Bringing his story right up-to-date, in his retirement my dad has had to deal with the deaths of his son Nick and his sister Jean. Combined with several different health problems over this period, he has experienced periods of depression as well as grief.During this period he has also worked on and completed an MPhil based on the 'Woven Cord' programme that he ran at St Edmunds Tysley. This was an extensive piece of applied research that summarised his knowledge of and views on Celtic Christianity and its application to urban communities.
Andi Thomas, one of the young people that Nick supported and helped through the Aston and Newtown Community Youth Project, has, since Nick's death, continued several of the initiatives that Nick began. This includes taking young people from Birmingham on expeditions to Uganda and supporting the work of the Salem Brotherhood in that country. My dad has worked with Andi to turn these activities into a charity called Rejunevate Worldwide.
Together with my mum, he has also been actively involved in supporting the Headstart group that meets at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. This group provides a place where people with experience of head injuries can tell their stories and support each other.
The Queen Elizabeth is the hospital where he is now receiving treatment himself following brain damage caused during a cardiac arrest. Please pray for him as he is not expected to recover consciousness.
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Mike Peters - Strength.
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