Huntsville helps with food parcels

Sophia and the team in Huntsville North Alabama .... there are more pictures to come next week

Sophia Williamson, our doughty chairlady of the Women's Association, is back at St Mark's after an extended holiday in the United States, which included a visit to Huntsville in Alabama, where she represented St Mark's as part of the 10th anniversary celebrations between the Presbytery of North Alabama and that of eGoli.

St Mark's is “twinned” with First Presbytery Huntsville, which meant that Sophia was really keen to meet with her sisters from Huntsville. She told  your scribe today that her intention was, first and foremost, to tell the women of Huntsville where their money was going. In other words how their welcome donations were being spent in Yeoville.

One thing however led to another and Sophia ended up sharing her pain at seeing the size and quantity of our food parcels diminishing week by week. One lady, in particular, touched her heart. She came to St Mark's for help and in Sophia’s words, her eyes were “dead.”

At that point she burst into tears, but those tears were in some way the Lord's tears, for the kind WA of First Presbytery dug into their chequebooks and gave Sophia a donation of $2 200 to take home. There are cash dollars as well. This will mean many more and better food parcels, and we at St Mark's can only say thank you to our friends in Huntsville, from the bottom of our hearts.

Sophia is busy with an articles for the Marksman Online and she has many more pictures and memories to share.

Things that caught Sophia's attention:

• The fact that the minister opened the WA meeting and was part of the process. That a Bible study formed part of the order of business, before practical issues were addressed.
• The fact the Sunday school and children's ministry was such a huge and well organised endeavour.

Blessings,

The St Mark's Editorial Team.