Week in Wick

We are having a great time here in the far north of Scotland - Wick, Caithness. It is brilliant to see Mary's mum & dad again after one and a half years. This is a long time for a granny & granda not to see their grandkids and we know that this is the hardest thing about being so far away on the mission field. It is hard for David & Wilma .. but also hard for us not having grannies and grandas around. But we are back now and we will cherish the moment. We have to appreciate 'the preciousness of the moment.'

As you can see by the pictures, we went to a beach near Wick yesterday. It was so beautiful ... but so cold! The kids loved making sandcastles in the sand an throwing skimmers into the sea! Actually, as Josiah keeps telling me, "It's not sea daddy, it's an ocean!" Mmmm...

Just want to update you on where we are going to be in the next few weeks. We would love to catch up with you on our journey! Here is our plan:

Monday April 7th to Monday April 14th -
Wick with Mary's Mum & Dad
Monday April 14th to Friday April 19th -
Torquay, Devon with Andrew & Rachel David
Friday April 19th to Sunday April 21st -
Central Belt Scotland
Monday April 20th - Tuesday May 6th - Fraserburgh at my Mum & Dad's

SUNDAYS
April 13th - Wick (am & pm)
April 20th - Whitburn (am)
April 27th - Fraserburgh Elim (am) Fraserburgh AoG (pm)
May 5th - Aberdeen AoG (am)

Our mobile phone number in the UK is 07526113456

Will catch up soon with all the news from Sefton. Take care and hope to see you on our travels.

Blessings ....

Take The High Road ...

So much has happened since I last blogged. I am feeling a bit rough - check out what I look like in the cartoon above ha ha! I am writing this blog from the beautifully cold town of Wick ... the hometown of Mary and the Flett clan! Yup, we are home now!

I am determined to write number of blogs this week informing you of the happenings at Sefton Village over the last few weeks. As you know, we had a team from Mattersey here and a week after they went home we hosted another team from Aberdeen AoG. We had a really fruitful time with them ... I will let you know about their trip tomorrow.

We had a nightmare trip home. Two hours in the check in counter and two hours on the tarmac in the plane! AAaagggghhh.... So hard for our two wee ones. We chased our tails all the way across the world and just made it on to the plane at Heathrow. Unfortunately, our trip to Terminal 5 lived up to its reputation! We are still waiting for one case to arrive!

We arrived back in Scotland on Friday ... FREEZIN! Ouch! People had told us it had been 23 degrees ..until Friday! What's going on?! Come on ... let's get some heat in this country! We had a great weekend with my family. So brilliant to meet my new little nephew David - a wee cutie! Great to catch up wit the Ritchie clan again.

On Sunday we went to Elim in morning and our friends Charlie & Chrissie shared about their recent trip to India. It was lovely to catch up with all our friends there. At night we went to Fraserburgh AoG where we met some old friends again. Brilliant day.

We took the road north to Wick yesterday. It is an absolute pleasure to drive on Scottish roads. I love it! So smooth and the scenery is breathtaking. And surprisingly there are no dogs, chickens, tricyles, jeepnies or clapped out buses on the road! Heaven...

It is wonderful for our kids to meet all their grannies, grandas, aunties, uncles and cousins again! It makes the trip worth it.

So I'm off to bed now. I have a really sore right ear but I think I will live! Blog soon ...

Sleep well ...