, including a service on the beach in Cancale 14th to 19th April: A week of intense programming in England with our british colleague, Jon Julie and Anna express their artistic talents Julie dressed up as a Bigouden for a Breton singing and dancing party with her school

We just recently got back from a week’s conference on the theme “ Listening to God ” which was a refreshing break. Our speaker, an incredibly humble man, talked to us about the different ways God can speak to us and how we can listen to God, as individuals, but also as communities. We particularly appreciated the time to put into practice what we learnt about listening, meditation and contemplative prayer. There would be so much to tell, but I would just like to share one of the ways God spoke to me during that week. One morning, as I sang the following words: « The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in love », my heart sank as I became aware once again of the huge gap between who God is and who I am. Maybe you can identify with such feelings of inadequacy. I could think of many occasions on which I had been the exact opposite: quick to anger and lacking in love, especially with my children, even though I so long to be like God. But this time, instead of spiraling down into despair,