‘We’re trying to change skiers’ perceptions of who God is’
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Emma Fowle2024-12-19T15:39:00
When Lara and Will Sussman became Christians, they wondered how God could use them. It turned out, he wanted them just where they were – in a French ski resort
No one reads the Bible anymore. That was Lara Sussman’s assumption. The busy 40-something mother-of-four was running a successful ski chalet business in Méribel, France with her husband, Will. She wasn’t looking for faith, and didn’t know any Christians.
But after bumping into two friendly women on a walk near her home on the Isle of Wight, she went along to…
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