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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

Some highlights for our family and ministry since the start of the academic year... Julie turned 15 in September. At the end of September, David spent 3 days in Lisbon, Portugal, working with his Agapé Digital Strategies colleagues from all over Europe (from Armenia to the UK). Our team of all Agapé ministries in Rennes continues to meet every fortnight to pray together. In this photo, a time of prayer for the National Leadership Team of which David is a member. It is currently the school holidays. Anna and Claire spent a week on the farm with Mamie and Papy and enjoyed the nature and the animals. Meanwhile, Julie went to a week-long camp (Music'Art) where around thirty young people, supervised by professional musicians, put on a magnificent show. In the meantime, the parents were able to have some free time to enjoy a nice walk in the forest 🙂. God's goodness is new every morning and we are grateful for every little or big adventure He gives us to experience in His presence.

Here is a overview of our summer. In July, Julie, Anna and Claire wrote and performed a song for David's birthday. It was moving to hear their three beautiful voices. At the end of July, Anna and Claire participated in a week-long horse riding camp organised by the Ligue pour la Lecture de la Bible (Scripture Union in France). Meanwhile, David, Carolyn and Julie went on a camping trip to the nearby Champagne region. The 5 of us then continued our holiday together, including 2 wonderful days at La Flèche Zoo. At the end of August, our Agapé Rennes team had our traditional picnic-and-swim day out to start the new academic year. Mid-September, David spent three days near Paris working with his colleagues of the Agapé France National Leadership Team. On September 16th, Carolyn received her nursing assistant diploma, as well as 3 medals of the best student for 3 different modules. A great reward after a year of intense studies. We are grateful to God for all the good times we had as a f

As months go by, adventures follow one another. Here is a summary in pictures of what we've been up to since February. This is an intense year. All the more so, we need to take some time apart, as a couple, to stop, recharge our batteries and take stock of our lives. We were blessed to spend two days away together on the Ile de Noirmoutier in February. The Digital Strategies team in Rennes welcomed Zoé at the end of January for a two-month work placement. She worked on small comics to illustrate the life of Jesus. At the end of February, the entire Agapé France team was finally able to meet in person for our National Conference in the Ardèche region. David was very involved in sharing news about Digital Strategies with his team, ... ... also as a member of the new National Leadership Team, ... ... and even as an Emcee (Master of Ceremonies) with his colleague Hubert and Flamingo, our mascot for this year. At the end of March, Claire attended her first Christian camp weekend at the