Greetings from the Weeks family this blessed Christmas tide. 2017 has been most eventful. After over 33 years we have a new address. We moved in October after 30+ viewings we are now in a more modern house where we can live downstairs with Debbie upstairs and Katy has less garden to maintain.
It has been an eventual year for health too. After surgery for colon cancer Graham managed to lose most of his sight in the left eye dues to a bleed into the eye, he developed bilateral leg ulcers which are still under compression bandaging and then he had two weeks back into hospital with heart failure.That has no been without its blessings. He has lost over 30 lbs so now may wear waistcoats not worn for over a decade.Katy’s health has remained much the same with her chronic back pain. Health concerns severely curtailed our travels.First we missed going to a royal event, the centenary of the battle of Passchendale where Katy had a great uncle among the fallen. Then our planned return visit to Nigeria after 35 years had to be cancelled and finally a Reformation visit to Germany when the guide ell ill. But we enjoyed an excellent week self-catering on the borders of Shropshire and Hereford plus a long weekend in Dorset for David’s in-laws golden wedding. Two more years to ours DV.
Katy continues to be very busy with her cello and piano in church and cello in various outside groups. She is also very active in our church’s English classes helping women from other countries, teaching them to improve their English and a Bible half hour for those willing to stay.
Graham has for the present stopped preaching at the Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre due to his not driving with bad legs and eyesight. He continues to convene three specialist groups for the local University of the Third Age, world religions, current affairs and history. He is now in his 35th year as an elder in our church. Son in law Adrian is among four men newly ordained as elders in our congregation. Our new church building has been started and we pray it will be completed by July.
Debbie still lives with us. She helps in the church mother and toddlers group and also a weeknight club for children in school years 1 to 6. Her craft and design skills are much in demand. Her work is still child minding three days a week caring for our pastor’s three children including one year old Phoebe who has Down’s Syndrome. She often cares for one of our assistant minister’s toddler on a fourth day,
Rachel now is freelance in her occupational therapy working part time in a local school. Elissa is making excellent progress in her final junior school year and applying to local Anglican secondary schools..Brother Ethan is resident Lego expert. Near Cambridge, Jonathan has found employment in the warehouse of the Cambridge Examinations Board but it is zero hours contract. Bethany and Hannah are now teenagers. Bethany is studying catering. Hannah is in high school .
In Canterbury Zac has followed sister Sahara into grammar school where he has played solo guitar in a school concert. David is now producing many paintings of Kent seaside towns and of Canterbury in a naive style. Prints and cards are for sale. So we are thankful for God’s blessings to all of them.
With our love and prayers for 2018,
Graham and Katy
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