My earliest memories of Miss Moses are of her at the piano, seated on a rotating stool, while we schoolgirls sang away lustily. She affectionately called us her “country bumpkins.” She faithfully served Girls’ High School, Kandy as a singing teacher for more than 30 years, bringing much joy and colour to the lives of the students.
We cherish our memories of rehearsing for Sunday service, carol service, English Day competitions, and so on.
Together we say a BIG thank you to Miss Moses for her dedicated and loving service to our school, and in turn to us all.
However, it was only after I left school that Miss Moses became someone very special to me. By then she was “Aunty Faith”. She was loved by our entire “extended family”. She was always there for us, with her radiant smile and welcoming, loving voice – always bringing cheer and goodwill and never complaining. She gave whatever she had.
She never said a negative or unkind word. She always looked for the positive in people, and so made each of us feel special.
If we said we would visit her, she would have everything ready – food and drink all laid out, as well as finger bowls and serviettes.
One Christmas, a group of Girls’ High School teachers and students went to sing carols for her and the other ladies at Pandiwate.
She had taken great trouble to have her home decorated and prepare food and drink for the girls. We enjoyed our special time with her. More than the girls energising Miss Moses, it was Miss Moses who energised us.
As I think of this wonderful lady, Aunty Faith, a passage from the Bible (Galatians 5: 22) comes to mind. It lists the fruits of the Spirit – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
These qualities – the fruits of the spirit of her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, whom she loved and served – shone brightly in and through her life of 86 years.
I have learnt much from her simple, joyful life. Miss Moses was a living example of what Christ wants each of us to be.
I shall miss her very much, as will many others. I eagerly wait to meet her on “that beautiful shore” on the other side.
She gave us much and blessed us abundantly by the way she lived her life. Her piano playing brought us good cheer.
Now, as she enters the Golden Gates, it will not be just a piano that will be played for her.
There will be a heavenly choir of angels blowing trumpets, with joyous singing and rejoicing, and our Lord Himself will welcome her with open arms, saying, “Welcome, my good and Faith-ful Faith!”
Charmalie Abayasekara
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