A new year, a new adventure!

We are delighted to report another clear scan for Phoebe last November – she has now been cancer-free for over a year!  Scans will be done every four months now, instead of every three.  Another milestone successfully passed!

You may be interested to know that Phoebe, Rachel and Matt featured in a short BBC Lifeline programme broadcast on 11th December. The BBC webpage still has some information about the BrainsTrust and Phoebe (but the programme is no longer available).

The Lollars are ready to draw a line under the last two very difficult years and have decided to do so in a big way!  Matt starts a new job on 6^th February – in Mobile, Alabama!  So he will be leaving Sheffield in a couple of weeks’ time; the rest of the family will follow later.  Rachel has applied for her Green Card (the children already have US citizenship) and has to do lots of paperwork and sorting out the house ready for letting. Once all the paperwork is in place they too will depart.

Over Christmas the family spent a happy two weeks in Pensacola, Florida with Matt’s extended family.  Mobile is about an hour away from there, so they were able to visit the town, meet people in the church they had made contact with and get a feel for what life might be like there.

So it will soon be our turn to be the long-distance grandparents!  It will be a big change for us of course, but we are really pleased that Matt and Rachel have the confidence to move forward like this and we will encourage them however we can.

If you are among the many who are still praying for Phoebe and her family, may we ask you to continue supporting them during this period of separation and then the transition into a new life in Mobile.

You may remember that they have been raising funds for Brain Tumour Research and we are joining them in this by organising a classical guitar concert on March 11^th.  We include the details below – please feel free to pass them on to anyone you think might be interested. 
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An Early Spring Concert for Two Classical Guitars

in aid of Brain Tumour Research

On: Saturday March 11th at 7.30pm.

At: 215 Sharrow Vale Road, Sheffield, S11 8ZB. (This is the old Wesleyan chapel which is now the home of The Crowded House).   

The Priestley Taylor Classical Guitar Duo will perform a varied programme of pieces from the sixteenth century to the present day and from around the world.    Works by Dowland, Scarlatti, Sor and others.

All proceeds will go to Brain Tumour Research.  
Please come prepared to make a donation on the door, or give beforehand at:  
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/guitarduo
You could also use this page to donate, even if you cannot join us!
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Thanks!

Marcus and Jen
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