8 Weeks

Wow, this is the 8th blog that Christy and I have written.  That means that we’ve officially been here for 8 weeks, half of the time that we are here for.   Hmm…It doesn’t really feel like we’ve been in Scotland for two months, but obviously we have.   Time flies. 

For the last few weeks, we’ve been reading, among other things, about the person of Jesus Christ and the qualities He had.   Contrary to some religions and heresies, the Bible teaches that Jesus was fully divine and possessed all of God’s power, yet fully human and able to experience all the things we do.    HOW this is possible, I don’t truly understand.   But if the Bible says that Jesus was fully God and fully human, that’s good enough for me.

For our trip this Wednesday, Jimmy Fisher and his daughter, Debbie, took us to the People’s Palace in Glasgow and Summerlee in Coatbridge, both of which are museums.   While we were in Coatbridge, we went on a quick tour into an old coal mine that was used when mining was still a major business.  The conditions of the mine were depressingly poor by today’s standards, and I really feel bad for the men who had to work in them.

Christy and I have been helping some of the CY members with Kid’s Club, a ministry for the wee kids in the Church.   This Friday was interesting because Christy and I were assigned to teach the lesson, Christy with the older kids, me with the younger ones.   Based on the fact that none of the other leaders told us never to come back afterwards, I suppose we did well enough.

Jon Key

 

Rugby!

This week we continued our normal schedule of reading in the mornings and classes in the afternoon.  After an eventful week last week, it was going to be a fairly normal week- at least so I thought.  Tuesday afternoon I caught the stomach bug that was going around.  Wednesday I slept all day, recovering from being ill, but Jon somehow avoided getting sick and went to the Kelvingrove art gallery and museum with Graham.  He said that he enjoyed the skeletal structures and models the most because they demonstrated God’s power.  Thursday the bug passed, and the week ended normally.  Class on Thursday was great.  The things we’re going over in class are foundational ideas, but are so critical in our understanding of who God is – which in turns effects our understanding of who we are.  Friday morning the church hall was packed with mums and tots.  By Friday evening the hall was buzzing again with the Covenant Kids program.  In this program the kids are learning about the miracles of Jesus Christ.  This week we went over the healing of the ten lepers, but only one came back to thank Jesus praising God.  The night didn’t end there.  George Johnston came over from Northern Ireland to talk to us teens about being in the world, but not of it by looking at the verse Romans 12:2.  Saturday I had a rare opportunity to go to Murrayfield Stadium and watch the six nations rugby match with my rugby team (Scotland 26- Italy 6).  It was definitely one of the coolest things to see the professionals play.  It was very exciting and left me in need for rest on the Lord’s Day.    

Christy Lear