It’s not tiny – it’s just far, far away. Colm took the picture with his phone – while he was in a plane, I think. It’s actually impossible to tell here, but the two people in more traditional dress are actually the Mary and Joseph puppets…. Until I get my camera working, this is our only pictorial evidence of last week’s trip.
This week ‘s adventure was considerably overshadowed by coming back to church to find that Bob had been taken ill and was waiting for an ambulance..Puts all our mucking about with puppets into perspective somewhat. We are all very thankful now that he seems to be OK.
Before we went out, we had a treat in an Advent prayer in Scots which Susan brought along. We all enjoyed using the phrase “the mirksome winter” which seemed to suit the recent misty weather. We then got bundled up into jackets, hats, scarves, gloves, and so on, and made the trek down to Castlecliff homeless hostel. We were greated with great gusto by two members of staff who told us that there was “no room at the inn”
One of them was clearly into it and when Paul Michael asked her for a room, telling her that “We’re expecting a baby!”, she asked “What baby are you expecting?” Several children answered “Jesus.” “What’s Jesus going to do?” she asked. Robin answered: “He’s going to save the world!” with only a very slight giggle. Her young cousin Finlay then solemnly added, “I can save the world, because I have robot powers!” This brought the theological discussion to a complete halt. Which is just as well because some of us were at the limits of our knowledge and I’m not talking about the children.
I love your green jacket and the whole trip sounds just lovely. I do hope the sick man is doing better.