Redecoration and Kitchen staff

Over the past 3 months quite a lot has happened at Cafe Forever. In April we hired Andrew Dimon to restart the kitchen service and in May Esther Christensen. Having worked with them for a short while I can say that I am so excited now for the future of Cafe Forever. They are both so enthusiastic and professional. Esther has taken the role of Catering Manager.

Marlene and Andrew painting

During my time in the hospital Tom took to refurnishing the interior of the cafe with some new couches (the old one's had tears in them and looked awful) and removing the divider screen and replacing it with some nice foliage. Then in the last week of May we redecorated the café in chocolates, fudges and golds - including some very smart lampshades- it now looks spiffing! Esther and Andrew decided that we should have some tea pots for our tea service and I battle to remember to serve it this way, though it also looks really nice. In terms of our income I'd say we are taking double what we did previously (which really isn't saying too much since we were taking in very little) and I hope that this will quadruple as we regain our past and find new customers.

Cheese and Tomato toastie

As for the visitors - on a regular basis I still meet up with D_ and just recently we took his dog to be neutered in the hope that this will calm her down somewhat - she is a big dog and very strong and D_ is not exactly a 'strapping young lad'. He is off the wagon again and it is evident by the return of paranoia; real and imagined and occurrences of chaos that begin to raise themselves in his life. When I talk chaos it is in the major extremes I am talking. He often reads strange books and I believe these have a huge effect on his behaviour. He has also begun borrowing a lot of money. It is something to be considered when next you carry out your priestly duty.

Regularly I meet up with B_and A_, they came around for a visit the other night and we had a meal together. They are such wonderful companions and we had an excellent discussion about love and relationships - I hope that these will in some way inspire them to faith.

T_ came in yesterday for the first time in about 2 weeks. Previously he had brought in some rhubarb from his allotment which Andrew turned into a very successful rhubarb cake. He has just come out of hospital having some form of muscular pains which the doctors said were kidney problems. He has found some alcohol somewhere (not his) and drunk it and thinks this is responsible, possibly filled with some sort of cleaning fluid or something. He said he felt very near death at times. He said that he was ready to go since there was nobody left really to live for but that he questioned where he was going and was unsure of his salvation. We had a good chat. I really love seeing this man - he is such a sweet and beautiful friend.

Further the food Andrew is producing is exceptional and I have no doubt that soon we will see visitors returning. We need prayer for all of the above. Please support us.