Pilgrim Soldier

I meant to post this at the end of last week, but I ran out of time before Zoe, myself and the girls got away from Riga for a short weekend break.

On Thursday afternoon we opened the postbox to see a letter addressed to Envoy and Mrs Smith. It turned out to be the Godalming Corps newsletter and within it there was the following:

Envoy Graeme Smith has been appointed as our new Commanding Officer from early September. We look forward to welcoming the envoy with his wife Zoe and their two children in early September.

Firstly, it was very strange for me to see the title Envoy in front of my name. Until 4 months ago the thought of being an Envoy had never entered my head as I was expecting to be a cadet come September. Secondly, there is a growing understanding that I am about to enter a completely different form of ministry from anything that I’ve ever done before, and that is both frightening and exciting.