We’d love to hear from if we have helped you home at any point. We really do enjoy making sure people are safe and sound but could do with a little feedback from time to time. So if we have helped you in any way this summer, why not leave a comment. We would really appreciate it.
Our friend Steve Lawton recently wrote this poem whilst watching sunset at Cafe del Mar:
The warmth has gone
The light lays hidden behind the unexpected mist
The melodic soulful ambiance creates the backdrop to the ever-present air of expectance
We all exercise a degree of forced patience
One solitary fisherman patrols the vast expanse and almost seems
Insignificant
In comparison to the ocean
The backdrop moves in slow motion
Eyes patrol in the same direction
And give a subtle impression
That we are all people
Of expectance
Yet for my in experience
My heart beats just a little faster
For what it is for which we wait
Waiting and watching, watching and waiting
All aware
but know one saying
Yet we all sit
And watch
the same
Some every day folk
Some Day to day folk
Some claiming celebrity status
Some just here to play folks
Yet we all sit and wait
The same
The colours blend to create
And to paint
An undisputed masterpiece
Naturally made
As if pinned of hung from 4 corners
the largest piece of priceless artwork freely on display
And it shows its self today
as every other day
Without fail
Many things brought us here today
Different circumstances will create the crowd
And different ones will create it again in a different way the following day
But for today
For this specific moment
Of this specific day and point in history
For this specific display
It is here and now.
That we wait
Whats the difference in this miss matched rag tag band of unusual characters
That have gathered from far and wide
but all looking in the same direction?
All looking the same way
As the sun sets
Its as if the maker
Is sitting back with arms folded and with a little smirk as if to say
“what more can I say”
The difference I guess
That someone took the time to explain to others
Why it is that the sun fades
And what happens to it the next day
And how to operate when the day is claimed
by the dark
And someone told them how to explain
To the next person,
In the hope that they would take the opportunity to do the same
So we all sit here again
Different
Yet in some sense
The same
And we wait
For the end of the day
Our centre will open at 4.30pm on Monday May 3rd, we will have all the usual stuff in our revamped and redecorated centre.
This year we have a table tennis table instead of a pool table!!
The prayer room will now be called “the chapel” and will be a great place for some quiet spiritual reflection in the madness of the summer.
Pop down and see us
The best thing to do is contact the consulate here is the website with all the latest news there number in Ibiza is 91 730 1818 or e-mail Ibiza.Consulate@fco.gov.uk they are open between 8.30 -1300 hrs Monday to Friday.
We think the best way to get home would be get to Barcelona then catch a train to Perpignan in France, from there you could hire a car and drop it off at Calais. You could hire a car in Barcelona but it is more expensive to take it from one country to another. This is not an expert opinion just what we have looked into for friends.
Madrid airport is also open so you could fly there and get to Santander and catch a 24 hour ferry!!!!
We are just in the process of putting together a 24-7 Ibiza Drum and Bass CD. We know that Ibiza is all about the house music but feel it’s time to bring a slightly different vibe. So watch this space and you’ll soon be able to purchase a cool little compilation CD with some excellent artists. It will be a great way for people to support our work here.
Someone once said “Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.” I admire focus.
I find that I am drawn to clarity, I don’t like ambiguity, which is sometimes difficult to deal with as I am aware that at times our world can be ambiguous.
I am not overly appreciative of words like “Dialogue” or “Process” I understand the need of these words and often find myself in dialogue and working through a process, but if these wander without any focus I lose interest.
I like these words – vision and focus. I once heard someone say “Vision is the ability to imagine an alternative reality” it’s focus that helps us realise vision.
Over the years I have met plenty of people with vision; the difference between the ones who are realising their vision and the ones who aren’t is focus. Focus enables us to see clearly. Focus also helps us to see if our vision is unrealistic. I am constantly asking myself these sorts of focus questions “is my vision unrealistic?” or “Do I have the faith to believe for what is apparently an unrealistic vision?” even “Is this vision from God or is it just my own ego playing games with me?”
When we get clear focus around the origins and realities of vision we then need to shift our focus to these kind of questions:
“What do I need to achieve my vision?” resources, including people, are essential, although we must never sacrifice people for vision. “How long will it take?” we often give up if it doesn’t happen quickly enough, partly a result of living in an instant culture! “What sacrifices will I have to make? ” this is an important question that requires focus and realism! “Am I willing to pay the price? ” once again an important question.
All said and done, most visions go wrong at their inception. If vision is not correctly birthed, in a faith filled, realistic, focussed manner, I believe it will fail.
We are looking for a designer who would do me a freebie and design the cover art for our “Jesus Loves Ibiza” bibles? We loved the above design and want something similar, but different, if you know what we mean.
Get in touch if you can help.
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