As I write this, I am struck by how fortunate my life has been. In fact, it's been a blessed and charmed life. No major difficulties, no tragedies—smooth sailing until the coronavirus hit and suddenly life was very different. A quarantine, no church, no club meetings, no volunteering and what I missed most of all, no contact with friends.
Friends have always felt like a wonderful God given gift. They were my support when I was on the Holy Comforter vestry, while I was a past Holy Comforter Parish Administrator, and while I sang in the Holy Comforter choir. Friends mean comfort in trying times, and joy and laughter with shared adventures and experiences.
I realize that through friends I have a community of faith and a community for Christian action and study. Recently, a friend has brought me back into our liturgy and worship. The videos of the Holy Comforter services have been sent to me every week since March. I have been comforted, fed and given a sense of hope by the gift of preaching and song. And it has been the peek back into the life of Holy Comforter that has been sorely missed in the last 13 years since Piet and I have been gone. God is good!
Bunny van der Veer
