The Lord is my refuge ...

A day at North Street Citadel … thanks to Majors Bruce & Mildred for sharing a day of their ministry with me. I had a blast, yet again. After designing some mighty fine placemats and helping setup for the Turkey dinner they brought me outside of the building for some ministry opportunities. 

The first stop was the ‘Hamper Distribution Centre’ … which happens to be a greenhouse in the Botanical Gardens. I’ll be heading back there next week some time to do a little more hands-on from what I understand. After that we went to the café at the Hospital … And … you guessed it, lunch was followed up by some pastoral visits. My first of this kind … and wouldn’t ya know it … the very first room was in critical care and required a smock and gloves! Yup, nothing like jumping in with both feet for this gal who doesn’t ‘do’ hospitals so well. The neat thing was … I loved the visit … it was so lovely to visit this ‘saint’ … She lit up when she realized I was a ‘cadet’ … and then I shared her favorite Psalm with her … from HER bible … Psalm 91. “The Lord is my refuge” and how wonderful to hear this lady’s testimony through scripture. Her faith is strong, there is no doubt about it … I’m still workin’ on mine … and am thankful for the many examples that have crossed my path to encourage me to do just that!

After finishing a few visits at the hospital we ran a few errands, one of which included a quick visit to DHQ … again I’ll be spending some time there next week so I’ll share more on that then!

By 4pm we headed back to the corps to help with final setup for the Community Christmas Dinner. We served Turkey/Ham dinner to over 160 people. It was a blessing to serve them. It never ceases to amaze me how thankful some people can be … again, I’m still workin’ on this too!

That’s about it for my 2^nd full day on the island … blessed & thankful, to say the least!