Saturday, 23 June 2012
My camel ride!
Here is a photo of me having a camel ride in Dubai airport! (I know it's not a real camel - I think I would find it a bit scary to ride on a real one.)
We're on TV!
We have now left Raiwindi and we are back in Lahore. It's been so exciting because Andy and Andrew have been making TV programmes! They are doing Bible studies and talking about God on the programmes. Each programme is about one hour long and they are doing two today and one each evening next week.
I have had a good look round the TV studios while they have been making the programmes. I had to be very quiet and keep out of the way of the cameras because no one is expecting to see a yellow sheep on TV while the guys are speaking! The studios are very interesting and exciting though, everyone is very busy and very focused on what they are doing with the different programmes. I couldn't understand what all the different programmes were about though because I don't speak the language here!
We are spending this weekend at a church called Hope Ministries in Lahore and the guys will be speaking there again on Sunday morning. When you go to church in Dunfermline at 10.30 am it will already be 2.30 pm for us here! I will be thinking about you all and I hope you will pray for us when you all get together.
I have had a good look round the TV studios while they have been making the programmes. I had to be very quiet and keep out of the way of the cameras because no one is expecting to see a yellow sheep on TV while the guys are speaking! The studios are very interesting and exciting though, everyone is very busy and very focused on what they are doing with the different programmes. I couldn't understand what all the different programmes were about though because I don't speak the language here!
We are spending this weekend at a church called Hope Ministries in Lahore and the guys will be speaking there again on Sunday morning. When you go to church in Dunfermline at 10.30 am it will already be 2.30 pm for us here! I will be thinking about you all and I hope you will pray for us when you all get together.
Thursday, 21 June 2012
Cows, goats - and noisy cats!
We are staying in Raiwindi at the moment and last night our host told us he wanted to show us his church. Andy and Andrew thought they were going to look at a building, but the man actually meant he wanted them to meet the people. We went to lots of houses in the town and met all the families who go to the church. We prayed for them all and they all wanted us to bless their cows and goats! This was a bit unusual for Andy and Andrew but I thought it was great! So did the cows and goats. The guys did a great job too, even though they are not used to blessing animals. They had to drink a lot of sprite and coke as everyone gave them some. Someone even offered them some milk straight from the cow but they said "no, thank you" to that. I think they just didn't fancy it but I'm sure it would have been fine as they had just blessed the cow!
Well, being a sheep I have never had any coke. But I found out what happens when you drink too much of it! Poor Andy was wide awake all night, he didn't get any sleep because of that coke. I didn't sleep much either - there are 12 other people sleeping here and they all seem to snore! And then there were the noisy cats... They were crashing around some cooking pots looking for food. They must have been very hungry cats.
We went to visit an orphanage today. It was a long way - two hours each way and it was very, very hot! But we had a good time at the orphanage and met lots of children who are being looked after there. Tonight Andy and Andrew will be preaching at a Healing Service. They are trusting God that lots of people will be healed at it so it would be good if you could all pray for them and the people who will come!
Well, being a sheep I have never had any coke. But I found out what happens when you drink too much of it! Poor Andy was wide awake all night, he didn't get any sleep because of that coke. I didn't sleep much either - there are 12 other people sleeping here and they all seem to snore! And then there were the noisy cats... They were crashing around some cooking pots looking for food. They must have been very hungry cats.
We went to visit an orphanage today. It was a long way - two hours each way and it was very, very hot! But we had a good time at the orphanage and met lots of children who are being looked after there. Tonight Andy and Andrew will be preaching at a Healing Service. They are trusting God that lots of people will be healed at it so it would be good if you could all pray for them and the people who will come!
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
It's soooo hot!
Here I am writing to you all from Pakistan! Our flights here went very well. I was so excited as I have never been to Pakistan before, but I was very good on the planes and didn't do any baa-ing or anything (people can get a bit upset if they hear a sheep baa-ing on a plane!)
Andy and Andrew have a very busy schedule, they are preaching in lots of churches and meeting so many people that I can hardly keep up! I have a good memory for names though so I'm sure if I concentrate I can remember them all.
Andy has not been feeling very well for the last few days so please pray for him! He has been doing his best to keep his mind on God, and God has been helping him to feel well enough to do the things he came here to do. It is very very hot here too - 47 degrees which is the hottest temperature I have ever been in! It's hot for people but even hotter for sheep in woolly coats. I know Andy and Andrew are feeling hotter than they like to be too so it would be good if you could pray that God helps them with that too.
We are in a place called Raiwindi right now. We are going to visit a school and an orphanage which will be very interesting and then the guys are preaching in a church tomorrow evening.
Andy and Andrew have a very busy schedule, they are preaching in lots of churches and meeting so many people that I can hardly keep up! I have a good memory for names though so I'm sure if I concentrate I can remember them all.
Andy has not been feeling very well for the last few days so please pray for him! He has been doing his best to keep his mind on God, and God has been helping him to feel well enough to do the things he came here to do. It is very very hot here too - 47 degrees which is the hottest temperature I have ever been in! It's hot for people but even hotter for sheep in woolly coats. I know Andy and Andrew are feeling hotter than they like to be too so it would be good if you could pray that God helps them with that too.
We are in a place called Raiwindi right now. We are going to visit a school and an orphanage which will be very interesting and then the guys are preaching in a church tomorrow evening.
Monday, 11 June 2012
I'm going to Pakistan!!
Flag of Pakistan
We leave for Pakistan this Thursday (14th) and will arrive on Friday. While we are there Andy and Andrew will be speaking at different churches and meetings and we will meet lots of new people. I even saw on the itinerary that they are going to be on TV! I wonder if they will take me if I promise to be very quiet and not get in front of the camera?
I'm sure I will have lots of wonderful experiences on this trip - if I can I will update my blog from time to time so I can tell you all about it!
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Whirlwind trip!
Well, we are now back from Zimbabwe... It was such a busy trip that I didn't get a chance to write on my blog again! But we had an amazing time, and I got to meet some of the orphans that the people in Link Church are helping to go to school. It is not free to go to school in Zimbabwe and the families of lots of boys and girls who live there can't afford to send them to school. The people in Link Church help by sending the money they need so they can go to school.
Evn though it was a hectic trip, there was time to take some great photos. Here are a few of them:
Here I am helping to sort out pencil cases full of pens, pencils, rubbers etc for the orphans - these were given by people in Link Church:
These are some of the children being sponsored (2 of them weren't home from school yet so they are not in the picture) We had a meal with them:
These children are from Hatcliffe, some of them are orphans being sponsored - we all had a meal together:
Here are some of our children from Muzarabani and a few other children we met there. Some of our children are wearing their school uniforms which the sponsors money helped to buy for them:
We all know it rains a lot in Scotland - did you know it rains sometimes in Zimbabwe too? I don't have a raincoat, so I had to wear a plastic bag to keep me dry:
We had a big adventure while we were there! These are our friends, Irene and Shalom (who is only 3 years old). We were going on a car journey with them - me, Iain, Norma, Jim and Rosemary. There was also a chicken in a plastic bag. It seemed quite upset about being in the bag because it kept flapping about. I tried to tell the chicken it was probably just in a plastic bag to keep the rain off it, like I had been, but it didn't seem to be listening to me:
The adventure happened like this. We ran out of petrol beside a busy road. Barry, a farmer, found us and gave us his mobile number in case we needed his help. Our friend Wilson went to look for some petrol. We waited and waited, but it was getting dark and Wilson had not come back. It wasn't a very safe place for us to be, so we phoned Barry the farmer and he came back for us. He said he would take us back to his house for the night - but he didn't want to take that chicken! He said we should let it go, so we did. It ran under a bush and I think it was hiding there. Mainly I think it was glad to be out of the plastic bag! Norma didn't forget about me though, and Barry the farmer seemed ok about taking me back to his house with everyone else. I'll bet he'd never seen a yellow sheep before though! He gave us food and a place to stay overnight, then he gave us a lift to Harare the next day. We even found out that Barry and his family are Christians! I think this is a good story to show you all that God hears you when you pray for us, and takes care of us.
Here is a photo of me with my new friend, Barry the Farmer:
This is me with some of the other people I met:
Evn though it was a hectic trip, there was time to take some great photos. Here are a few of them:
Here I am helping to sort out pencil cases full of pens, pencils, rubbers etc for the orphans - these were given by people in Link Church:
These are some of the children being sponsored (2 of them weren't home from school yet so they are not in the picture) We had a meal with them:
These children are from Hatcliffe, some of them are orphans being sponsored - we all had a meal together:
Here are some of our children from Muzarabani and a few other children we met there. Some of our children are wearing their school uniforms which the sponsors money helped to buy for them:
We all know it rains a lot in Scotland - did you know it rains sometimes in Zimbabwe too? I don't have a raincoat, so I had to wear a plastic bag to keep me dry:
We had a big adventure while we were there! These are our friends, Irene and Shalom (who is only 3 years old). We were going on a car journey with them - me, Iain, Norma, Jim and Rosemary. There was also a chicken in a plastic bag. It seemed quite upset about being in the bag because it kept flapping about. I tried to tell the chicken it was probably just in a plastic bag to keep the rain off it, like I had been, but it didn't seem to be listening to me:
The adventure happened like this. We ran out of petrol beside a busy road. Barry, a farmer, found us and gave us his mobile number in case we needed his help. Our friend Wilson went to look for some petrol. We waited and waited, but it was getting dark and Wilson had not come back. It wasn't a very safe place for us to be, so we phoned Barry the farmer and he came back for us. He said he would take us back to his house for the night - but he didn't want to take that chicken! He said we should let it go, so we did. It ran under a bush and I think it was hiding there. Mainly I think it was glad to be out of the plastic bag! Norma didn't forget about me though, and Barry the farmer seemed ok about taking me back to his house with everyone else. I'll bet he'd never seen a yellow sheep before though! He gave us food and a place to stay overnight, then he gave us a lift to Harare the next day. We even found out that Barry and his family are Christians! I think this is a good story to show you all that God hears you when you pray for us, and takes care of us.
Here is a photo of me with my new friend, Barry the Farmer:
This is me with some of the other people I met:
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
I'm in Zimbabwe again!
Hello everyone!
I have just arrived in Zimbabwe with Pastor Iain and Norma. Jim and Rosemary Storm are here too - they came last week and have been to see Victoria Falls. I went there once and really liked it, apart from the fact that I had to go in a plastic bag to keep me dry! There was soooo much spray from the waterfall that everyone had to wear raincoats, you see, but there wasn't one small enough for me. I didn't like the plastic bag much, but it was better than getting my wool wet. Sheep don't like to get wet.
While we are here we will be spending lots of time with our friends from Fellowship in Christ. We will be at two Easter Conventions and Iain told me that the first one at Muzarabani will have 500 - 600 people at it and they will all sit under a big tree! It sounds a bit like the kind of meeting Jesus used to have when He lived on earth, don't you think?
The thing I am most looking forward to on this trip is meeting the orphans who are being sponsored to go to school by people from Link Church Dunfermline and Athens Link Fellowship. We are going to have a meal with them and we might even find more boys and girls who can be sponsored. On Sunday afternoon I helped Norma get ready a whole suitcase full of pencil cases, pens, pencils and other things to put in the cases which are going to be given to the children. I am sure that will be exciting for them! We have letters from their sponsors for them too. I'll try to get some photos to show you all when we get back.
I think that's all for now, but I'll write more later!
I have just arrived in Zimbabwe with Pastor Iain and Norma. Jim and Rosemary Storm are here too - they came last week and have been to see Victoria Falls. I went there once and really liked it, apart from the fact that I had to go in a plastic bag to keep me dry! There was soooo much spray from the waterfall that everyone had to wear raincoats, you see, but there wasn't one small enough for me. I didn't like the plastic bag much, but it was better than getting my wool wet. Sheep don't like to get wet.
While we are here we will be spending lots of time with our friends from Fellowship in Christ. We will be at two Easter Conventions and Iain told me that the first one at Muzarabani will have 500 - 600 people at it and they will all sit under a big tree! It sounds a bit like the kind of meeting Jesus used to have when He lived on earth, don't you think?
The thing I am most looking forward to on this trip is meeting the orphans who are being sponsored to go to school by people from Link Church Dunfermline and Athens Link Fellowship. We are going to have a meal with them and we might even find more boys and girls who can be sponsored. On Sunday afternoon I helped Norma get ready a whole suitcase full of pencil cases, pens, pencils and other things to put in the cases which are going to be given to the children. I am sure that will be exciting for them! We have letters from their sponsors for them too. I'll try to get some photos to show you all when we get back.
I think that's all for now, but I'll write more later!
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