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We are entering a very busy period, so we decided to give you an update now before we get bogged down!
Back to School
The reason for our busy-ness is that Jeremy is co-leading the second School Of Worship at YWAM Harpenden, which runs January 6–May 11. As with all YWAM schools, it’s an intense few months. We have done a lot of preparation — renovating the classroom, getting teaching materials together, planning the daily and weekly schedules etc. We have 12 weeks of lectures, plus four weeks of outreach split between Crawley, Sicily, Luton and Leeds.
 Our students are from Colombia, South Korea, Nepal, The Netherlands, and India. Our staff come from England, Colombia, Brazil, Switzerland, and South Korea, so there should be plenty of fascinating cultural moments!
Jeremy is laying down his journalist’s pen for a few months. It will be quite a change for him, and will be interesting to see where it all might lead.
School play
Penny spent a lot of time in the term up to Christmas working with a local drama troupe, Acting Up! Primary school headteachers at 14 local schools are keen to have the group each term and the group is able to perform a drama containing Christian values in a way which is witty/dramatic/memorable for the kids and the teachers. Penny and the team of four others wrote and performed a Christmas play with a difference. They used the true account of how a missionary took Jesus’ love to warring tribes in Indonesia (hence the spears and warpaint) in the ’50s and combined it with God’s gift of Jesus which we remember at Christmas. It also looks like she will be working part-time in Barney’s school library.
Subjective view
 Barney is settling in well at his new school and is particularly enjoying French, Art, Maths, Resistant Materials and History. He enjoyed rugby for a while, until the rucking started! He has also moved up in his church group and enjoys the spiritual and fun/ social aspect of gathering with his peers each week.
Peace be with you all.
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Keep in touch . . . email: jpb@weighties.net
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