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Since my last blog, we have been in Nigeria, back to UK for Christmas, and now we are in Bulgaria with our family, and will soon be returning home. Since here, we’ve not only had a fantastic time with our son Craig, Milena and granddaughter Tegan, but also with the wider family of God. We have worshipped with several Roma Gypsy churches – Roma worship is wonderful, a very different sound from

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People ask Charles and me – How are you enjoying retirement? I smile when I hear that question, knowing that there is no such thing as retirement in the Kingdom of God. Changes –Yes – but oodles of time for rest and recreation? – not just yet.  So this was last week – Monday we were at home during the day, catching our breath after helping our daughter and family move to Cornwall, they had spent

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Paul places great value on friends. At the end of most of his letters, he leaves the weighty themes of theology to greet his friends. He tells them he is longing to see them, thanking them for their prayers and practical help.We took an early holiday this year and have been at home during the school holidays, so we have wanted to use this time creatively.My sister, whilst researching our family

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Pentecost Sunday 2010 – Gatley, Cheshire We were at Bethany Community Church, Gatley, where I had spoken at the Ladies Day on the Saturday and Charles was to preach at the Sunday service. During the worship, a lady shared how on her way to church she could not stop thinking about crippled man in Acts 3 who was healed and demonstrated it by walking, leaping and praising God! She sensed God

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Jesus has given you authority, as a disciples of Jesus, over all the works of the enemy (satan) and nothing shall harm you. (Luke 10:19) I’m constantly challenged by the question – “Am I using this authority?”Whilst in Germany over Christmastime, I noticed that my grandson Jowan had horrible verrucas on his foot. My daughter Coralie had treated them many times, but they always returned. She said,

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Join our family in celebrating a new birth – a little boy was born on 3rd January to Coralie and Jens. He arrived at 2.30am in a hospital in Frankfurt and returned home to the rest of us at 6.30am, just four hours later. Charles and I were woken to see this beautiful new baby, and then went back to sleep to be woken again at 7.30am to hear shouts of joy as the other five children discovered the

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I find it amazing that God who made the heavens and the earth – the King of Kings and Lord of Lords – should be intimately concerned with events in a tiny village in South West England…. but He is!I had returned from a weekend, where my husband and I had been teaching the Word of God and generally ministering to people in a Church in Marsh Gibbon. On returning home we discovered a leadership

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It is now one week since we celebrated Gillian’s 18th Birthday. It is quite a thing to think that our eldest granddaughter is now an adult! We had a family meal together at our home. Sadly, Gillian’s parents Craig & Milena were not able to be here, but Craig sent his daughter an enormous and beautiful flower arrangement, a video message and a phone call, where she was able to speak to her family

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On Saturday 10th October we flew out from Bristol, via Amsterdam to Abuja in Nigeria. After staying overnight in the capital, we drove for 5½ hours and arrived safely in Gboko. We were once again grateful for safe travel, as the roads were littered with the broken remains of cars and lorries, which starkly reminded us of our need of God’s protection on a moment by moment basis.We had gone at the

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Our youngest son and his family live and work in Chad. Yesterday was Alice’s 8th birthday, and we were able to have a good telephone connection and speak to the ‘birthday girl’ and also her brother and sisters, including Estella (20 months) who chipped in with “Hello Granny, Goodbye Granny” very clearly!On asking Alice about her special day, I was told, “Mummy made a pink Ice Cream Cake shaped

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I’ve been watching a brilliant TV documentary called “The Frankincense Trail.” which is being presented by Kate Humble. It shows where frankincense is harvested and how over thousands of years it has been used as valuable currency and been transported across the Arabian Peninsula. These programmes trace the ancient journey of frankincense from Oman to Bethlehem.Each programme has shown part of

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Do you remember the “Tiger in your Tank” advertising campaign? Pure fiction! However our friends and fellow church members have a tiger in their lounge and that is fact…..and hard work They are hand rearing a baby tiger whose mum has rejected it after giving birth to two stillborn siblings. They feed their new “baby” every hour on the hour as well as the day-job.If you want to see our little

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I love having my grandchildren around. At present our oldest granddaughter is living with us - keeping us on our toes. Lots of talking, lots of why's & how's and much fun!Last Wednesday we were walking around Oxford whilst Charles attended a consultation at CMS headquarters. It was fun to see the historic buildings through new eyes. Gillian has spent the last 7 years living in Bulgaria, and she

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