St. Matthew's Thanksgiving was the final one, held the Sunday evening after thanksgiving at four o'clock--lots of singing and a wonderful speaker, Debbie Bodkin. . Debbie, an officer with the Waterloo regional police force has spent many of her leaves in places like Chad, Kosovo and the Sudan not as a tourist but working collecting information. I don't have the words to tell you about Debbie, so check out her page at http://www.debbiebodkin.com/. If you have some real time on your hands, "Google" her name, and find all the articles, videos and radio and television interviews.
I have been preaching, over the Harvest season on the need to give thanks in actions, not just necessarily in words and/or money, and Debbie (it was the wardens' idea to ask her to speak for the special service) shows us that a woman living in Canada can do something about the horrors of the world around us.
What was really helpful for the parish was for the hard working folks to hear about meeting her 'adopted child' (through World Vision). Debbie told us how she had seen first hand how the money she donated helped the child, family and village. Operation Christmas box is gearing up again, and the parish has taken heart from hearing from Debbie that the boxes actually get into the hands of the intended recipients.
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