On Thursday I drove down to Woodbridge in Suffolk for the funeral of Rev Dr John B Hall. It was at St John's and was an Anglican service. As I expected, I knew almost no-one there but was thankful to bump into J P Earnest, who was ther in a similar capacity to me. He was there as John had been many years a trustee of the Open Air Mission. I was there representing the Evangelical Library, which John also was a trustee for. John began life in the navy but was then converted during a terrible storm and soon began as an Anglican minsiter. He served in several places and then in retirement served as a chaplain in expat congregations in Amsterdam, Dusseldorf anf Kiev. I was surprised to learn that John was dyslexic. That didn't stop him gaining an earned doctorate from America, later in life. J P kindly stood me lunch before we headed off our separate ways.
3 comments:
Hello,
It's too bad that I didn't get to meet you, unless we did meet when I greeted you at the entrance? I'm sorry that you didn't come to the lunch afterwards. Thank you so much for coming and for showing our family that you appreciated the involvement our dad had with your organization.
Sincerely,
Anne Hall (Canada)
Thank you. It's always difficult to know what to do in these situations. I should have made more effort to make mysself known I guess. He was a great man and it came over in what was said. I loved reading his testimony so kindly written out for us.
Thank you Gary, that's lovely to hear. May God continue to guide and bless you in your ministry.
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