Resting in Glasgow

As many of you know one of my dear friends is living in Scotland for a year. Dani and her husband Ben are working with Harvest Bible Church here in Glasgow. The church in Scotland is dying and many churches have closed or have less than 50 people in attendance. So Dani and Ben are living life here and trying to be intentional about every conversation they have. You can check out their blog here.

Dani has been a wonderful blessing from The Lord. I first met her in 7th grade at Camp Zion. We stayed in touch as we grew up and went to Camp together during the summers and some winters. I remember AOL Instant Messaging (remember that??) with her when we were seniors in high school and we both had applied to two of the same colleges. And then God put us both at UW-LaCrosse together and were were inseparable after that! The crazy thing is our freshman year we were at missions week at the church when we were attending in LaCrosse when they called for anyone who felt called to be a missionary to come up front. Well... the holy spirit led both of us up front and here is Dani spending a year in Scotland and I just finished my year in Uganda. It is just one of those friendships that you know God had his hand in the whole way and I am incredibly blessed to be her friend.

With Dani our freshman year at UW-LaCrosse

So far the week has been quite relaxing as Dani is now 9 months pregnant and ready to have her baby. But truthfully after the last 2 weeks of being crazy busy and emotionally drained after saying so many good byes it is nice to have some time of rest with Dani. We did go out today to walk around downtown Glasgow and I literally wanted to buy EVERYTHING! Things I would never buy at home I just want to buy because they are there and I could since I havent seen anything similar in the past year. Do not fear thankfully I have NO room to take anything additional home as my suitcases are all at their max weight so I have just been window shopping. :)

In downtown Glasgow... yes with Starbucks :) And yes I am aware that I absolutely do not match... its COLD here!

We made a some Lego people for a few special boys in Uganda (you can see them below) - by the way, did you all know you could make Lego people!!! :)

Downtown Glasgow is really pretty and has lots of old buildings

And my last few good byes before I left Uganda:

I spent my last night with the Howley family that run Matoke Inn. This is a really special family to me as I came to Uganda at the same time as the Howleys. We went through language training, culture shock, and learning life in Uganda together.

These girls were hard to say good bye to. They have been a wonderful support system to me. We have laughed, shared our frustrations, sought out the best Western food in Kampala, prayed for each other, and supported one another in our separate ministries over the past year. I am very thankful for each of them.

Well thats all for now. Next time you hear from me will be when you see me back home!!! I cant wait! Pray for safe travels on Monday and then a good time of debrief Tuesday morning in Atlanta before I head back home Tuesday afternoon.