Thanks to Johnno l was invited to Gospel church as a thankyou for the gift of a cricket bat !!! There is a kid who works for the YMCA he does all the odd jobs repairs, cleaning, sweeping dirt, he’s always smiling and would be about 20, he coaches the local kids on a Sat morning for cricket. When the box of sporting goodies arrived l showed him and told him to take a cricket bat, he picked up the plastic milo cricket kids bat while eyeing off the expensive “Gray Nicholls” when l told him to take it he was embarressed & refused then eventually after much persuasion he chose a Kookaburra. When he finished his shift he sent one of his workmates to my door to translate a message he said “thankyou from my heart it is very special and would guard it forever it was the first bat he has ever owned, so for a guy of 20 who is passionate about cricket it was pretty special moment & made me a little teary. The service was quite short this time only 2 1/2 hours. Sugeet had a very important role leading the choir, so there he was the boy who fixed my Rat hole, put up mozzie net & unclogged my sink, standing at the alter praising the lord, singing his heart out in true Gospel style with microphone and tamborine banging. After the service he introduced me to his family & half the congregation he was so proud to let everyone know the white woman everyone was staring at was his friend, l did recognize 2 things “Hallejah” & “Praise the lord” and l sang along every time they repeated lifting my arms up to the sky but stopped at shedding tears like some. It still amazes me how serious Sri Lankans take their religion. It was very moving & got a feeling l’m expected every week… will deal with that later.
srilankachris 
Lol….. be a nun and get none……hahaha….how are you….love reading your blogs……you must be having a blast…..mission your ugly face…..luv hugs n kisses..
Naww, what a lovely story, it really puts all the “Stuff” we have into perspective and I hear what you are saying about Sri Lankans and religion, Hampton Park has a huge Sri Lankan congregation at St Kevins Catholic Church that far outnumber us “Whitey’s”..lol
Thanks Ray l’m glad you read it sometimes l think what is important to me may more bore others but there is so much more l could write about but a lot l have no control over so best to let it go. Dont you reckon the sadist nun Sr Michael would be proud of my mantilla ? Love Chris xx
Hello mother christine, i’ll share this with josie she will be so proud of you. Last time you had a hat on you were filling up on bubbles!!!!! How times change. Missing you heaps and loving your blogs so keep them a coming. Mwah