Tuesday evening was an interesting occasion. We were due to eat our meal at 7.00pm, but because some of the community core members had gone to Chelmsford for the afternoon the meal was postponed until 7.30pm. No problem!
But then, at about 7.20pm, a man with a couple of youngsters came in the door of the community. It had just started raining and he explained that he was leading a youth group barbecue on the beach adjacent to the community but because it was raining they wondered whether might they be able to come and take shelter with us. 'Of course,' they were told, 'and bring your sausages and we'll heat them up in the oven.' Over fifty youngsters then traipsed in, together with their leaders, and we all set to to make them welcome, give them something to drink, and making sure their sausages were cooked through.
It was great to show some Christian hospitality to these youngsters, but it did mean that our meal was delayed. We eventually began eating our lasagne at 8.45pm!
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