Eastenders
It's 3.22 a.m in the early hours of Monday morning and I can't sleep! What makes someone sit at their computer, tapping away when they could be curled up in bed? the answer is Eastenders.
No! Not the Pat Butcher and Phil Mitchell variety, but the Poplar Salvation Army variety, and variety is the operative word.
You see, today Kevin and I lead our last Sunday at Poplar whilst on summer placement there and I just can't get the last twelve weeks out of my head. It's been an amazing summer, full of amazing people in a place where every day is different.
Highlights? The day at Clacton-on-Sea, listening to the stories of incredible lives at luncheon club, the banter at the cafe, experiencing nigerian hospitality, the children's holiday club, getting to know theParadise Zone gang, seeing new lives committed to God within the Salvation Army...
I'm looking forward to being back at College and will be quite glad if I never see the number 15 bus again, but I know that tomorrow, as I complete my final day on placement, I am going to feel quite empty.
So to all at Poplar, thank you for letting me be a part of your lives for these few weeks. We were thanked today for our ministry to you, but you taught us so much more. Thank you Christine, Bram, Laura, Gordon and Kate for your care and patience with us.
Poplar will always have a special place in our memories.
posted by Wendy @ 7:28 PM
6 Comments:
The Great thing is that we will still see you!
I think you and Kevin are another couple that the Salvation Army need. You bring something more than Bible studies to the church. You bring meaning to the church!
You will always have your place at Poplar!
Thanks for everything!!!!!!
12 weeks you should try 8 years!!!
You've been the right people for teh right time - thanks.
Thanks Wendy, Kevin, Rosie & Evie for everything, for helping the transitional period become easier for everyong and for all the new influences from pirate songs and puppets to stories, spiders and snakes.
Hope the next 10 months and whatever precise number of days that Wendy will know, are what you want from them. You guys are going to be great whatever Corps you end up in ... I'm looking forward to College blogs and then the Corp blogs...
And in the meantime - see u tonight Wendy for another scintilating (if its a word i'm sure i have the wrong spelling) evening of discussion and guitar lessons...
It’s been great to have all of you around over the past 12 weeks. it's gone so fast! i wish you could just stay at poplar, in my eyes you don’t need the training, you are great the way you are!
It’s been great to have you around just after kate and gorden left, as well as before of course! you made summer club great this year, it was really good working with you.
best of luck with everything you do in the future, you will all be missed at poplar, but a gain to another place.
its great that we still get to see you every tuesday!!!
o yeah.... thanks for everything!
But now of course we know you will be coming back... and that is so cool! We love having you here, and will love it even more to see you here on Sundays and Tuesdays.
I really think you have a role to fulfil here, and I hope and pray it will be a special time for you and for us.
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