-----Original Message-----

Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 16:37

To: 'Jack Dunn'

Subject: Simon Cleminson

Hi Jack,

How pleased I am that it is you a little greyer but the same person I

remember. You look well

and you talk in the same way I remember.! I don't recognise any of the girls

can you help, it looks like a happy family picture ,yours ? Tell me what you

have been up to and are you still involved in the church in Spain ?

Did I leave before you ? what are you doing now to many things to talk about

and not very good at typing.

Yes I was that scrawny kid with the blond curly hair. I went to Spain last

year to see the place

where God changed my life, Dan was not there unfortunately and there where

no English speaking people I could find out information. Got hold of the

Church's web sight and noticed your site and then recognised your name and

hey presto. If you want to send my email to anyone who might know me it's

O.K. will send you some pictures next week.

You work for the CIA or did you find out I was an IT head hunter by my

company name on the email I sent you and found our web site, no grass

growing on you !

Jack where have all those years gone? I'm 47 this year and you look like

your 50 and happy.

Were you in the church when I left? After my fathers funeral my sole desire

was to return to my

Spanish birth place and brothers and sisters .I met a man who asked what I

was doing in Spain and

I explained working in a Evangelical Church and after listening to me he

pointed out that I was young and I needed to be responsible and get a job

and if God was calling me into the ministry there is no way you can miss his

call. I became angry with this man and thought who was he to say

these things but as the day went on I new inside God was talking it was not

what I wanted to hear

I felt that Spain was were God was. In Spain I was told God was calling me

into the ministry and so I felt that I should preach when I could other wise

I would lose my ministry the same man that

told me to get a job offered me the pulpit on Sunday to preach I spent most

of the night seeking Gods face as to what to say.

In the morning I was not sure still what to talk about .So the time came

to stand in front of a small congregation and share what was on my mind,

after 5 long minutes I

sat down knowing that my calling was my ego.

Got a job working in a factory and got fired after one year after telling

the owner he was going to hell because he didn't pay his suppliers. The best

thing that could of happened to me. I was offered a job selling advertising

in Kelly's Directories the sales manager said they had never offered a job

to some one as young as me .I was worried if God wanted me in this line of

work and sort Him till I had the assurance he was with me. The sales

training took 3 weeks and after it I was ready to show them they had made

the best choice in me .(Hope I'm not boring you )

Well after 2 months I could not sell anything that mattered I tried every

way I knew but it was not working,finaly one day on the streets after coming

out of another blow out I found a quite

place sat on my brief case and said God I can't do this job if you don't

help me I'm a failure

my heart cried out each word. I couldn't sit there to long as my next

appointment was due.

Whilst in the next appointment I will never forget it the Client interrupted

my presentation and asked if the inside cover was for sale my mouth dropped

to the floor as it was one of the most

expensive adverts in the company. God showed me then who was my supplier it

was not me and my ambition . Things changed from that moment thing began to

work and at the end of that year I was

awarded salesman of the year out of 40 salesmen.

He is our everything .25 years on I have wonderful wife Lucie married 25

years and 4 children

aged 24 abigail.22 timothy.20 rachel and peter 18 . Abigail is a qualified

lawyer and the others

are at university they are still at home and are part of the Church.

I started a business in recruitment 14 years ago called Scott Merrick which

God has blessed.

He is my supplier.

God has planted me in a good church as you can see we see miracles happen

all the time .

Sorry for the long email but you now know what happened to me so far.

Please let me know your story Jack I look forwards to getting it.

your bro

Simon

-----Original Message-----

Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 08:16

To: 'jd1@digisys.net'

Subject: an old friend from Spain

Dear Jack,

are you the chap I remember with round glasses and a whispy beard who lived

in the Christian community when I was there ? my name is Simon Cleminson 17

at the time back in 1974-76. Barry (Aussie) Mo (USA) Dory(USA)

Sylivian(France) Annemarie(France) and many more lovely people. I hope you

remember me as you are all burnt in my heart . God gave me life there never

to be the same Jesus lives in me and I belong to Him forever. The days out

on the street witnessing and working on the new farm ,sleeping in Barbara

garage then moving to live in the house on the corner near the Church. Dory

and I used to sneak off after it getting to hot to witness and find a

secluded part of the beach ,did he ever get that steel tooth changed to look

less noticeable I love you brother.Sylivian I still remember and cannot

forget you, you are precious .I would love to speak to every one there who

remembers those wonderful days .

My sister (Shayne) joined us after a year ,We left to go to our fathers

funeral in England and God changed our plans as we were coming back as soon

as possible. I got involved in a new Church called Ongar Christian

will tell the whole story but I would love to hear from anyone who remembers

me.

I look forwards to your reply .

yours in Christ Jesus

Simon Cleminson

Scott Merrick Associates

01277 211 151

07850 799 062