Summer & Spiritual Preparation

This week we have had great weather, for Scotland that is. We keep hearing from everyone that this is the only summer we will get so we better enjoy it! We have spent a lot of time outside walking around different parks and the area of Glasgow we live in. Two of our favorite parks are Pollock Park and Queen's Park.

Pollock Park is about a 2 minute walk from our flat. It has a river going through it, some historical buildings, a museum, and lots of highland cattle which I am growing quite fond of:)

Ben outside the Pollock House

This guy got stuck in the fence

I made Ben try to help him and in return he got licked:)

Finally unstuck

This little guy was my favorite. He likes to chase crows and pounce on them.

Taking the Gospel to the Parks:
Once baby arrives I'm excited to continue walks in the park and hopefully be able to meet some moms and witness to them. While walking through Queen's Park this week we met a guy named Jimmy who had two very large dogs. The dogs probably came up to the middle of my stomach when standing on four legs. They were quite friendly dogs though. We were able to spend quite a bit of time talking with Jimmy and sharing the gospel with him. He was very open to hearing our ideas, but wasn't convinced that Jesus is the only way to God. We hope to meet up with Jimmy again and continue sharing with him as he is a regular at the park. Pray that God would open Jimmy's heart and bring him to a place of repentance and salvation.

Spiritual Preparation:
Right now I feel as though we are still waiting for things to happen which leaves us with a lot of time to prepare. Bible studies, college ministry, service projects, and VBS are all things I'm waiting for to begin. At first I struggled with this because I wanted to "do something." But God has been teaching me that spiritual preparation is the best thing I can do to prepare for these ministries. So while I wait I have been spending more time in the Word, reading books, listening to sermons, and praying. I'm excited for these opportunities to begin, but am also trying to enjoy spending time with the Lord and letting him grow me and prepare me to lead in these areas.

Baby:
Baby has been moving a lot lately which has been really fun. Ben was able to feel Baby move for the first time a few days ago. Today we have an ultrasound and are hoping to get some good pictures of Baby. Only 16 more weeks to go!!

Dani at 24 weeks!