Vancouver Mid-Island Community is a seaside people. Who can stroll the
vast beaches at Tofino on a breezy March day; sit on the edge of
a rolling lawn at the Diamonds for a picnic lunch, gaze at the sea
and discuss Mark 7 until it is ready to be formed and shaped for
a Sundays homily; play at the beach in Parksville with grandchildren
and children, ever waiting for the tide to come in and possess our
castle art?
We caravan from home to home on the Island highway, also known as
the Trans-Canada #1. It is from here that we greet our soul groups
from Ottawa, Germany, Victoria or wherever they are coming from to
welcome into our midst for a little while.
It is via the fibre-optic highway that we hear from so many people,
calling, faxing, phoning, and writing: the news of Benjamin's birth
in Saskatoon, the death of Liam in Trenton, the folks at the cottage
relaxing, and the safe arrival of family and friends at home again.
Over the last years our community has grown closer, waiting to share
and serve, always there for each other in our multi-faceted tasks,
always open to hearing the news of other communities. All in all,
we have belonged to the institutional family, the reformation/renewal
family, and now we are simply journeying together. This community
by the sea and the Trans-Canada is walking together in heart and
spirit.
Connie Kurtenbach, Ladysmith BC
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