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| HopeLovegood, IvoraKeys, AnneTique |
A strange thing happened at IMC last Thursday evening. My
usual fellow Mission Trainees and our lecturers vanished, and were temporarily
replaced by the suspicious parishioners of Bosthorpe Evangelical Church, who
spent the evening in the murky world of (fictitious) crime… who had murdered
Don Ritting??!!! The usually very glamorous Charmaine was replaced by the
greyed, deaf and suspiciously dark upper lipped Anne Tique who was commonly
spotted napping throughout proceedings, the normally creative Sarah disappeared
behind a peach nylon explosion, complete with a hearing trumpet and thick
Jamaican accent- “Whad dat did you say?” And our learned lecturer Nicky was finally
able to relax and happily sit in oblivion to what was going on around her as Al
Zeihmers, and reminisce to her hearts content about the Good Old Days on the
Mission Field! While I suddenly became obsessed with celebrities, shopping and
became weighed down by an unusual amount of bling. Yes, a Murder Mystery was
our chosen final activity at IMC to celebrate our 8 months and take a last
opportunity to dress up and laugh at each other.
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Ben Da Truth Al Zeihmers Rev Al Ation I Alta Cleff
Rev Al Ation II Dan Widdit |
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| The Arrest of Stew Ard by Detective Stan De Sing |
From hilarity and ridiculousness, to a significant and
emotional Commissioning Service on the Friday morning, a time when, following
our training, we were ‘Sent Out’ to go and get on with it. Amongst the words of
encouragement, affirmation, thanks and shared fond memories, there was a deep sense
of solidarity and significance amongst us. However, tears and the regular
chorus of nose blowing prevented the event from becoming overly dignified and
stuffy- that’s not IMC’s style!
And so now, it is time to sort, throw, store, pack up my
bags and move on to the next step. IMC, Step One. Done.
