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Coming December 2012

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JUNE 2012

Boys boys boys
We need boys on go2bless teams
Boys boys boys
Play basketball in Croatia
Boys boys boys
Who want to live for others
Boys boys boys
We need them!
We need them!

Our summer missions are drawing nearer and we are looking for some young men to come along with us. In Croatia we will be running a basketball camp, in France there will be music opportunities and in Germany there will be a focus upon the local youth.

Find out more here.

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Live For Others speaks to Hélène Garagnon, the managing director of Alpha France…

Bless: Introduce yourself…

Hélène: I’m 50 years old and have been married to Benoit for 22 years, we have 4 children and we’ve lived in Normandy for 18 years. We’re part of ‘Chemin Neuf’, a community of catholic congregations, with a heart for working ecumenically. With the support of this community and the churches involved, Benoit and I have been able to launch the Alpha course in Normandy. Benoit was regional co-ordinator and a member of the Alpha board and when he told me they were looking for a managing director, I felt called to apply. Having been managing director for a couple of large organisations, I wanted to invest my talents into serving a worthwhile mission. That’s how I arrived at Alpha in 2009. It’s such a pleasure to do God’s work alongside such a fantastic team.

Bless: What are you up to at the moment?

Hélène: I’m currently running Alpha in France, which has two primary missions: to proclaim the Good News through a 10 week course which is open to anyone and to transform society through courses for couples and parents. We work to promote these courses, as well as to train up the church teams to be able to run them.

Bless: What might a time2bless placement look like with Alpha Paris?

Hélène: A student who came to work for Alpha Paris would participate fully in the life of the organisation through meetings, eating together (every lunchtime) and prayer times. They would help out with training (we have already trained up 3,000 people in 20 different locations in France), events like Worship Central and presenting the courses to the churches.

Bless: What are your dreams for the next 12 months (or so)?

Hélène: My dreams are to see young disciples emerging who will inspire and train up other young people to enable 14-25 year olds to meet with Christ and to build lively and growing churches.

Bless: What can we pray for?

Hélène: We’d be grateful if you could pray for the development of our Youth Alpha course and our youth festivals in Hautecombe this August, as well as for the training weekend in Lisieux on the 10th and 11th of November this year.

If you’d like to read the original FRENCH transcript of this interveiw please email vikki@blessnet.eu

Blessmail Interviews Alpha Course Paris France

Time for badger the bless dog/ travelling mutt to have his long needed bath. (Taken with instagram)

Max also has some up.

Max Randall BEND IT LIKE BLESS 2012

2 HOURS LATER … (Taken with instagram)

EXCITING TIMES (Taken with instagram)

The result of Anna’s golfing skills. (Taken with instagram)

Found this little guy at bethanie today.We want to keep him. (Taken with instagram)

One new happy bike owner. (Taken with instagram)

Day 10 Golspie - John o’Groats

We made it! Was kinda expecting nice flat roads along the sea similar to the last couple of days. Couldn’t of been more wrong, there where some big climbs and descents which made the day alot of fun and got a new top speed for the trip. The sun was shining for most of the day and there was a nice long hill down to finish.

The stats
946.5 miles
1 puncture (James-3 Richard-3 Matt-0)
Top speed 43.5mph
Average speed 15.0mph
Average heart rate 130bpm
Average cadence 74rpm
Rolling time 61 hours 49 minutes

I eat alot the last 10 days…
18 rocky bars
6 chewy bars
8 tracker bars
12 cadburys brunch bars
10 homemade flapjacks
1 milk dime bar
10 bananas
6 apples
4 pain au chocolate
2 soreen loafs
5 hobnob flapjacks
16 filled bagels
Lasagne
Stew
Curry
Regular salad
Large salad
Chicken salad
Tin of heinz Beans with sausages
19p Noodles
20 for goodness shakes
Nectar with water
3 powerades
6 mini rolls
12 teas
1 slice of carrot cake
7 filled bread rolls
2 cans of rice pudding
2 x Battered sausage and chips
8 bowls of muesli
Mcdonalds starburst milkshake
Chicken chow mein
Raisins
Mixed grill fry up
Apple strudel with veinetta
White magnum ice cream
Tesco chicken & bacon sandwich
1 glass of lemonade
Packet Honey roasted peanuts and cashews

A massive thanks to everyone who supported us!

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Nigel has conquered something special here. Please support him now.

(Source: worldofpayne)

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