Thursday and Memorial service Friday 9th Oct 2014

Hi everyone,

As expected a few regulars were away as there was a memorial service for a very popular man named ‘animal’. In spite of this 9 people came for Bible study. It was a very peaceful day with people participating in Bible study freely. One man who came had not been for a couple of years. He can often be a handful and has been banned from many centres at one time or another. He is can be much worse than the Mark we spoke of on Tuesday night.  Thankfully he was well behaved on Thursday. Strangely enough it is clear to me that he has had theological training. He may have even been a priest in his past life such is  his knowledge of the Bible old and new. Clearly something has gone amiss in his life.

Please continue to pray for the group and everyone’s safety as people who often attend can be extremely volatile. They are like time bombs , ticking waiting to explode.

The memorial service on Friday went ok. There were no incidents and the family of the deceased came to Edward Eagar Lodge which is very unusual. It was unfortunate that the memorial service could only be held 3 and a half weeks after the death due to many complications. I am fairly sure this affected the number of people being present. The lady who died was a very popular person amongst the marginalised and also at other centers.

The events of this week with another 2 more deaths at the lodge, I am sure also affected the people who were going to attend.

Please pray for the residents of the lodge as the number of deaths has affected the mood and mental state of both staff and residents.

Thanks you for your prayers it is clear prayer is needed in this seemingly uncontrollable situation.

Michael