Madison

Hello!

Yesterday I went with Ruth, Carol and her daughter, Mary, to the town of Madison which is about an hour from here. Madison has some beautiful and really interesting old houses. I think they are called Colonial buildings. Carol and Mary told us that, during the American Civil War, the soldiers were going throughout the South burning all the towns and cities. But the women who lived in Madison begged them not to destroy their town and agreed that the soldiers could stay there when they were passing through this area, and that they would look after their injured soldiers. So Madison wasn't burned to the ground and it's about the only place that has all it's old Colonial style houses! It's a beautiful town and we found some interesting shops there too. We went to a coffee shop - I'm not sure if it was for breakfast or lunch because it was in the middle of the morning - and I got to try some grits. As you know, I'm a mission sheep so I'll try to eat anything I'm given. Grits are not so good as grass though.

Today Ruth and Carol are taking me to a place called Stone Mountain. We are staying all night and it sounds like it's going to be great fun! I'll let you know what I see there later.

We haven't seen Pastor Iain and Norma again but we know they are really really busy all the time. They leave tomorrow for home so please pray that they can have a good safe journey home and that God helps them to have a good rest.

Yesterday was fun!

Hello again!

I just want to tell you about the busy day we had yesterday. Our friend David is Pastor of two small churches here, and we went to one of them with him and Carol yesterday morning. It is called Corinth United Methodist Church. There weren't many people there, maybe about 3o, but they made us feel very special and were so glad we were there. Pastor David introduced me and Ruth and told all the people about my adventures in all the different countries I've been to. We sang some great hymns and Carol played the piano. At the end, all the people there gathered at the front and we had our picture taken with them. Some of them had been to Scotland and told us about the places they had visited.

Guess where we went for lunch after that... KFC! I was surprised they have it here, but Ruth said KFC started out in America then came to Scotland. (Not Kids For Christ, of course.)

Then we went to a service in a retirement home called Iris Place. It was beautiful, a lovely home, and we met some really lovely people who live there too. A few of them came to the service, and Pastor David let me and Ruth get up and introduce ourselves and tell the people about all the things we both do. They loved me, I could just tell! Some of them had been to Scotland too, and one lady said she had ancestors who came from Scotland. That was lots of years ago though, even more years than the grown ups in KFC have been alive!

I'll be back soon...

I'm in America!

Hello everyone!

I'm very happy because I'm now on my retreat! We're staying with our friends, Dave and Carol Staton, in their lovely home. It has trees all around it and sometimes deer come into the backyard! I haven't seen them yet but we'll get a picture if they do that while we're here. There are lots of different birds here too, ones we didn't know the names of, and they come to eat seed and things on the porch.

We had a long journey so we've all been tired since we got here. Ruth and I have had lots of time to rest which is great, but Pastor Iain and Norma are very busy going to lots of places and meeting up with lots of people. They have gone to a place called North Carolina this weekend to speak to some people who are having a weekend retreat there. Remember to pray for them because they need lots of God's strength to do all the things they have to do!

Thats all for now but I'll write more later.

I'm going on holiday!

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I'm very excited because tommorrow I'm off on my travels again. It's a bit different this time though because I'm not going on a really really busy trip. Ruth is going out to Athens, Georgia (that's in the USA) with Pastor Iain and Norma - they're going to be speaking at a retreat for some friends of mine - and Ruth is going with them to see what's all happening out there, meet up with some friends and have some time to chill. Well, since I've been on sooooo many trips over the past 3 years, Ruth said it was time I had a proper holiday and asked me to come along with her! I'm very pleased because I feel quite tired and would like a nice rest before my next mission trip. I'll write more when we're there and let you know when we do interesting things. But I better finish packing my little suitcase and have an early night - we leave at 3.30 am tommorrow! Yawn...

I've been at the beach!

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I'm having a great time here with Pastor Iain and Norma. We've just spent a few days at the beach. I got my feet a bit wet which was OK, but my scarf got a bit sandy and I didn't like that much. It scratched my neck a bit. It's all out now though. We're now on our way from Atlanta to Athens, where Pastor Iain will stay for a few days with our friends there. I'm going to a Ladies conference with Norma - since I'm a girl I'm allowed to go even though I'm a sheep. Please pray for Norma, she's speaking at the conference and it would really help her if you were all praying! The conference is at a place called Tocoa Falls.

This is a photo of us with Cindy Soble - do you remember her? She was part of the team who came over to work on the kitchen in our church last year. We've been telling her how great it's been to have that kitchen done!

I'll be back later to let you know how everything goes!

I'm in America!

Hello everyone!

I'm in America at the moment. I came here last Tuesday with Pastor Iain and Norma. My friend Jack and his mum and dad - Doug and Susan - are here too. We're staying with some old friends of the Allan family, they are called Bill and Diana Ambrose. They have been very kind to us. Here is a photo of me with Pastor Iain, Norma and Diana.


This weekend is going to be very busy. Norma is going to speak at a Ladies Retreat from St James Church in Athens, Georgia, and Iain will be speaking at three Sunday services at St James on the Sunday - and at a community group that night! I've already been to St James church before, although not on a Sunday, so I'm looking forward to going back and seeing some of my friends there again. I'll write more later to let you know how it goes!

I'm on an Indian Reservation!

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Just wanted to tell you about the fun time I'm having this week! It's Holiday Club week at our church and we are all Indian Braves on Running River Reservation. We've had some great stories from the Bible about a lost sheep, a lost coin and a lost son, and we're learning how precious we are to God. Our memory verse is Psalm 139: 17 - "God your thoughts are precious to me. They are so many! If I could count them they would be more than all the grains of sand." I've almost learned to say it, but I'm not the best at it, some of the children who are here have brilliant memories!

We've had some great games and I've been learning new songs. My favourite is Fandabidozzie! We have a visit every day from two puppets called Pete and Ailsa who talk about what they've learned on Running River Reservation and then sing a song.

It's very busy at Link Church at the moment because, as well as Holiday Club, we have some friends over from America who are doing all sorts of things in our church. Six of them are helping the Holiday Club team and they've been great fun! There are also people doing painting upstairs in the church, and some have been going to do drama in the High Street and tell people about Jesus! It's been so busy my head is buzzing, but it's exciting too and I've made loads of new friends. It's really nice that these new friends came to visit me and everyone here because it means I get a rest from going on aeroplanes!

Here are a couple of photos:

This is the team on "Tribal Hair Day". There were some very strange hairstyles...

This is me with the team children and Big Chief Misses With Arrows.