Nicky Dixon
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One of the joys of middle age is looking back and seeing how my life with God has unfolded. From my childhood in Staffordshire, just loving God and being with people who loved him, growing up in a Christian home and learning from an early age that all of my days and activities can be part of my life with God, not just one slot a week.
The years at college were a challenge spiritually, as I met the Christin Union group, but didn’t particularly identify with the way they expressed their faith, so never quite belonged to a group of believers, and just drifted through on my own.
After college, as a primary school teacher on the Wirral, I found myself drawn to Christians who were actively pursuing God, and came across a wonderful couple who ran a Bible study in their home, with people of all ages, and I knew I was “home” spiritually. It was in my mid-twenties that I realised in my deepest being, that all that was of meaning in my life was Jesus, his loving, faithful Father and beautiful Holy Spirit, who have been a powerful presence in my life right into my sixties.
From the Wirral, to Buckinghamshire, and finally here to rural mid-Wales, it has been wonderful to find myself amongst Christians who have encouraged and stimulated my faith in many different ways, and especially so in such a sparsely-populated area of the country. 
I am hugely grateful to my local Know Your Bible group – we can be open ourselves with one another, warts and all, pray through our fears, challenges and troubles, and receive such wisdom and reassurance as we share scriptures, prayers, love, encouragement (and lunches out of course!). 
I feel very privileged, and somewhat daunted by the opening to join the KYB leadership team, relying on God to lead the way. What an adventure life with him is!