Courage here; I forgot to share one more picture--Mercy got to be with John one Sunday night at church, and help welcome guests!
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Pictures from January!
Flying in for a moment...Courage here! Well, I'm in a Bali now with Norine and her mom and dad. I can't wait to share pictures and stories from my time there! But I did want to share a couple of pictures of my time with my best friend Mercy while she was here!
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Our Psalm
Hello everyone - Ruth here!
I hope Mercy and Courage are having fun together while Mercy is in Athens for a few days! We prayed on Sunday for Pastor Iain, Doug and Mike to have a really good time with everyone there and for God to speak to everyone in Athens Link and do amazing stuff so we look forward to hearing all about it!
We read a great Psalm on Sunday morning in Splash - it was Psalm 145. We had a great idea - that we could write our own Psalm in Splash! Katie, Josh and Anna put their heads together and thought up what our Psalm could say, and everyone did their bit in writing it down too. We thought you would like to read our Psalm, so here it is:
God is great
Over all the earth He reigns
Doing different things
In our hearts He reigns
Sing this song with us
God is good
Run around and praise Him
Everyone sing and shout
And say
That God is great
If you read the first letter of each line down the left hand side, you will find it says something about God! That was the theme of our Psalm... We hope you enjoy reading it!
I hope Mercy and Courage are having fun together while Mercy is in Athens for a few days! We prayed on Sunday for Pastor Iain, Doug and Mike to have a really good time with everyone there and for God to speak to everyone in Athens Link and do amazing stuff so we look forward to hearing all about it!
We read a great Psalm on Sunday morning in Splash - it was Psalm 145. We had a great idea - that we could write our own Psalm in Splash! Katie, Josh and Anna put their heads together and thought up what our Psalm could say, and everyone did their bit in writing it down too. We thought you would like to read our Psalm, so here it is:
God is great
Over all the earth He reigns
Doing different things
In our hearts He reigns
Sing this song with us
God is good
Run around and praise Him
Everyone sing and shout
And say
That God is great
If you read the first letter of each line down the left hand side, you will find it says something about God! That was the theme of our Psalm... We hope you enjoy reading it!
Monday, 7 November 2011
A good visit!
Courage here:
I had such a great visit with my friend Mercy last month. I was excited to see her and Iain and Norma. She told me all about her time in Africa. Wow! I got to share with her what we do on Sunday nights with Ms. Peyton and the Athens Link children. God is so good!
We also spent some time looking at the world map. Mercy pointed out where she had been-cool! I loved hearing about Brazil.
Seeing the picture of the Dunfermline Link on the map!
The
picture on the bottom of the map is a prayer and support card for my friend Sarah Olds. Sarah is a missionary in Mozambique. She has a blog too! Her blog is found at http://www.sarah-n-africa.blogspot.com/
picture on the bottom of the map is a prayer and support card for my friend Sarah Olds. Sarah is a missionary in Mozambique. She has a blog too! Her blog is found at http://www.sarah-n-africa.blogspot.com/We also spent some time putting our heads together to think of new blogs to share!
I'm always so thankful for the time we get to visit with each other!
Sunday, 9 October 2011
At the farm
Hi everyone! Courage here. Everyone has been back to school for a while, and we are finally enjoying cooler weather! Here at Athens Link we got a new children's teacher this year-Miss Peyton! She is so great! Tonight we talked about what it looks like to love God with all of our hearts, soul, mind, and strength.
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind...Luke 10:27
We at Athens Link are getting so excited about seeing Iain and Norma soon! I had such a fun visit with Mercy the last time she was out here. We visited friends and even did farm chores! Here are a few pictures...
Yay friends!
We rode in the front of the four-wheeler! I almost needed to use my googles!
This is Abigail, Norine and Silas's little sister, who was telling us to hold on.
We found a comfy spot in the hen house during farm chores!
That's a lotta chickens.
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Back to school in Scotland!
Hello everyone - Mercy here!
What a fun summer I had! It was so great going to America with Katie and Josh, and the best bit of all was seeing everyone in Athens Link - especially my best friend Courage! When we got back we had a whole week of Messy Church! We were all so busy getting ready for Messy Church, and we had a practise too which went really well. This Saturday will be our first proper Messy Church - if you are here in Dunfermline Scotland I hope you can come! And if you are in Athens Georgia - please pray for us!
All the boys and girls here went back to school last Tuesday. It was a special day for Anna because she went to school for the first time, and also for Jodie because she went up to high school. I hope everyone has a great year at school and that you all learn lots of important stuff. Courage - when do the boys and girls in Athens go back to school? I know some of them are home schooled, I'm sure they still have to work really hard there too!
We heard that Alex's Grandma Diann is not well and had a big operation. Alex - we prayed for her and for all your family on Sunday and we will keep praying!
I'm all excited because next week I'm off to Tanzania with Pastor Iain and Norma. They will be speaking at a women's conference - I think I will get lots of attention there! I'll do my best to write about what we're doing on my blog so keep checking in to see what's going on while we're there!
That's all from me for now - we'd love to hear what you have all been getting up to!
Mercy
What a fun summer I had! It was so great going to America with Katie and Josh, and the best bit of all was seeing everyone in Athens Link - especially my best friend Courage! When we got back we had a whole week of Messy Church! We were all so busy getting ready for Messy Church, and we had a practise too which went really well. This Saturday will be our first proper Messy Church - if you are here in Dunfermline Scotland I hope you can come! And if you are in Athens Georgia - please pray for us!
All the boys and girls here went back to school last Tuesday. It was a special day for Anna because she went to school for the first time, and also for Jodie because she went up to high school. I hope everyone has a great year at school and that you all learn lots of important stuff. Courage - when do the boys and girls in Athens go back to school? I know some of them are home schooled, I'm sure they still have to work really hard there too!
We heard that Alex's Grandma Diann is not well and had a big operation. Alex - we prayed for her and for all your family on Sunday and we will keep praying!
I'm all excited because next week I'm off to Tanzania with Pastor Iain and Norma. They will be speaking at a women's conference - I think I will get lots of attention there! I'll do my best to write about what we're doing on my blog so keep checking in to see what's going on while we're there!
That's all from me for now - we'd love to hear what you have all been getting up to!
Mercy
Monday, 27 June 2011
Courage reflects on Scotland!
Courage here!
I am finally over my jet-lag and am safely back in the states from Scotland. I traveled with seventeen other Athens Link Family members. We set off from the USA on Friday June 3rd and spent ten heavenly days in Dunfermline with the Scotland Link.
Reunited and feels so good!
OH YES! Mercy and I were ear to ear the whole week during the mega kingdom family reunion. From American football to mountainous “hill” hikes, I had a blast.
This was my first mission trip. What was the mission you say? BUILD BUILD BUILD relationships. They are soooo important to Father God and Jesus. Did you know that the great commission cannot happen without relationships? We need each other. We need community. And it seems to me that relationship between Scotland and Athens Link is really growing. All 18 of us separated among the congregation in Dunfermline. Our host homes were incredible cockle-doodle-doo. They welcomed us like family! Needless to say, Scotland Mission Trip’s mission was fully accomplished.
Here are some of my other highlights from the trip…
Visiting together:
cakes and fellowship!
but most of all...my FAVORITE-FAVORITE part was seeing...
YOU!
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