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\nMy Testimony <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u2018He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done,
\nbut because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and
\nrenewal by the Holy Spirit, \u2018Titus 3v5 
\n<\/span>NIV<\/span><\/div>\n
\n <\/span>I love the second
\nverse of the hymn by Francis Rowley:<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u2018I will sing the Wondrous story…….<\/span><\/div>\n
\nv2   <\/span>\u2018I was lost, but
\nJesus found me<\/span><\/div>\n
\n       <\/span>Found the sheep
\ntaht went astray<\/span><\/div>\n
\n       <\/span>Threw His loving
\narms around me<\/span><\/div>\n
\n       <\/span>Drew me back
\ninto His way.\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThat is my testimony, short and simple and I could leave it
\nthere but I think it\u2019s worth sharing my story of how I became a Christian.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI believe that sharing the testimony of God\u2019s saving grace in
\nan individual\u2019s life is a powerful tool that He can use to draw people to
\nHimself.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u2018Let the redeemed of the Lord say so who He has redeemed from
\ntrouble\u2019  <\/span>Psalm 107 v 2<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n <\/span>In October 1969 I left
\nhome to go to Southampton to study Maths. <\/span><\/div>\n
\nLike the hymn quoted \u2018 I was lost\u2019 though at that time in my
\nlife I wasn\u2019t really aware of it !<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI had never been a particularly ambitious or academic sort ,
\nthough having achieved some reasonably good \u2018O\u2019 and \u2018A\u2019 level grades I thought
\nI ought to go to university as this is what my teachers expected of me and what
\nmany of my close friends were doing. Did 
\n<\/span>really want to study Maths for 3 years?<\/span><\/div>\n
\n   <\/span>I was brought up in
\na working class family in Bristol but my parents never pushed me to achieve
\nanything and I certainly didn\u2019t have any goals. Perhaps goals isn\u2019t too bad a
\nword to use here since I think I\u2019d dreamed of playing football one day for Bristol
\nRovers or City but as no \u2018scouts\u2019 came knocking on my door I assumed that my
\nmodest ability with the ball at my feet wasn\u2019t good enough! <\/span><\/div>\n
\n  <\/span>My main interest and
\npursuits during my school years were in playing rugby, soccer, athletics and
\ndrinking ( not just water or pop !)<\/span><\/div>\n
\n   <\/span>Leaving home to go
\nto uni was somewhat daunting having been very much a \u2018homebird\u2019 ,  <\/span>rarely having spent more than a few days away
\nfrom home before. Arriving, case in hand, for my first term I found myself
\nliving in digs with 2 other students , a good 2 miles from  <\/span>the campus. Anyway,  <\/span>I soon got to know my 2 room mates, Andy and
\nMartin. Martin was about to start a Chemistry degree but Andy was embarking on
\nthe same course as myself. Being much more outgoing than me , Andy was the sort
\nof person who soon got to know the persons next to him in any queues formed (
\nof which there were many!) and so I found that by sticking close to him his
\nfriends soon became mine too.  <\/span>I was also
\npleased to have a friend from my school called Jim who was on my course too. We
\nstruck up a good companionship even though we were quite different in many
\nways. I began to adopt his  <\/span>laid-back
\nlifestyle of partying, smoking and drinking. Remember these were the days of \u2018flower
\npower\u2019, drink, drugs and tie-dye shirts ( and I did actually make my own and
\nhard though it may be to believe I did have very long hair !) Instead of
\nfrequenting the Student Union bars and facilities, we often made our way to our
\n\u2018local\u2019 about \u00bc mile down the road, where we got our regular pint  <\/span>with sausage & beans to eat.  <\/span>After one pint it often became two or three or
\nmore ! I suppose the drink was already  <\/span>beginning to control me rather than the other
\nway around. I believe there\u2019s a very fine line between the two, between
\nso-called social drinking and drunkenness. I\u2019ll never forget the wise words
\nuttered by one of the old-timers we got to know in this pub.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n <\/span>\u2018 Never think you can
\ndrink to drown your sorrows. In my experience they\u2019re good swimmers !\u2019 <\/span><\/div>\n
\nHow true that statement subsequently proved to be ! By the
\nend of my first term my interest in coursework and lectures  <\/span>was already beginning to wane ! If I wasn\u2019t in
\nthe bar, playing snooker or squash, I would be found in the common room playing
\ncards.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAmazingly I did just about enough to pass the first year,
\nprobably because I did a lot more  <\/span>work
\nin the holiday periods, when I had less distraction . However Jim, and another
\nfriend Darrel, dropped out of uni which was unsurprising considering their
\npreferred lifestyle choices. They stayed around the town, though, during the
\nfollowing year and I saw and met up with them occasionally. I was sorely
\ntempted to quit too and join in their drug-fuelled lifestyle. I decided to
\ncontinue with my studies but also made what proved to be the unwise decision to
\nmove out of digs and into a rather grimy insalubrious quarter of Southampton,
\nnear the city centre, with a fellow Maths student, Dave. Here it took a lot
\nmore effort to get into lectures  <\/span>with
\nthe  <\/span>increased distance to the campus. I
\nsoon began to feel isolated and lonely. I thought having a girlfriend might
\nhelp but it didn\u2019t. Lesley was my first girlfriend and someone I got on well
\nwith on the course. But I felt awkward around girls generally and my drinking
\nhabits certainly didn\u2019t help.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThen there came that fateful day, which in retrospect was a
\nsignificant turning point. For some reason I had quite a nasty boil appear on
\nmy leg. I recalled \u2018an old wives tale\u2019 my mother once told me that if you
\napplied a hot bread poultice to such a problem it would help to heal it. I
\nfoolishly thought it was worth a try so boiled the kettle  <\/span>and poured a small amount on to a chunk of
\nbread. As I held it precariously over the said boil and having second thoughts
\n, Dave came along and pressed my hand with bread in, firmly into the leg. Ouch
\n!! The pain was indescribable. I should have immediately applied cold water but
\ndidn\u2019t. The next day I could barely walk and had to be admitted to the Campus
\nHealth Centre where I stayed for days  <\/span>to
\nbe treated for a 2nd<\/sup> degree burn!  <\/span>It was here that I shared a dormitory with a
\nstudent who went by the nickname Reck. To be honest he also looked a bit of a
\nwreck too. It turned out that he was the outdoor adventure type and had
\ncontracted a serious lung infection whilst out mountaineering. As part of his
\ndaily \u2018treatment\u2019 the nurse would get him to turn over so that she could beat
\nhis back. Despite this he was always full of good humour, talkative and
\nfriendly towards me. He must have been the first real Christian I\u2019d met or at
\nleast the first to be open about his faith. Then of course I was a captive
\naudience so when he spoke about Christianity with such conviction I listened.                                                                                        
\n<\/span> <\/span>        <\/span>My
\nonly connection with the church and the Bible had been at Sunday School when
\nvery young . I t had meant very little too me and I  <\/span>must have driven my teacher spare. She may
\nwell have been quite glad to see the back of me when I finally deserted at
\nabout age 11 or 12. Anyway by then I\u2019d \u2018outgrown \u2018 it. God had never been a
\npersonal being to me but rather some invisible, unknowable being that if he
\nexisted at all probably lived somewhere near the altar or \u2018holy of holies\u2019 at
\nthe front!  <\/span>Now  <\/span>as I lay in this recovery unit, unable to \u2018escape\u2019,
\nI felt challenged by this young friend\u2019s real faith and devotion. He had a Bible
\nby his bedside which he read openly and regularly and which he must having been
\npraying over. On one occasion I watched somewhat amazed when a couple of his
\nChristian friends came in to talk to him and pray at his bedside.                                   <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nSo this was for real ?<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWhen my leg had healed and I was able to return to lectures,
\nI tried hard to put these things to the back of my mind. I usually sat near the
\nback of the lecture hall where I could observe everyone as they entered. I
\nnoticed that one student always carried what looked to be a Bible with him at
\nall times! I didn\u2019t know him at all at that stage. I just thought he was another
\nreligious guy , not my type at all and one to be avoided! However this was
\nabout to change.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n        <\/span> <\/span>I came to end of the Spring term in my 2nd<\/sup>
\nyear. I was feeling pretty low and fed up at how things were going both in my
\npersonal life and with the Maths course. I\u2019d just broken up with my girlfriend
\nand felt life was empty.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n <\/span>As I was strolling
\nalone across the campus on my way to the Student Union building who should be
\ncoming towards me but that Bible chap I mentioned from my course. He smiled at
\nme and I stopped. I have no idea now what we talked about but feeling the need
\nto chat with someone I briefly filled him in on how things were going.
\nDetecting that I looked burdened he suggested we have coffee together , so he
\nturned and we both went to the coffee bar. I learned his name was Ricky and
\nbefore long he began to share what a difference being a Christian had made to
\nhis own life. \u2018Oh so you have to become a Christian?\u2019 I probably thought. He
\nseemed to have a good grasp of the Bible, not just in his hand but his heart!  <\/span>He shared relevant passage from it which quite
\nimpressed me! I can\u2019t remember which verses were read but I was struck by his
\nhonesty and openness and willingness to listen. As we parted I gave him my
\naddress and he said he would try to put me in touch with someone he knew.
\nWithin a few days of arriving back at my parents\u2019 home in   Hanham , Bristol, the
\ndoor bell rang and a young man I vaguely knew from my old school was at the
\ndoor. He invited me to attend a local Baptist church for a Sunday service. Although
\nI still had some reservations I duly went along. I shall never forget the warm
\nhandshake I was given by the steward, Bob,  on door duty . In fact it was so firm and
\nlong I wondered when he would ever let go! Apparently this was Bob\u2019s custom to
\neveryone! I listened to the preaching and met a number of the young people
\nthere and came through relatively  unscathed, curious but not converted.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n <\/span>I can\u2019t remember who
\ngave me a copy of the book by David Wilkerson, \u2018The Cross and the Switchblade\u2019
\nbut once I\u2019d started reading it I could barly put it down. It was the true
\nstory of a skinny preacher who commissioned by his church  ‘down South\u2019,  risked
\nlife and limb to preach the gospel in the drug \u2013ridden , ganglands of New York.
\nThere were regular fights between the two main gangs ………… and stabbings
\nwere frequent ( what\u2019s changed?) 
\n<\/span>Unperturbed by ridicule and opposition he stood  <\/span>in front of them and preached his message of
\nhope and new life to be found in Christ. Through perseverance and compassion
\nDavid eventually won over one of the fiercest gang members, the leader of one,
\ncalled Nicky Cruz. Through the love that David showed to him Nicky , and many
\nof these other rugged and ruthless souls were saved.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n <\/span>I believe God used
\nthis story to draw me to Himself. I had also begun reading through John\u2019s
\ngospel for the first time and I remember kneeling by my bedside praying quietly
\ninside. It must have been along the lines\u2019 God if you\u2019re there please reveal
\nyourself and please let me get my sleep back too\u2019 I had been suffering with
\nanxiety and insomnia for a while. I found a holiday job which made me feel so
\ntired that at the end of the day I slept ok ! No coincidence. <\/span><\/div>\n
\nI wasn\u2019t sure if or when I became a Christian. I\u2019d had no
\nsupernatural experience that I could feel, no vision, no lights flashing ! but
\nI do believe this was a major turning point, the first in many that were to
\nfollow. On returning to university at the start of a new term I soon met
\nRicky. He came straight up to me and some of his first words were \u2018 Have you
\nbecome a Christian?\u2019 Almost without thinking I simply said \u2018YES!\u2019 He was
\nobviously delighted and it wasn\u2019t long before we started meeting regularly for
\nprayer and studying the scriptures. He gave me a Bible Study leaflet to help me
\nsearch for passages before we met. The first study was called \u2018The Work of
\nChrist\u2019 which I noticed had been printed by the Navigators. I was soon to
\ndiscover that this organisation had nothing to do with sailing but that rather
\nthey were an interdenominational Christian Mission to students. Although Ricky
\nwasn\u2019t committed to their particular fellowship as he was a Christian Union
\nmember, he said he could introduce me to some Navigator students who met in a
\nlocal house for a light lunch and a Bible study. The first time I attended I
\nfelt  <\/span>a bit overwhelmed, nervous and out
\nof my depth ! There were about 12 men and girls all sat around on floor or
\ncoaches discussing a portion of the Bible. They were led by a young man named
\nMike Treneer. He and his wife, Chris, made me feel very welcome and there began
\na long association with him and the Navigators Christian community.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n <\/span>When I finally
\ngraduated with a 3rd<\/sup> class honours ( by the skin of my teeth and the
\nmercy of God ) I decided to spend another year in Southampton being discipled by
\nMike as well as being part of a team that met regularly for prayer and
\noutreach. After applying for a few different jobs and getting nowhere I finally
\ndecided to take a job as a Hspital porter at Southampton General . This was
\nsupposed to be a temporary measure but turned out to be a year. During this
\ntime I moved into a house with 3 other Christian men from the fellowship.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n <\/span>Finally , realising
\nthat I had no ambition to become a head porter or suchlike, I finally sat down
\n, prayed and thought about my next step. 
\n<\/span>I applied  <\/span>and got accepted for a
\nPGCE course in Cardiff starting October 1973. As it happened a new Navigator
\nministry had just begun there headed up by Martin and Marion cooper. There were
\nonly about 3 or 4 students involved and that included me. It was a challenging
\nyear , both academically and spiritually, trying to balance studies, teaching
\npractices, new friendships and Bible study meetings.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n <\/span>On gaining my PGCE, I
\nwas offered my first post as a probationary teacher at a primary school in
\nFairwater Cardiff. Gradually I became less and less involved with  <\/span>the Navigators and  <\/span>more committed to my Church, Heath
\nEvangelical. <\/span><\/div>\n
\n <\/span>However it was during
\nthis period that I suffered from a serious and inexplicable bout of depression
\nwhich resulted in a short period in hospital and times of recuperation with my
\nparents in Bristol. Slowly with the love, prayers and friendships of other
\nbelievers I fully recovered and granted , as it says in the book of
\nTimothy,  <\/span>the spirit of \u2018 love, power and
\nsound mind\u2019!<\/span><\/div>\n
\n <\/span>Years later during my teaching
\ncareer and even after I\u2019d got married and raised children and worked as a
\nteacher  <\/span>these dark days of depression
\noccasionally returned.  <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n <\/span>I met Sue in a young
\npeople\u2019s group that attended Heath Church. <\/span><\/div>\n
\nWe married in 1980 and moved into our first house in
\nGrangetown. This was where our first child and only daughter was born,
\nRosalina. At the time I was teaching at Severn Rd. School, Canton. Subsequently
\nwe moved to the Heath district. By 1986 our family had enlarged .First Martin ,
\nthen Joseph was given to us. I was transferred to Baden Powell Primary School .
\nHere I spent over 30 years , with its many  <\/span>challenging yet rewarding times. I eventually
\ntook on the role of P.E. and R.E.   <\/span>co-ordinator.
\nIn 1996 Timothy, our late addition was born and completed the family.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nIn 2016 we sold our rather cramped terrace house in Rhiwbina,
\nCardiff and moved to Pontypridd, We both felt that this was the right thing to do , especially as God undertook for us in amazing ways ( but that\u2019s another
\nstory!). We live in a beautiful detached dormer bungalow with a great deal of
\nspace both inside and out and I still wake up sometimes, pinch myself, and marvel at the
\nmagnificent views across the valley towards the pine forests and miles beyond!
\nIt is as though God has blessed us with a new lease of life and opened up new
\nopportunities to serve Him. <\/span><\/div>\n
\n <\/span>\u2018Great is your
\nfaithfulness\u2019 could never be truer.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI leave with more the words  <\/span>from one of my favourite hymns that I
\nmentioned at the start:-<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u2018<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\n3<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nI was bruised, but Jesus healed me;
\n   Faint was I from many a fall;
\n Sight was gone, and fears possessed me,
\n   But He freed me from them all.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n4<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nDays of darkness still come o\u2019er me,
\n   Sorrow\u2019s paths I often tread,
\n But the Saviour still is with me;
\n   By His hand I\u2019m safely led.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n5<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nHe will keep me till the rapture,
\n   Day by day He\u2019ll wash my feet,
\n And will transform all my nature
\n   That in glory we may meet.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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