War Cry 12 June 2021

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EDITOR From the editor’s desk

THE news last week that there are now fewer countries on the UK government’s green list was greeted with disappointment by holidaymakers hoping they would be able to have a break in the sun without having to quarantine on their return.

The annual trip to a foreign country has been a regular part of many people’s lives for years and will be sorely missed if the Covid-19 pandemic means it cannot happen for another year. Although holidays are possible within the UK, often there is as much excitement in boarding a plane or a boat as there is in setting foot on a distant shore.

Not all journeys from one country to another, though, are fun and carefree. Monday (14 June) marks the beginning of Refugee Week, and in this week’s War Cry we speak with Jonathan Hajebi, who moved from Iran to the UK with his mother when he was just two years old. They fled because of the persecution that they and other Christians were facing.

In the interview, Jonathan describes the challenges that refugees can encounter. ‘They’re living in fear and surrounded by unknowns,’ he says, adding: ‘We need to support and look after our refugees, because they’re our neighbours.’

Jonathan also explains how he believes God looks on those who leave their homes in the hope of finding a better and safer life. ‘God’s love stays the same, wherever the refugees have come from,’ he asserts.

People around the world experience God’s love every day, regardless of who they are or where they are from.

One Bible writer put it this way: ‘God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die’ (John 3:16 Contemporary English Version).

Anyone can experience God’s eternal love and presence. All we have to do is put our faith in him and follow his plan for our lives. If we do, every day can have hope, wherever we are and whatever we are doing.

FEATURES

CONTENTS

What is The Salvation Army?

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On the record

Singer and radio station head on the music

that has moved him

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Seeking sanctuary

Growing up in the UK as an immigrant

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Injection of hope

Senior nurse describes the Covid-19

vaccination rollout in Somerset

REGULARS

12

Team Talk

13

Now, There’s a Thought!

14

Puzzles

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War Cry Kitchen

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FEATURE ALAMY

To mark Record Store Day, singer and Premier Gospel radio station director MUYIWA OLAREWAJU goes on the record to tell Philip Halcrow about music that has moved him

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HE day that revolves around discs is back. Today (Saturday 12 June), music lovers will head to independent record shops to celebrate what they offer and to pick up some of the limited editions that are released on Record Store Day. This year, more than 500 titles on vinyl, CD and even cassette are due to be released on two dates – today, plus 17 July – to accommodate social distancing.

Some people think that whenever you

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want to hear music, all you have to do is stream. Others, however, want to access music on physical formats. Record shops give people the chance to seek out or browse new and second-hand recordings, some of which may go on to become an important part of their lives.

Muyiwa Olarewaju has first-hand experience of the way in which records can move people.

As well as being a singer, who in 2016 took part in the gospel night at the BBC Proms alongside Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams, Muyiwa is also the director of radio station Premier Gospel.

Growing up in London, he would listen to the records bought by his friend, future record producer Eddie Martin.

Muyiwa reminisces: ‘Eddie would go to Red Records in Brixton and another record store in Notting Hill Gate to pick up vinyls that he would then share with me. We would be in his house together, listening to them like little geeks.’

Those discs, he says, would be ‘most generally soul and funk’, but then, as Muyiwa fell in love with the music that he heard at church, he began to buy

gospel albums.

In the lead-up to Record Store Day, Muyiwa chose some of his collection of record-related memories for the War Cry. ‘London Community Gospel Choir’s Gospel Greats was their first album,’ he says, picking out the 1985 release on EMI, ‘and a defining moment for UK gospel. I wasn’t cognisant of that at the time – I just knew that there were these young people who were making great music.

‘It had songs such as “Precious Lord” and “Count Your Blessings”.

I never owned it, but I would listen to it at my friend’s house. Eddie schooled me on many a record.’

Muyiwa appreciated the mixture of worship and ‘great grooves’ on Lift Him Up by Ron Kenoly, which he heard ‘in the late Eighties or early Nineties’. Another record that grabbed Muyiwa about that time was Return by gospel group of brothers the Winans.

‘At that point in the 1990s, new jack swing was popping off. Producer and musician Teddy Riley was the face and name of it.

‘I was listening to this Winans album,

My friend schooled me on many a record

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From page 3 and I was hearing new jack swing. It turned out Teddy Riley had produced some of it.’

It wasn’t only the beats that gained Muyiwa’s attention.

‘Some of the songs were deeply moving. One song goes: “Together we stand, divided we fall/ Let’s build a bridge, tear down the wall/ Let us respond to our brother’s call.” Those lyrics were hitting me at a time when I was dealing with growing up without my parents and longing for them.

‘They had sent me here from Nigeria, as many African parents did at the time to give their children a better life as they saw it. But over here I was living with one uncle and then another and being turfed out when I became surplus. And that started a narrative of rejection.

‘So when I was listening to another song with the Winans singing, “Wherever I go, let your Spirit follow me,/… If it’s a valley, I really don’t care”, it gave language to the pain I felt. I saw that there was light at the end of the tunnel – which was the gospel message.’

Muyiwa had a similar experience with Ordinary Just Won’t Do by Fred Hammond’s group Commissioned. ‘The title song asks, “Have you ever needed someone, a shoulder to cry on?” and talks about the need for a “sweet and gentle touch”. Those words broke me. It goes on to say: “I need a love that’s pure and true/ I

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These songs have sunk into me

Muyiwa’s ‘Declaring His Name’ album was a professional and personal highlight

can always find it in you, Jesus.” I realised that, although I was yearning to see my parents, to ask my father why things were the way they were, what I actually needed was not ordinary love but the love of Jesus.’

Muyiwa has fond memories not only of listening to records but also of making them. Declaring His Name around the World by Muyiwa and Riversongz was special to the artist for professional and personal reasons.

He enjoyed making his first studio album with Grammy-winning producer Kevin Bond and, when he later toured with it, selling out Hammersmith Apollo. He also has happy memories of travelling to Atlanta to finish the album and being able to meet his sister after an absence of several years and his nephew for the first time.

A mix of the personal and professional lies behind his affection for Donnie McClurkin’s Live in London too. An admirer of the album, Muyiwa later answered the US singer’s request and, through Premier Gospel, helped him put on a concert in 2019 for its 20th anniversary.

Those songs and the records first heard even longer ago have stayed with Muyiwa.

‘These songs have sunk into me and then triggered at the right time, maybe at moments of difficulty,’ he says. ‘And I’m grateful to God for the truth in these songs, which have helped me through many highs and lows.’

INTERVIEW

Surpassing all

boundaries Refugee Week, which begins on Monday (14 June), is designed to celebrate the contributions, creativity and resilience of people seeking sanctuary.

To mark the week, Emily Bright speaks with JONATHAN HAJEBI about his experience of growing up in the UK as a deaf immigrant

Jonathan with his wife, Steph

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T just two years of age, Jonathan Hajebi fled from Iran to London with his mother. A Christian, she was escaping physical abuse from Jonathan’s Muslim father, who was opposed to her faith.

‘My mum thought I was born healthy,’ he tells me through a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter. ‘And she believed that God had given her this baby to look after.

But my father tried to kidnap me a few times and take me to Iraq, where he was originally from. When he took me on one occasion, he realised that I was disabled. He returned me to my mum and said: “That boy is damaged goods, I don’t want him.”

‘So my mum took me to the doctor, who discovered that I was brain-damaged, deaf and had other physical ailments. My mother was physically abused during the pregnancy, particularly around seven months, and there was a particular episode that we believe caused the damage.’

About that time, the persecution of Iranian Christians escalated to terrifying levels.

‘Christians were being hanged in the streets,’ says Jonathan. ‘My mum’s sister and brother had already fled to the UK, and they decided that my mum and I should leave as well, which we did in 1993.

‘My mum knew people in London, but she didn’t know anything about the city. Someone suggested she should learn BSL as well as English. So we started to learn the basics of BSL together while Mum learnt English.’

At that time, Jonathan was unable to move independently, but, he explains, an unexpected development changed that.

‘I was at a friend’s house. I pulled myself up against this table. It was the first time that I’d

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Jonathan on his first birthday (top), aged two with his mother and grandfather in Iran (above), and aged 6 acting in a Christmas play

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‘My mum’s friend saw it happen. She screamed for my mum, who came rushing up the stairs, thinking I’d fallen or hurt myself. But I was walking around the room. My mum was speechless. God had said to her before that I would receive some healing and, suddenly in that moment, I could stand.’

Jonathan began attending a mainstream school at the age of five, but a lack of BSL interpreters made it difficult.

‘Everyone around me was able to hear while I was trying to lip-read. It was a hard environment,’ he says.

Jonathan and his mum moved to Brighton in 2002 so that he could attend Hamilton Lodge, a school for deaf children, where BSL was the default language.

‘Things improved,’ he recalls. ‘I was

getting better at building relationships with people, and I was suddenly in an environment where I could use my language.’

Jonathan’s early experiences of churches after arriving in the UK had also been challenging. They attended Iranian churches, but his mother was determined that the lack of a BSL interpreter would not be a stumbling block to her son finding faith.

‘The services were in Farsi,’ says Jonathan, ‘so my mum would interpret the whole service for me into sign language.

But I still didn’t understand Jesus on a personal level.

‘However, when I was about 12, I was looking at a children’s Bible with lots of pictures. As I was flicking through, Jesus dying on the cross suddenly impacted me. It became real that all of my sin had been put on him, that he could give me

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complete joy and peace in its place, and that I could have a relationship with him. So I knelt down and said to God: “Please can you help me to change my life and let Jesus take control?”’

After initially joining an Iranian congregation in Brighton, they switched to the Englishspeaking Church of Christ the King (CCK).

‘I couldn’t see any deaf people at CCK,’ he says. ‘So I prayed: “Lord, please bring some deaf people to this church.” From that point on, the deaf group grew. We developed a community and there was so much joy, particularly through being able to worship together.’

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hile Jonathan’s future was filled with hope, he was still carrying hurt from his past. He says he was ‘holding on to this bitterness towards my father and felt very emotional and angry’. He says: ‘I realised that I needed to forgive him.

‘One of my church leaders encouraged me to open my heart to God, saying they

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Jonathan and Steph on their wedding day

thought there was something I needed to deal with about my father. I was like: “Yeah, I’m not forgiving him.” Suddenly I felt like I’d been punched in the gut, with all the anger rising up inside me.

‘The leader then said: “Now give that bitterness to Jesus.” I burst into tears and did exactly that. My mum was there, and I told her I’d forgiven my dad. My mum didn’t understand, so I then signed it in slow motion: “I have forgiven my father.” Her jaw just dropped, and she wasn’t able to speak.

From that moment, I felt such peace in my heart that God was my Father. I had everything I needed in God.’ As Jonathan moved on from his past, he embraced a new future. He met his wife Steph at a Christian youth conference and they married in 2016.

Throughout the challenges of emigration, Jonathan witnessed how his mum held

fast to her faith.

‘She arrived in a place she didn’t know, as a single parent fleeing an abusive relationship and with a severely disabled child,’ he says. ‘She was reliant on her family and church to support her. She struggled to find the finances for food and for somewhere to live, but she continued to trust in God. Food would arrive on the doorstep, and money would be put through the door. Now she is working with a missionary organisation in Greece that’s supporting Syrian refugees.’

As Refugee Week celebrates the contribution, creativity and resilience of refugees, Jonathan describes how he believes God sees those who are fleeing their homes in search of safety.

‘God’s love stays the same, wherever the refugees have come from. Their country has tried to kill them, they’re living in fear and are surrounded by unknowns.

But God is with them every single day.’

Refugees are surrounded by unknowns

Jonathan also offers an easy practical step that anyone can take to support refugees within their community.

‘Put together a gift package, a little hamper of food, clothes and basic necessities. And you could change that person’s life. We need to support and look after our refugees, because they’re our neighbours.’

Before the pandemic, Jonathan volunteered at a café for people experiencing homelessness. But he also has a longer-term dream of becoming a church leader.

‘When I was 17 or 18, I felt God call me to become a pastor,’ he says. ‘I thought: “Really? Me? I’m no good with my words, I’m deaf.” But I felt God say: “I know the plans that I have for your life.” At the right time, it will happen.

‘My hope is to see a church that is filled with people using BSL and English together.

I want to see lives changed through the gospel.’

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Covid-19 roll

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vaccines out hope

INTERVIEW

Senior NHS nurse GARY RISDALE, who is managing the Covid-19 vaccination rollout in Somerset, explains to Claire Brine why it’s important to offer everyone the jab

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T can feel very emotional to be at a Covid-19 vaccination site,’ says Gary Risdale, the programme manager responsible for the rollout of the vaccines in Somerset. ‘People are positive when they come in for their jab and grateful when they leave. Being part of the vaccination programme is rewarding because you get a sense that this is really giving people hope.’

A mental health and learning disability nurse for 30 years, Gary was working as head of patient safety for the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust when he got the call inviting him to join the Covid-19 vaccination programme. As he manages the rollout of vaccines across the county, one question is at the forefront of his mind: How do we make sure we reach everybody?

‘My focus is on making the vaccines available to all,’ he says. ‘So while we oversee the large vaccination sites – such as Taunton Racecourse, where we are vaccinating five or six people every five minutes – I’m also trying to make sure we reach the people who aren’t lining up and engaging with the programme, such as the homeless population, sex workers and people who live on the road in their vans.

‘If people are not registered with a GP, they won’t be contacted about getting a vaccination, so we have been attending homeless drop-in centres and drug and alcohol services to offer it there. It’s important that we get into all these areas, so that people on the margins aren’t missed.’

While Gary is happy to step away from his desk and take on a shift administering vaccinations, he explains that the main goal of his job is to make sure that the programme is running as efficiently as

Gary Risdale possible – for NHS staff and volunteers and the patients themselves.

‘I work with GPs and the analytics team, looking at how many people have been vaccinated and how many more vaccines we need to deliver,’ he says.

‘On top of that, I work with the NHS communications team, considering how best to communicate with the public.

We’ve noticed that the eastern European population in Somerset isn’t picking up the vaccine at the same rate as other ethnic groups, so part of the programme is trying to understand the reasons behind that and reaching those communities.

‘In terms of the future, we need to look at managing the vaccination programme beyond the first and second doses. We need to think about winter this year and what that might look like. Will there be booster doses? If there are, how do we deliver them?

‘Lastly, it’s important to support our staff and the amazing volunteers who have stepped forward to work on the

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From page 9 programme. We have asked a lot of them this year, so we need to consider how we can be kind to them, keep them motivated and thank them.’

Though the workload has been demanding, Gary is impressed by the dedication of the NHS staff and their willingness to adapt to new working practices. He recalls how he felt when, as a mental health and learning disability nurse in a managerial role, he was asked to work on vaccinations.

‘Being a nursing manager meant I hadn’t touched a needle in nine years, so I had to refresh my skills,’ he says. ‘A lot of staff working in the vaccination team have had to do the same, because they come from different backgrounds. Seeing people being willing to step out of their comfort zones to work on something different makes me realise that I’ve never been prouder of the NHS.

‘I remember a day back in December, very early on in the vaccination programme, when we had to administer a large number of vaccines in one day.

At short notice, we got the team together and then we just got on and did it.

People came in to get their jabs and they were crying, because the programme gave them hope.

That effort by the vaccination team hasn’t stopped.’

While most people across the UK are relieved and grateful that vaccines for Covid-19 are available, some remain reluctant to receive it. Gary explains why opting to have the jab is important.

‘The key thing is: the vaccine is effective in protecting you,’ he says. ‘But it’s also effective in protecting others, including people more vulnerable than you. I don’t think that can be overstated.’

Although the progression of the

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vaccination programme is at the front of Gary’s mind, he can remember with clarity the many difficult days that came before.

He takes me back to his memories of early 2020, when Covid-19 reached the UK. ‘As a senior nurse and head of patient safety, I was involved in contingency planning,’ he recalls. ‘At first, we thought we might get just one or two coronavirus cases, and our thoughts were: How would we deal with that in hospital? What processes would need to be in place when the patient arrived?

‘Then, when the UK had its first handful of cases, I was working shifts in hospital – in full PPE – testing people.’

As Covid-19 infections grew, the NHS ramped up its efforts to treat patients.

Temporary hospitals – Nightingale hospitals – were rapidly planned and constructed across the UK. Gary was asked to help set up one such hospital in Bristol. The team did it in 21 days.

‘It was an amazing achievement,’ he

INTERVIEW

says. ‘You’d walk into a room and everyone was working flat out to get the hospital ready. There were people from the army and all kinds of other backgrounds. I remember feeling very out of my comfort zone one day, thinking: What should I do and how do I do it? And the answer was: Just do it. Everyone worked together, putting in 100 per cent effort.’

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he past 18 months have proved challenging for Gary professionally, but he tells me that he has taken great strength and comfort from his Christian faith. On the most difficult days, it has carried him through.

He says: ‘In the moments when I feel frustrated or at my wits’ end, I remember that people are in need of care and that it’s my job to give it to them – and that’s what Jesus did all the time. As a nurse, I have people to look

after and I want to do that to the best of my ability. As a Christian, I try to make sure that everything I do reflects God’s compassion.

‘Being a nurse is part of my Christian service. And my faith is one of the factors driving me in the vaccination programme.

When I think of Jesus, I think of how he reached out to everyone.

‘In the same way, I want to make sure that the vaccine is available to everyone, because everyone deserves to get that protection. It doesn’t matter whether I’m sat in a church hall, jabbing 14 homeless people, or at one of the big vaccination sites, jabbing 500 people. Both are important. Everyone matters.’

Gary’s faith has inspired his nursing for 30 years, yet he admits that there have been times over the past year when he has struggled to feel close to God. He has missed attending worship services at The Salvation Army’s Staple Hill church in Bristol, though he has connected to its

online services occasionally.

‘The pandemic has had a massive impact on people,’ he says. ‘And the question “Where is God in all this?” is impossible for me to answer. In the wider sense, I don’t know where he is. But I do know that he is alongside me, supporting me and getting me through the things I have to do each day.’

With millions of people across the UK now partially or fully vaccinated, many are hoping for a lockdown-free summer.

Gary’s hope is that people continue to show kindness to one another as the nation recovers from the life-changing effects of a global pandemic.

‘My prayer for the future is that we build on the hope that the vaccines have given us and that we care for everyone who has faced loss,’ he says. ‘People have lost loved ones, jobs and stability. The impact of isolation has affected people’s mental health. I pray that we keep caring for one another.’

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Prayerlink THE War Cry invites readers to send in requests for prayer, including the first names of individuals and details of their ­circumstances, for publication. Send your Prayerlink requests to warcry@salvationarmy.org.uk or to War Cry, 101 Newington Causeway, Lon­don SE1 6BN. Mark your correspondence ‘Confidential’.

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Becoming a Christian

There is no set formula to becoming a Christian, but many people have found saying this prayer to be a helpful first step to a relationship with God

Lord Jesus Christ, I am truly sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life. Please forgive me. I now turn from everything that I know is wrong.

Thank you that you died on the cross for me so that I could be forgiven and set free.

Thank you that you offer me forgiveness and the gift of your Holy Spirit.

Please come into my life by your Holy Spirit to be with me for ever.

Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Amen

talk ‘ ’ Team talk TEAM TALK Tennis raises pressing issues

Claire Brine gives her take on a story catching the attention of War Cry reporters

AS tennis players hit the court for the finals of the French Open this weekend, I find myself thinking of Naomi Osaka. Had the four-time grand slam champion not quit the tournament in its early stages, would she be smashing her way to victory right now? There’s no way of knowing.

Days before the competition started, Osaka announced that, in a bid to preserve her mental health, she would not be taking part in any press conferences. Days later, after being fined and threatened with expulsion by competition officials, Osaka quit. She explained on Instagram that she had previously suffered with ‘long bouts of depression’ and was currently feeling ‘vulnerable and anxious’, so ‘thought it was better to exercise self-care and skip the press conferences’. Cue the TV and radio phone-ins questioning her decision. There were some interesting points of view.

Some tennis fans thought Osaka should accept that speaking to journalists was part of the job. Others applauded her action of stepping off court. Guardian Perhaps Osaka columnist Marina Hyde berated hypocrites, saying: ‘The weird thing is that we DO want shouldn’t be the athletes to have mental health issues … but focus of the story we only want them to reveal them at a time and a place that suits us.’

In the same paper, sports writer Jonathan Liew dared to suggest that perhaps Osaka shouldn’t be the focus of the story. Perhaps the problem was, he said, ‘us’ – the press conference journalists who are hungry for tears, gossip, anger or personal tragedy.

Athletes are ‘expected to answer the most intimate questions in the least intimate setting’, he wrote. ‘One of the world’s best athletes would literally rather quit a grand slam tournament than have to talk to the press. Rather than scrutinising what that says about her, it might be worth asking what that says about us.’

Jonathan has a point, but I wonder if blaming the press is only partly fair.

Yes, journalists ask the questions – and sometimes tactlessly, unkindly and relentlessly. But, as consumers, we all show our interest in the answers every time we choose to read, watch and listen. The type of content we click on matters. The question is: what does it say about us?

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EXPRESSIONS

NOW, THERE’S A THOUGHT! LIBRARY PICTURE

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QUICK QUIZ 1

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What does a circular road sign with a horizontal white stripe over a red background indicate?

Who had a No 1 hit in 1987 with the song ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)’?

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What strait of the Pacific Ocean separates Asia and North America at their closest point?

Which comedy actress recently wrote a novel, Because of You, about motherhood?

Which German tennis player won the women’s singles event at Wimbledon seven times between 1988 and 1996?

Sculptor Barbara Hepworth’s home and studio in which Cornish seaside town are now a museum?

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1. No entry. 2. Whitney Houston.

3. The Bering Strait. 4. Dawn French.

5. Steffi Graf. 6. St Ives.

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by Jim Burns

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OVING our neighbour has been more important over the past 15 months. And there have been many opportunities to show kindness to others.

My friend Andrew recently went out of his way to help someone.

He and his wife were driving home when they came across a stationary vehicle in the road. A very old woman got out of it and walked towards Andrew’s car. She explained that she couldn’t remember how to get to her home in a nearby village.

Andrew started to give directions, but his wife suggested that it would be better if they were to drive there and for the woman to follow them, to ensure that she got there safely. They set off, but when they came to the street that would be the direct route to the village, they found it closed because of an incident, with the police in attendance. Perhaps the road closure was the reason the woman had become confused.

Andrew stopped and told the woman they would go another route. Eventually they arrived at her house, and Andrew explained to her daughter what had happened. She was relieved that her mum had got home safely.

After what he did, we might call Andrew a Good Samaritan. The term comes from a story that Jesus told about a Jewish man who was mugged and left for dead. Two religious leaders passed by him.

But a third person came along, and he took care of the man, going out of his way to make sure that he was OK. What made Jesus’ story remarkable was that the man who helped was from Samaria – and the Samaritans and Jews hated each other.

Jesus told his story in response to the question, ‘Who is my neighbour?’ He made it clear that we are to help others, irrespective of who they are or where they come from.

Who might we show neighbourly love to this week?

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CROSSWORD CROSSWORD

PUZZLES

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Early childhood (7) 5. Detested (5) 7. Argument (7) 8. Mix (5) 10. Admit (4) 11. Disdain (8) 13. Passionate (6) 14. Head nurse (6) 17. Kinsman (8) 19. Against (4)

21. Long (5) 22. Clarify (7) 23. Occurrence (5) 24. Soft-soled shoe (US) (7) DOWN 2. Taste (7) 3. Standard (4) 4. Colour (6) 5. Customary (8) 6. Unit of gas (5)

7. Every three months (9) 9. Confinement (9) 12. Clear (8) 15. Plunder (7) 16. Desires (6) 18. Depart (5) 20. Rapier (4)

SUDOKU

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9

HONEYCOMB HONEYCOMB

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1 7 6

4 2 9 7 4 1 3 6 2 1 9 5 8 9 3 5 3 7 9 4 2 1 3 6

Each solution starts on the coloured cell and reads clockwise round the number 1. Not damaged

2. Remove goods from a ship 3. Order not to do

4. Chemical element

ANSWERS HONEYCOMB 1. Intact. 2. Unload. 3. Forbid.

4. Carbon. 5. Gallop. 6. Scampi.

QUICK CROSSWORD 1. Infancy. 5. Hated. 7. Quarrel. 8. Blend.

10. Avow. 11. Contempt. 13. Torrid.

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22. Explain. 23. Event. 24. Sneaker.

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D Pulled pork chilli con carne with salad Ingredients

Method

1.6kg pork shoulder, rind removed

Lay the pork flat on a chopping board. In a small bowl, mix the seasonings and rub over the pork, massaging in well. Roll the pork into a joint.

1½ tsp hot chilli powder 2tsp ground cumin 2tsp ground coriander 1tsp smoked paprika 1½ tsp dried oregano 1tsp salt 1 onion, peeled and chopped Black pepper 400g can red kidney beans 400g can chopped tomatoes 200ml hot vegetable stock 6 small soft tortillas SERVES

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12 cherry tomatoes, chopped 50g cheddar cheese, grated Fresh coriander leaves 1 lime, cut into wedges

Place in the slow cooker and add the onion, pepper, kidney beans, chopped tomatoes and stock. Cook for 8-10 hours on a low setting, turning over the pork halfway through the time.

Once cooked, use two forks to gently pull the meat apart and shred the pieces.

Lightly warm the tortillas in a pan. Make the salad by mixing the lettuce and cherry tomatoes together in a bowl.

Divide the tortillas among six plates and top each with a small handful of the salad, some pulled pork chilli and cheese, a handful of coriander leaves and a lime wedge. Serve immediately.

Pork skewers with orange and fennel Ingredients 225g pork loin medallions, cubed 1 orange, zest and juice 1tsp fennel seeds, crushed Salt and freshly milled black pepper 150g bulgar wheat, cooked and cooled Dash of fresh orange juice 1 red pepper, deseeded and diced 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and diced ¼ cucumber, deseeded and diced 1tbsp freshly chopped coriander 2 spring onions, finely chopped Recipes reprinted, with permission, from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board website lovepork.co.uk

Method Mix the pork, orange zest and juice, fennel and seasoning in a bowl. Marinate for 1 hour in the refrigerator. Thread on previously soaked wooden skewers and cook on a preheated medium grill for 5-6 minutes on each side.

To make the salad, toss the bulgar wheat with the fresh orange juice and remaining ingredients in a bowl. Serve the skewers with the salad.

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