Sunday, May 10, 2009

Thank You Rob!

From Brenda:

When we left Canada on April 21st we had a team/family of 36 individuals. When we arrived in London, England, and unknown member joined our family. We knew nothing about this individual other than he was to chauffeur us around England and Scotland on a rather impressive large white and green “Lakeside Coach.” When we first walked onto the coach we were greeted by 2 rather adorable stuffed sheep from Wales that traveled with Rob wherever his coach went. Our Welsh driver informed us that his friends called him “Baa Baa!” Rob’s job was, as Randall put it, “Get us from Point A to Point B.” But we soon realized that he did so much more than that. Rob has gone above and beyond the call of duty of a coach driver. He has clearly become a dedicated member of our family. He has treated each one of us with great care and respect and gone out of his way to help us in any way that he can. To the point that even on his days off when he could have gone off on his own and enjoyed the sights and gotten a break from a coach load of, at times rather rambunctious people, he stayed with us and actually followed us in the car that his replacement driver drove in. Another day off he stayed on the coach with us and traveled with us to our destination. He was so committed to us that he just wanted to make sure we were alright. He has sat in on most of our concerts and we’ve even caught him singing along with us from his seat in the congregation. Rob has most definitely become a beloved member of our family.

The team recently had an evening together where we were able to share highlights and encouragements from the tour. Rob was mentioned several times by students and staff of how much he is loved and appreciated and how we all noticed that he went way beyond the expectations of a coach driver. One thing that stuck out for me during this sharing time was when he shared with the group that he was quick to become quite attached to our group soon after we arrived in England and he knew that he was not going to leave us on his days off cause he instantly felt like one of our own and embraced by the team. There is a mutual attachment with this precious and very humble man from Wales. He has been our tour guide, has made us laugh, has even entertained us with song and has jumped to help out anyone in need even willingly helping out when he was woken up late in the night to get Megan and Nicole’s belongs off the coach the night before they flew back home to Canada.

Thank-you Rob for your kindness, graciousness, humour, for going above and beyond the call of duty and keeping us safe and taking care of us. You have been a gift to our family.

We will miss you our dear family member.

Brenda


Rob at one of the castles!




Rob and his sheep! We gave him the one in the middle:




Rob and the Singers:

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