So...another afternoon David and I headed for the Hotel d'Ardouin , which may be Mazeres best kept secret- three floors of inter active archaelogy, mannequins in historical dress - which gives me the creeps!?
Also diaramas and videos about PASTEL, the blue woad plant, which caused rich barons to flourish and become benefactors in many many ways, founding this, building that. There is still the woad plant in the beautiful garden area which overlooks the River Hers. The curator was a lovely woman called Douceline. I am guessing this name is shortened to Celine ( as in Celine Dion). We spoke a lot to her and found out that she, like us, is a "born again Christian"...much over used phrase in USA, and can give some of us a bad name! Just means we believe John's Gospel Chapter 3 when Jesus and Nico have a late night conversation, wherein Nico discovers the awful truth that all his learning, Jewish Pharisaical education and standing in the community amounts to nothing unless he sees the revealed Light of the World Who can give him eternal life not by striving to be good but by letting God the Mighty Creator ( Elohim) re-create him from the inside with a heart transplant !!! End of sermon !
Visited a lovely wee 92 year old lady today whose Mum took her to St George's Tron when Tom Allan was minister ( google TA to see all he did by the grace of God in the 1960's) Did a pre-funeral visit too so involving a professional Catholic lady who will read the Old Testament reading next Tuesday at Linn crematorrrrrium. Lastly, I visited a family, not just to sign a passport photo and do counter signature, but also to say "Cheerio" in person...this will be a hard family to leave to the new Eastwood minister's care. We have loved and prayed their premature son through 3 serious operations. he is now much much better, praise God. Byeeee.
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