Ok, here are some pictures from my summer trip to Scotland! Right below is the entire trip, mostly made up of teens and college students, inside the castle where we stayed. :)
The man who built the castle back in the 19th century, Lord Overtoun, had been a Christian. Notice the cross built into the window...this was the only window like it :) And...the stairs were hand carved!
Below is the 'Tea Room', a cafe\diner in the castle. Another girl and I got to waitress in it one afternoon!
I did my quiet times up on the roof. Seriously, imagine worshipping God while looking out on THIS. Scotland spoiled my quiet times forever, haha.
We drove up into the Highlands for our free day. It was soooo breathtaking!!! And trust me, the photo does not do it justice at all!
We did alot of ministry in the skatepark of Glasgow. All the towns are so adorable!
We learned the Everything Drama by Lifehouse, and even though we only had the chance to perform it once, it was so much fun learning it! And the one time we did perform it, two young boys accepted Jesus! That is me in the picture, by the way, and Chris, who played Jesus.
We attended church either at the Hub,or Elim Family Church...they were both pentecostal churches in Dumbarton. We did the services, usually, and prayed for people after the service.
...and sometimes we just had way too much fun :) This is at the Loch Lomond Highland Games...we were trying a genuine Scottish meal of fish n' chips! I'm on the left. :)
Honestly, one of the nicest things about the trip was that for an entire month, I lived with strong Christian people, and everyone was focused on the same thing. It was incredibly hard coming home and having my little 'Jesus bubble' that I had been living in for a month suddenly popped. ps. I'm in the center. :)
When we were in Scotland, another team from Global Expeditions had come in about a week before we left and one of the girls from that team had gotten very sick. So when we got back to Texas for debriefing, we were quarantined for the swine flu, and our entire trip had to stay in this room for 24 hours straight. We made the best of it, and joked around that we were in the Scottish Leper Colony and were unclean. Honestly, it was one of the best times on the whole trip--my first time ever being quarantined for the swine flu! Haha.
...well, that's really only a tiny sampling of pictures, pictures, and more pictures. But I hope y'all enjoyed those and got an idea of what we did!! :) | 