The rainbow never sets

to and from the operating theatres and scrub the six theatres once a day thoroughly from ceiling to floor. I got on well with the other wardsmen, although they knew that I was there only temporarily. After my finals I could work there again to earn some money, which came in very handy.

Our children Christmas 1968

The graduation ceremony seemed an anticlimax to me. It was also our farewell from the college and from our fellow students. From then on we would only meet at Assembly time. Michael Groenewegen, who had studied for a Bachelor of Divinity, and I shared the award for highest marks for the final year. All the effort put into studying did pay off eventually. Professor Miller, who lectured us in philosophy, had suggested that I continue studying for a Bachelor of Divinity at London University. They offered an extra mural course, but by then I had enough of studying. Nothing could have persuaded me to go on. I wanted to put my full energy towards being a minister now. It was enough for me to know that I had the ability to succeed academically. I did not care for any letters after my name, or any titles for that matter.

As from the first of January 1969 I was employed by the Board of Mission. They had booked Alison and me into a full time course of pre-mission service training at All Saints College in Haberfield. Frank White was then the Principal and there were quite a large number of outgoing missionaries actually living at the college. As we had a large family and a house not too far away, we could attend most activities on a daily basis. The subjects taught were very varied, from theology of mission,

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