Faith and Cancer

Sharing my story and words of faith and encouragement in Rochdale At the start of October I was invited to Rochdale by Branches Christian Fellowship. On the Saturday night I had the privilege of  singing and telling my story about Faith and Cancer and all that God has done and taught me through my experiences. This was at an outreach event, so it was great to see some of the people from the community who came along to that return on the Sunday morning to hear me speak again. Sunday morning I had been invited to preach. I spoke on 'Embracing Hardship' and that it it through the trial that we gain the victory. Again, people were touched and I praise God that He is able to use me and my story to speak and to help others. Thanks for having me. I had a great time! I believe God has asked me to write a book about my journey through cancer and to explain all the things He taught me. This book is still in it's early stages of research and development, but I am still mor

Our Family at a Recent Wedding Whew! I'm only 5 days late - good! Where has the time gone? I have't blogged in four months. Life has picked up pace dramatically. I am back to juggling teaching, family and church as well as fitting in some external ministry along the way (watch out for future blogs about this). So its not surprising really that I almost missed my first year anniversary of being declared 'in remission'. It was exactly one year ago on 1st November when my consultant told me that there were no more cancer cells in my body. Praise God! Recovery has been an interesting journey too. I certainly didn't think it would be like this. I thought the doctors would say 'everything's OK' than I'd take a few weeks, maybe a month to get back on my feet and then life would return to normal and we would carry on from there. My physical recovery has taken a long time. I think only now am I reaching the stage I was at physically before being