Yasmin enjoyed a week's holiday with her Uncle and Auntie and William. A very nice week and many activities, including 1 day trip to London (with a photo below from this trip). Yasmin has turned out to be a very polite girl and a very good baby sitter for William!
Retirement
This is a season we are coming to with mixedfeelings. After nearly eight years at Highfield Road we retired at the end of June. This has been a time when we have seenprogress in the life of the church in many ways and although the fleshhas just a few hints of creaks and groans we feel both excited aboutretirement and sad as we shan't be as near to friends in Dartford aswell as family.
We accepted a call to complete one more year inministry at Highfield Road and, really for our welfare, the churchextended this by an additional three months in order to help thehousing requirements and complications that so often happen atretirement.
We have been rehoused by the Retired Baptist Ministers Housing Societyand there is a testimony in this to God's gracious guidance, the wisdomof the leadership of Highfield Road and the care of RBMHS. Because thesociety wasn't able to follow it's usual practice of rehousing to anarea of choice because of the housing market we initially accepted avery small bungalow at Wimborne Minster but due to the three monthextension we were in a position to be offered a fine house at Seafordin Sussex which is all we could possibly desire. It's location issuitable for us in every way. We hope our friends will come to see andstay with us. If there are any relatives lurking in the woodwork now isthe time to come out. We will have ample facilities to accomodate anywho want to have a holiday with us.
Congratulations to Caroline's Sister Joanne upon her engagement to Mr Rob Webb
