09/04/2016 Saturday
For the second time this week we were guests of the President in St Philip’s College’s Artemesia Restaurant. The dinner was an opportunity for the President and the College to thank some of the funders and to highlight the main achievements of the past year.
It was also an opportunity for the senior students to show off their culinary skills. The menu was impressive but the taste result was even more so! Seven courses with appropriate wines were served interspersed with a variety of palate cleansers. The result was a very enjoyable experience that did not leave us over faced. The students were able to say what there part in the production was at the end of the meal.
Yvonne and I were seated with Bishop Gary Lillibridge and his wife Catherine. Bishop Gary is bishop of the West Texas Diocese which covers some 69,000 square miles and includes some 90 congregations. Yvonne and the Bishop were able to swap stories about the 2008 Lambeth Conference in Canterbury which they had both attended.
At the end of the evening we were introduced by the President and given more presents! The College and community have been most hospitable and welcoming during our stay here.