I'm back from my holiday

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Got back from my family holiday earlier today. A wonderful but tiring holiday ... which I suspect is normal? :-) Will blog on it next week... Just too busy right now preparing for a busy next few days of ministry and my Sunday sermon needs fine tuning!


Till then ...

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