I'm home again!  What a trip.  I met so many people that I'm still a bit dizzy!  But now I have had a nice bath and a bit of a fluff-up, I am ready to tell you more about Pakistan.  Heather says "Sorry that the photos didn't load" when she tried to send them from Pakistan, but she is able to show you some now and I will tell you what is happening.

  Heather and I had a makeover done by some of the girls learning to be beauticians.  This is so that they can have a good job and earn their own money.  Mind you, they couldn't really improve me, I think I am meant to have untidy hair!  In the evening we went to a church meeting where there was a birthday cake for a very little boy that was bigger than him!

The next day I went to a new school in a very poor village where the families work so hard to make bricks all day,.  These children are now being given a chance to learn in English which may help them to get better jobs when they grow up.

I went to a lot of meetings, some in church buildings, and some in tents.  The biggest tent was a bit frightening as there were SO many people - Heather says there were more than 15000, but I lost count after 4 as I am only a small sheep and don't have as many fingers and toes as you have. In fact I only have four legs! But I was quite safe as Heather kept tight hold of me. 

There was one special little boy I was most impressed with.  He is a great drummer, but he was so little he had to stand on the platform while his drums were put on the floor below him so he could reach!

I will finish with a picture of the youngest person I met.  Next time I go, I expect this small person will be trying to take me home with them - that's what usually happens! But I make sure that I always come back to see all my friends at Link.  I take your love to all sorts of people all round the world, but I like to come home and bring their blessings back to you too.

Salaam ge (that means hello all here in Pakistan)

I have been having such an exciting time here in Pakistan, that I have hardly had time to think, so I am sorry that I have not sent you all a message before today. I have met many children, some at church, some in school and some in very large and noisy meetings.  The people here do like to sing VERY loudly!  As I can't sing in Urdu or Punjabi, I have just danced during the music, and the children have liked this very much.

Going on a journey in a car in Lahore can be a bit scary as the traffic is so busy. Many people don't have cars, so they travel by motorbike. I have seen a whole family on a bike, Mum,Dad, two children and one baby on one bike. It is a very green way to travel, but not very safe. Heather says she worries about the baby wriggling and falling off, but they seem to enjoy it.  Would you like to travel to school on a motorbike each day? In Scotland it would be too wet and windy I think!

I have had my photo taken many times, and here are some;



See you all soon.

P.S. Heather has been given a yellow shalwar kameez (a punjabi dress suit). We now match when we go out!

Well - here I am, ready to go on my travels again. Andy and Heather are taking me back to Pakistan to meet some old friends, and to make some new ones as well.  They have a lot of packing to do. I can't understand how they will get everything in their cases.  There is so much STUFF!

And Heather says - this is just for her! There is still Andy's clothes to fold and pack.  I'm glad I am a sheep and just have my nice wooly coat to worry about.  Mind you, last year it was so hot (up to 50 degrees centigrade!) that I almost wished I could have been shorn like the sheep you see on our hillsides.

We fly out on Friday, so I will send you another message when I get to Pakistan.

Our Smoky Mountain Adventure

We went to the Smoky Mountains with Wayne and Diann. We had to leave the state of Georgia and cross the border into North Carolina. We didn’t need our passports though as Carolina is another American state and is part of the country called the United States of America.

  The road was very windey and it was a long way down to the river at bottom! We saw Tallulah Gorge.

The great Wallenda (not me) crossed the Gorge on a tightrope. This is me looking at the poster…

While we were there we saw a wall of crosses made of reeds. 

I also met a mountain man drinking moonshine (He wasn’t real and neither was his moonshine…that’s a strong drink that’s not good for adults, children or little sheep!)

You will see that the mountains look as if they are smoking but Kenneth told us that there is no fire! The trees give off a vapour or mist that looks likes smoke. Some insects that would  damage the trees do not like the vapour and they stay away. Very interesting. They are called the Smoky Mountains. I think that sounds better than Vapoury Mountains. What do you think?

This is me with Diann. She wasn’t scared of the heights and thought it was really funny that Kenneth and Hannah were scared as they are Scottish and should be used to  mountains. I was very brave and pretended to be a mountain sheep.

Bubbles in my Nose

Aaa..choooo!  That was a sheep sneeze. When we visited the World of Coca cola on Saturday, I wandered off to look at all the exhibits and feel into a big vat of fizzy coca cola. Hannah took a picture of me. See if you can spot me in the picture with all the bubbles!

Just kidding I was in a Coca Cola Bubblefying machine!

More Photos

I thought I should show you a picture of me since I had my image makeover. Ruth and Hannah thought I should have a flower for my hair and Hannah managed to find a knitted woolly one, perfect for a small sheep.

 

Ruth thinks it came from Charlie who is Katie’s best friend’s Mum, so please thank her if you see her.

 

This photo was taken at Watson's Mill where I saw a covered bridge for the first time. I don't know why it has a cover on it. It may be to keep all the rain off the cars...it has been very rainy since we came here! Here is a picture of me and my American friend, Alex at the covered bridge.

 

 

I'm in Athens, Georgia again!

Hello everyone! I am back in Athens Georgia again, visiting all my friends at Athens Link Fellowship. Norma, Hannah, Kenneth, David and Neil have all come with me and we got here last Thursday. I've been here with Norma lots of times, and I went to Brazil with Hannah, and to Africa a couple of times with David, but I've not been anywhere with Kenneth or Neil before so I'm getting to know them better too which is great!

I'm staying with Wayne and Diann Floyd - Kenneth and Hannah are here too and we're all having a great time. On Friday we went to see the laser show at Stone Mountain. Even though it has been raining A LOT the sun came out for a while when we were there which was good as I don't really like getting my wool wet! Here is a photo I think you'll like because it has some of our friends who have visited from Athens Link in it:

 

Keenan, Alex, Angie, Norma and Neil

 

 

On Saturday we went to visit the World of Coca Cola in Atlanta. I don't like Coca Cola myself (sheep prefer water) but it was still very interesting and we all had fun. We then visited the Georgia Aquarium. I've been to an Aquarium before when I was in South Africa with Sarah, so I knew I would love it. Kenneth told me before we went that it's the largest aquarium in the world! I suppose it would have to be because they have FOUR whale sharks there, and they are the largest fish in the world!

 

We went to St James Church on Sunday morning and it was great to see a few people there that I've met before. We had lots of catching up to do! Of course, Sunday evening we went to John and Cindy Gaultney's house for the Athens Link Fellowship meeting. They always make us feel so welcome there and it was so good to be back among my friends again!

 

Well, as you can tell it's been pretty busy since we got here, but I'll try to write more soon and I'll ask Hannah to help me put more photos on here too.

Photos from Athens Georgia!

I went to Athens Link Church a couple of weeks ago with Pastor Iain and Douglas, and I got to stay with my friend Diana! I had lots of fun catching up with all my friends there and Diana took some great photos of us together. Here they are - I hope you like them!