And we can note the discovery of another Emmaus in Ruffec. As we arrived in good time for the gates opening, our acquaintances from Loubillé also arrived. We had not seen them for several weeks (see blog: French ambassador to Cuba). It should have been no surprise that their home here is their second one and that they had been away until now. Still, it is a good testimony for this Emmaus that they should be there for a specific item.
Quite a different sort of 'junk shop'- organised into sections with helpers at every one, even the books were categorised! When the gates opened the stampede rushed in and each was given a small piece of paper, each stamped with the Emmaus heading, for use how? as a bill for the checkout. I loved the interesting warning dotted round the place: Translated from the French it stated
'No naughtiness will be tolerated among the bric-a-brac'.They take cash- oops! The train station had automatic machines, ticket machines, but at the other end of the road, hidden behind a tree, was a bank sign. The bank machine took my card very slowly. Then it continued to advertise its services culminating with 'please insert your card'! Ahh! I pressed 'abandon' but selected cancel. It asked me for my pin number and after proceeded normally. Phew. Emmaus was still on!
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