We've had a pretty busy week so I thought I would give you guys an overview of what has been keeping us so busy recently.
This past Sunday Ben had the opportunity to preach for the first time while Pastor Scott was away on holiday with his family. He preached from 1 John 4:7-21. A pretty weighty chunk of scripture, but he did a great job. Most of his time the past couple weeks were spent studying the text, praying, and preparing for his sermon. If you are interested in hearing him the sermon is up on the Harvest Glasgow website.
While Ben has been busy with sermon prep, I have been working on preparing for the Holiday Club our church is putting on in early August. Most of my time has been spent working on decorations, delegating tasks to volunteers, planning assemblies, setting schedules, getting materials, and all the other preparations that go into running a Holiday Club. Our theme this year is the SonWest Roundup. We are looking forward to this week and praying for many kids to show up.
On Friday we also had our first chance to volunteer at Glasgow City Mission. We were there during their Urban Program. Basically we got to hang out with some people feed them lunch, talk with them and get to know them little. Ben did some music recording with some of the guys. Its a tough group of people to work with, but we are praying that God works through this ministry and that these people will be saved.
This weekend I had a friend from college who is staying in Germany come visit. It was nice to see a familiar face and catch up with her. On Saturday we took a trip to Loch Lomond on the train to see the Highland Games. It was a gorgeous day and a great experience. We saw some highland dancing (we weren't allowed to take pictures of:(, a triathlon, caber tossing, pipe bands, races, cycling, tug o war, and lots of kilts! We even took a video of some of the pipe bands so you can have a listen.
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| The beautiful Loch Lomond |
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| The swimmers lining up to begin the triathlon. |
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| The first swimmers coming out of the water. |
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| Tossing of the caber |
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| Pipe Bands |
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| Tug o War |
Thanks for reading & praying,
You are loved!
Slightly sad that the tug-o-war men and the triathletes are not wearing kilts... I know that sounds crazy to your Scottish friends... BUT I come from America where we have no cultural dress or anything fun... so I can only live vicariously through other cultures :) For example I love when I see the Karamajong people in Kampala because they are the only tribe in Uganda that still wears their tribal clothes! Love you! PS- Is the holiday club going on right now this week, or does it start next week? Just want to know so I can pray for you best!
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