dog in the church

Several times the dogs have come into the church and they come up the front and plop themselves down in the processional space so that the procession has to walk around them. Asde the dog during the last hymn closed his eyes and I imagined him thinking how kind these humans were to sing him to sleep. He looked to be one of the lucky ones - he had a fairly full coat of hair and he looked well fed. It's almost a different world in the church - the dignity and self respect of the worshippers - I always sit and have a cup of tea after church and a talk about things. Unfortunately there's not many wait manmeri but they are concerned that when waitmanmeri need spiritual help at times of brereavement and other difficult times in life that they can reach out and help where they can. Fr Stanley and the rest of the Parish council and lots of the parishioners would not want to be unable to help but they just need to know who in the expat community is unaware of the work of the church. They understand that the expat church is the Yacht Club and they don't resent that but they do recognise its limitations in Christian ministry which is why they want me to help All Souls reach out to the expats in need.
Sarere Robert and I went to Nadzab, the airport about 40 k from Lae to meet new AVI Anthony. He'll be working in Business studies in computer accountancy - I think. There's three of us AVIers on campus now and another two Jane with Seventh Day Adventist ADRA and Nathan with the National Office of the Anglican Church gives us 5 AVIers in Lae.