Padre’sPieceOne of my colleagues at RAFCosford, in the days before DCAECosford, frequently remindedme that he was born in the greatprincipality of the Red Dragon.Your Chaplaincy Team:Kevin HartSenior Chaplain01522 727063Alex HobsonCoE Chaplain01522 727081Dawn ColleyCSFC Chaplain01522 728539Ezra YatesChaplains’ Assistant01522 727039To you and me we call itWales. He wasn’t too proudof his roots because he wouldregularly make fun of theWelsh people, particularlythe native language;“Welsh is the language of heaven,because it’s no earthly use!”For the linguists among us, andI’m not just thinking about 51Sqn, you will have noticed thatthe crest on the left of this pagecarries a motto written in Latin.And you thought Welsh was adead language! Very few schoolsteach Latin, and it is no longer arequirement for pharmacists tobe able to understand it, so I don’texpect many of you to jump upimmediately with the Englishtranslation. I do expect most ofyou have understood part of thetranslation, and therefore realisethat the motto speaks aboutministry and chaplaincy.<strong>The</strong> English translation of the RAFChaplains’ Branch motto is – Toserve, not to be served.If you listen to a couple ofcomputer geeks talking to eachother, or two RAF personnel usingjargon to speak about their life andwork, or listen to gangster, street orgraffiti talk, you might understandmore if you were listening to Welshor Latin being spoken. <strong>The</strong> problemis that languages can sometimesblock our understanding; churchlanguage can sometimes makeus feel like aliens visiting a strangeplanet, it sounds so different to theway we talk every day. Some ofthe older translations of the Bible,though beautiful to those whogrew up with them, can make usthink that Jesus has nothing goodto say to us today.When you get close to anotherperson you don’t need languageany more, you seem tounderstand what the other personis thinking before they speak.You know what makes that otherperson tick, what they’re afraid of,what they hate doing and whatthey enjoy. You know somethingof what they’ve been through,what they can cope with easilyand what they find very hard. Youalso know when to respect theirprivacy and space, and whento go looking for them. All thisand you haven’t even spoken aword yet.RAF Chaplains are proud of theirmotto and the new ChaplaincyTeam for RAF Waddington andScampton know the importance oflistening, sensing, seeing and beingalongside people as colleagues,confidants, and friends, even beforewe say anything. Our promise toyou is that we are here to serve, notto be served. Oh, that’s not just ourpromise to you; it also applies tothose close to you as well.Yours, as ever, Padre Kevin.Independent FInancIal advIceat RaF Waddingtonorried about your retirement planning,your savings need reviewing orWdo you need insurance to reflect yourcurrent needs? We can help.Independent Financial Adviser Alastair Rush, servedfor over 20 years in the RAF and understands yourconcerns. 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