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Linda (not her real name) was a lady who had come to Joyce and me with severe problems. She had been badly abused as a child, was fearful, subject to fits of panic, and could see no hope and or future. Over a period of several months we had seen God do amazing things in her life. She had been released from many bondages of the enemy and healed of the abuse of the past. She was free and it was

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The initials IHOP can have a different meaning depending on who you are talking to – most people in USA will instantly think of pancakes covered in maple syrup and served with ice cream. We had not gone to the states to eat pancakes, but for us IHOP stands for International House of Prayer. Our friends Martyn and Linda had invited us to come and experience what God is doing in this amazing work

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People impact our lives. Over the past few months we have met some people for the very first time, and have been reconnected with others who we had not heard from for many years.One of the people we have met fairly recently is Beth Barone. You need to listen to her amazing testimony on our website – go to Teaching Podcasts where you can listen or download. Beth is an American lady, married to an

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At the end of last summer we took down our trampoline and together with the garden chairs they were put in the garage. Then we needed to store some old cassettes of preaching and teaching going back many years, also tapes sets from Eagle Camps and other Conferences we have held over the years. Daniel and Tanya moved house and so we were asked to store a washing machine and cooker. In the garage

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Last Sunday 20th December, we had enjoyed a fantastic Christmas Family Service with a packed house, carols, a nativity play with a real donkey, mulled wine and mince pies, followed by a great afternoon with our families who live nearby.Joyce and I returned home to complete our packing ready for our car journey to Germany the following day, where we were to spend Christmas with our daughter

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A few weeks ago, I was asked by one of our Church Life Groups whether I was available to come and accompany their Christmas Carol evening. This was to take place outside their house, and was for everyone living in their area. I was very happy to oblige, and dug out my Christmas music and got practising.I was given my first accordion in my early teens, I had shown some ability in playing the piano

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Back in the spring, a free packet of tomato seeds arrived with a magazine through the post. In the past we have always bought tomato plants to grow in the greenhouse, but we love things that are free, so we planted the seeds. We grew them indoors on the window ledge in the kitchen. They did well, and we chose the six best plants, bought two growbags, some fertiliser and planted them out in the

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We have just returned from a week walking in the mountains of the Mont Blanc region of France. We had been invited by Jo and Jackie Taylor, who are in-laws of our son Ben; they are also very good friends. As we were making preparations to go they asked us whether we had got our “Trekking Poles”, to which the answer was “No.” “You’ll need some good trekking poles if you are going to hike in the

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During the six weeks of late July and August, we have been having a special series of teaching at Living Waters Church entitled "God in our Living." On July 26th, Daniel spoke about leisure and our need to have time for rest and reflection in our over busy lives. A week later Joyce spoke on Family Life, with the subtitle, "Behind Closed Doors" and took the five commands given to Timothy as her

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Last autumn I decided I must do something with all the home videos of the family that I had taken over the years. I had a drawer full of videotapes, which I could show to our children and their families when they were with us, but they could not enjoy them on their own, because I had them. So having inherited some money from my mother, I decided to splash out and buy a new Apple Mac computer

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