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As you will see, God continues to lead us into exciting adventures! We are grateful for all that we can experience, and for His Presence and Protection in our daily lives. In February, the whole family enjoyed meeting up with our Agapé France colleagues at our national staff conference in the Ardèche. It was refreshing to be all together, away from the usual challenges, to delve deeper into the theme of joy and thanksgiving.  We were also delighted to have some family time to admire the Ardèche scenery. We were made to feel very welcome and Claire seems to have appreciated the food ; the green salad... ... as well as the meat! We would sometimes like to add a few days of rest in the diary, but in this instance, David did not have time to go home before his next trip. He flew directly from Lyon to Bangkok in Thailand -  a 10 000 km flight! David met up with around 50 colleagues from all over the World, who work with Agapé in the area of technologies. It was a time of great fellowship, s

Our life has been filled with many more events and adventures as a family or as a team since the last photos we shared on this blog. In December, we joyfully celebrated Christmas with our Agapé colleagues around our traditional Christmas breakfast. We also invited a few friends and neighbours to share in the good news of Christmas around a "Goûter". The whole family took part in getting everthing ready to welcome our guests. This year, we celebrated Christmas at home with Carolyn's parents and her brother Chris (and his fiancée). Our Christmas tree was too small for the number of presents! We cooked a delicous Christmas meal of roast lamb with mint sauce, green beans and roast potatoes. Yummy! Amongst the presents were two little men with green hair... After watering them a few times and several days keeping warm in the kitchen, they were ready for their first hairdoes.  A few days of holiday around Christmas also gave us the chance to go on some family outings.  Julie an