Last time I posted on this blog I told you about the amazing find of the book in the back room at the café. Well how about this for an unbelievable addition to the story. The following weekend I walked around at a féte. I had £5 in my pocket and walked past some tables trying to persuade my daughter not to spend the money on the first thing she finds. I walked past a table and spotted a watch - it looked good - had a £5 price tag. I looked closer and it was a SEIKO! I purchased it immedeatly - the guy who sold it told me it had a flat battery and needed replacing - so I put it on my wrist and walked off. When I got home I discovered it was ticking away quite happily. I proceeded to clean it and I turned the strap over and the words were written in the strap 'Apollo'.
There have been a number of new visitors to Café Forever, and as a result I have some new friends. One chap came in, he works at Barclays bank, we'll call him P. We talked for a bit and he was looking for a way to de-stress. I asked if he had played golf before and he said no, but he'd like to try, so the following week we went to a driving range. It was great fun, a week later I hooked another new visitor to join us, M, and we played a round of golf at Bromley course. No particularly great scores but lots of fun and a great day for it. The next day P invited me to go and join him to play cricket. I haven't played in years and so I spent a lot of my time on the pitch praying that I wouldn't mess up too badly! I still have bruises on my legs where I was too slow to hit the ball!
A Nigerian lady arrived on Friday, she joined us for church on sunday too! Another new visitor is a lady who was brought here by her daughter for conversation - to get her out of the house - she said that of all the places she could visit she felt most comfortable with us.
We have also had two very enjoyable post-church picnics - one was to Greenwich Park where some children pedalled around in a boat and the other was an annual cycle trip to Thames Barrier Park.
I had also to attend the funeral of my great uncle, Bill Holt, in Bradford-on-Avon. It was a wonderful ceremony and send-off. Before I left I read in my bible that Jesus was talking to various 'officials' in Jerusalem about the resurrection. He told them that God is the God of the living, not the dead. I thought about this as I journeyed there with my cousin. The final song was 'Lord of the dance', which is very fitting, since uncle Bill was the oldest morris dancer in the world - a fact attested to by his dance company. When we exited the church, as his coffin was being put into the hearse his morris company was dancing! What a wonderful life he lived, full of gentleness and love. Bill was always interested in you, family, and Jesus. I will miss him. Granted it is a little unusual to post video of somebody's funeral but I think this occasion it is not disrespectful, rather honoring in fact.
We have all apart from one had our birthday celebrations - Hannah's party was in the theme of 'Alice in Wonderland' and Natalie put considerable effort into the various cakes, decorations etc... And the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival is now underway which provides many wonderful spectacles to observe at no cost to the public!
There have been a number of new visitors to Café Forever, and as a result I have some new friends. One chap came in, he works at Barclays bank, we'll call him P. We talked for a bit and he was looking for a way to de-stress. I asked if he had played golf before and he said no, but he'd like to try, so the following week we went to a driving range. It was great fun, a week later I hooked another new visitor to join us, M, and we played a round of golf at Bromley course. No particularly great scores but lots of fun and a great day for it. The next day P invited me to go and join him to play cricket. I haven't played in years and so I spent a lot of my time on the pitch praying that I wouldn't mess up too badly! I still have bruises on my legs where I was too slow to hit the ball!
A Nigerian lady arrived on Friday, she joined us for church on sunday too! Another new visitor is a lady who was brought here by her daughter for conversation - to get her out of the house - she said that of all the places she could visit she felt most comfortable with us.
We have also had two very enjoyable post-church picnics - one was to Greenwich Park where some children pedalled around in a boat and the other was an annual cycle trip to Thames Barrier Park.
