Sam was born at 12.36 am on April 6 1984. At midday we were told that he had Down’s Syndrome.
From the outset the Lord’s hand was upon him, with Christian midwife, health visitor and later teaching assistants.
Sam’s life was spent at Deeping St. James, where he attended Deeping Baptist Church. He was converted in his teens and was baptised on his 19th birthday, declaring loud and clear his favourite verse, ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’. He was a walking encyclopaedia of hymn verse numbers.
