Capernwray Capers

I took a couple from Peru to Capernwray Bible College yesterday. They are Raquel and Max who run a clinic, kindergarten and churches in the upper Andes.

They have been supported by IMC for some years now. They come over every few years to tell their supporters about the work they do and to introduce new people to it. So yesterday it was the turn on the Capernwray students.

Two things hit me about the place.

1. The building was an enormous mansion




2. The students were very young - 19 or 20 - and mostly girls from North America
   
   
   
   This is the house:
   
   

The North American girls looked like this:



They were fresh out of High School and were spending a few months studying the Bible in the depths of Lancashire before heading off to University.



Some of them were very touched by what Raquel and Max said.



I was interested to hear that it is exactly 60 years since the College opened and that the founder, Major Ian Thomas, died only in August aged 92.



What a place. What a man. What a story.