Well, we successfully finished our first year of school. We promise a newsletter to come soon! We went straight from finals week into a two-day drive to WV. We stopped in Parkersburg to visit my grandma and cousin and had a great day. We celebrated my cousin passing her RN test! Congrats Michelle!
We next visited with my sister and her fiance for over a week and just enjoyed spending time together in Shepherdstown. We had a great opportunity to worship with the Hagerstown Church of Christ and Robin even taught a youth class there. It was an encouraging time with family!! Please pray for Ashley and Joel as they prepare for their wedding and marriage, it's an exciting time for our family!!
After our visit with them, we drove to Jacksonville, NC to spend a week with my parents. It was such a wonderful time together! We just spent time catching up and also helping with the Roosevelt Drive Church of Christ (our sponsor congregation) VBS. It was a great week with the kids, there were over 60 in attendance and the number kept growing at the end of the week. What a blessing to see those kids learning about God! I had fun chasing around 20 5 and 6-year-olds!! Wow! We also got a chance to go to Wilmington, NC and visit my grandma and her husband John for my grandma's birthday. It was a special evening.
Yesterday, we left for Stirling, Scotland and arrived this morning! It was a long trip and we are jet lagged and tired, but it was one of the smoothest trips we've had. We had an 8-hour layover in Philadelphia and had never been there, so we took a 20-minute train ride into the historic district for a few hours. We saw the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and Washington Park with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. We also stopped by Chinatown and had Chinese pastries and bubble tea (yes, Steph, real bubble tea!!!! Did you know it was a Chinese thing?).
So, we are hitting the ground running with a Youth Day tomorrow here in Stirling. There are kids even coming up for it from England! We look forward to seeing some of the kids we worked with at camp in years past. On Sunday, Robin is preaching at the Stirling congregation. Monday, we are spending time with Robin's grandparents and aunt, uncle and cousins. Tuesday is the mid-week Bible study (Robin may be teaching again) and on Wednesday, we leave for a 3-day vacation (holiday) to Inverness with Robin's parents!!! We're excited for a quiet getaway amidst a very busy trip! It's also a great chance to scope out a growing city that has great potential for a future church plant. Who knows? God surely has a plan and we trust in that whatever it may be!
Following weeks are going to be very busy and include a trip to the north to work with the youth program in Peterhead, where I lived for two years, and visit the missionaries and congregation there and then a trip back down south to work with about three or four other congregations. We also hope to fit in a trip to Ireland to work with a church there!!! As you can see, it's going to be a very busy, but exciting summer of service to the Lord and His church and seeking His will!
Please pray for our safe travels, but more importantly that all of the work be to God's glory. Please also pray for us as we consider the work in Scotland and what plans God has for it -- and for us! We appreciate it so much!!! Have a blessed week!
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