Inverness Mission TripWell, it has been a wee while since I managed to Blog, so here is my attempt to get everyone up to date. So much has happened in the last few months!
First of all we went up to Scotland and took 8 students on a short term mission trip to Inverness. The group of students were amazing! They truly were a God send, their attitude and willingness to serve was a blessing to all they came into contact with and were a total blessing to Carolyn and I, as leaders of the group.
Our hosts, Pastor Leo, Cheryl and Angie at Inverness, were gracious hosts who put up with the invasion of their home by the 10 of us and all sharing one bathroom! We had a great time with them and they made our time in Inverness both memorable and extremely enjoyable for us all.
The students hit the ground running! After a 6 hour train trip we arrived in Inverness at about 8:30PM and the group went straight to begin ministry with the Inverness Youth Group. A great start.
We then helped out at a Family Conference being run by Calvary Chapel Inverness. The students were leading children's worship, running children's classes, setting up the hall, leading worship, and generally doing anything asked of them. All with a wonderful attitude that set the tone for the whole outreach. Here are some of the pictures. Unfortunately I am unable to show any with the children in the photos for legal reasons, but let me assure you the kids at the event had an amazing time, of stories, songs, face painting, videos and fun!
The next day the team ran the Children's Church, led worship and helped clean up after service at Inverness Christian Fellowship.
In the evening some of the team were sharing songs and testimonies on the local hospital radio.
We spent a day gardening at Corbett Center, where the church meets. It was a fun day of weeding and gardening, but again as you can see from the photos, the team had fun and were blessed to serve.
During this time half of the team were at the local YMCA painting the hall for the youth there and having a chance to minister both practically and spiritually.
One of the highlights for the men was for us to spend the morning gardening for one of the widows at the church, Belle. She blessed us all with her sweet spirit and the men all commented about how great it was to hang out with "Grandma Belle"
It wasn't all work though. We had a day trip to Loch Ness and enjoyed a time of devotion with the Lord as Stephanie shared with us by the side of the Loch. We even had a stone skipping competition!
One other highlight was a drive we took to Ullapool for fish and chips and then finished off with a drive down the West Coast of Scotland. What a beautiful country God has created and what a blessing to share it with a great team. We even managed to run along a beach!
All in all the trip was enjoyable and very special. The team were a blessing to us and to all they met with.
We were all blessed in turn by the hospitality of the Inverness Fellowship, Pastor Leo, his wife Cheryl and Angie.
