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Please check out Jennifer's reflection. We had to add an attachment seeing that she included pictures. Good reflection for a Monday morning!
http://www.freewebs.com/smdyyouthministry/Witnessing_Christ_Reflection[1].doc
My Bishop reflection! Hope you like it!
Hello all those who are reading this in cyber space, my name is Daisy (aka "The flower that never dies"), and I'm here to tell you about a recent experience that I had with none other then Bishop Boissonneau. It was pretty random in how I was one of the people chosen to meet the Bishop. You see, here I was in the morning, just talking with my friends about the usual, when a certain religion teacher (who will remain anonymous) told me to go to the chapel 10 minutes before my lunch ended. In my head I was like, "Oh! I'm probably going to have to lug some bibles or something heavy to the classroom upstairs... oh goody". But to my surprise when I opened the door to the Chaplain's office I see my fellow classmate, Shantel, who immediately tells me in a quiet whisper "SHHHHHHH!!!!!! THE BISHOP'S HERE!". Here was my reaction ...
" What?... Where are the bibles?".
Well I didn't actually say that aloud, but it WAS running through my head at the time. Soon other people joined us in the office and I was finally informed about just what was going on. Seems that I wasn't chosen to be a member of the "Bible- lugging team" but of the "Welcoming the Bishop team" ... how odd. Well anyways I decided to sit and wait and enjoy some of the grapes that were left out for the Bishop). When the Bishop finished with his speech to the religion classes, he entered the chaplain's office and gave us all a smile. He introduced himself and asked for our names and shook hands with each of us. When he was seated, the members of the "Bishop welcoming team" all launched into their questions... "Do you like being the bishop?" and "How do you handle the media?" were just some of those questions. The Bishop answered all of our questions with ease, didn't even bat an eye at some of the more complicated questions that were being asked. My favourite question that we asked the Bishop was,"When do you experience God?" and he answered "I'm experiencing him right now while I am talking to all of you". "Woah!" that was really unexpected, I was thinking of something totally different, but instead was given a simple answer that related to everyone sitting in that office at that moment. I guess I'll always remember the Bishop in that way. Perhaps I'll forget how he look and what he sounded like, but I will remember that response for the rest of my life and just how, at that moment, he didn't seem like a Bishop but seemed like a man who truly loves God.
By Daisy
