Sunday visit

Our dear old Edie is finding the walks from the car to the chapels too much for her, and has decided to stop coming with us to Sunday services. She has a heart condition, and the walks from the car to the chapel are just too much for her now. I have seen the deterioration in her health over the past few weeks. After all, she is 90 years old! At least I will continue to see her on Tuesdays at the Cape Villa Bible study.

One of our faithful attendees at Sandy Bay chapel. He follows Deborah's car to church, waits for her to come out, then follows her home again each Sunday.

"Before time" (Saint expression) there was a thriving flax industry on the island. The flax was used to make ropes and similar items. With the advent of nylon, this industry died. The flax plants, however, did not.

They encrouch on spare strips of land wherever they can. See how close to the Head O'Wain chapel they grow. We went to visit Dorothy and Alwyn Richards this afternoon. They have a small holding in the Blue Hill area – goats and sheep and ducks and chickens in pens as you approach the dwelling area. When we arrived, Alwyn was rather stiff and a bit in awe of “Pastor”. But, once again, Graeme’s incredible general knowledge, and genuine interest in a multitude of topics, came to the rescue. He chatted and asked questions about raising chickens, and about skinning rabbits, and about fishing, and growing fruit trees, and fixing old motor cars, etc. By the time we left, there was a relaxed friendliness.

After the Jamestown evening service, we once again had the Terrys over for tea and a chat. This is starting to become a regular weekly visit, and we often chat until quite late.