A Community in Mourning

Posted: April 30th, 2008

Today is a very sad day. Most who are coming in to the store are mourning the loss of Joshua who died this morning in his mother’s arms at Children’s Hospital after a lengthy illness from which he could not recover. His father Arnel was a guitar teacher here for a short while before taking a sabbatical these last few months to concentrate on school. He was to return this month, that did not happen.

Our lives were intertwined for a few short months and I do not know Arnel and Brenda well but, I know them well enough to know they are people of tremendous faith. This is the faith that will get them through this most difficult time. This is our faith. The faith that will draw our community together. I am so honoured to be here in our little store watching as God unveils each day, the good and the bad. And I am humbled to watch you, my brothers and sisters, rise to the challenges that God presents because we know and love Him, and because we know that He is bigger than the worst things that can happen to us in our lifetime.

Something that really helped me was a piece called “A Child Loaned”. You can find it as the Newsletter for the month of May. For Joshua and for all children who have gone home before us.

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