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With the arrival of Spring, our adventures have continued happily! We are thankful for a relatively pleasant Spring in Brittany, with, it seems, a lot less rain than in the rest of France. We enjoyed several family outings. In flowery gardens... ... or playgrounds. What a privilege to have the countryside on our doorstep to enjoy picnics. During the Spring holidays, our town organized a week of free activities for children. The programme included, amongst other things : rock climbing... and "slack-lining" (walking across a strap). In April, we also enjoyed spending a week on Mamie and Papy's farm. As always, it was lovely to be outdoors and take care of the animals... ... to learn how to plant onions... ... or how to make bread. The cherry on the cake for us parents was to get away to La Rochelle for a couple of days, just the two of us. That hadn't happened since Claire was born! And we thoroughly enjoyed cycling around the Isle of Ré on a tandem.  Back at home, Clai

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