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.
