Rivendell

@ Rivendell on Cates Hill

Have you been to a place birthed by faith?
Faith of obedience to the call,
to set aside a prime piece of land for public use,
Faith of waiting for 10 years
for the right people to come up with the building fund;
Till, one day,
a fragile, humble elderly couple,
spoke their dream of a retreat house into being,
Godlike, Spirit hovering over the architectural drawing,
came Rivendell, on Bowen,
Tolkien-like, a place where fear and anxiety are lifted from people’s mind,
a place where the future, good or ill, was not forgotten,
but have no power over the present.
Have you been to such a place gifted through faith?

what is Rivendell, you asked?

i can assure you that what my friend Anna C. penned down

is neither dream-land nor Lord of the Rings fictional land

it’s a wonder-land which I have personally visited on numerous occasions

Fellowshipping with Dr. Rev Howard Bentall

Mr. Bentall ringing the chapel bell with great aplomb every day at 5 p.m in the island calling everyone to pray

Happy 10th Anniversary Rivendell & thanks for being  a haven of rest!