One of the tasks for my Sabbatical is to record and reflect what is happening each day. I can't guarantee I will always have access to it to update but I will try. I have 90 days and I am going to record my days through the people that I meet and try to see what God is teaching me through these encounters.
Today, my first hero is S. I just got home from visiting the school where I am a governor when he shouted my name and came across the road to speak to me. He is quite a private man, but over the years since he came on an Alpha course, we have struck up a good relationship. He is a great guy with a story, some of it quite tragic due to circumstances in his life. He has gone through a very difficult time trying to get access to his daughter. He won his case back in March, but still hasn't seen her due to seeming poor service and communication by the access centre! What struck me about S today, which is why he is my hero today, is the lack of bitterness in him and his determination to keep going, to do anything and everything to see his daughter. He is not giving up and he is not angry, he is going to persevere.
I'm praying that it will all be resolved very soon.
And he has invited me to go fishing with him! I haven't done that since I was a kid. Did I tell you about the one that got away?
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