Psalm 149:1
Praise the LORD.
Sing to the LORD a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the saints.
-- DAY 4 --
Our day began at 1 am....Ok, before you hear from your children, let me explain. Yes, everyone was awake at 1 am
because the festive fire alarm in the hotel rang. Our students were very responsive and all quickly made it outside in record time. There was no emergency, we think that the alarm was triggered by a larg
e party in the convention rooms. I think that the teenagers were able to get back to sleep pretty quickly, but the adults were drag
ging a little today (ha).
Now on to big and better things...
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY....today is Mother's Day in Scotland, so our mother's that were with us on this trip get two special days in 2009 -- one in Scotland and one in USA.
Sunday -- a day of corporate worship. As I told you last night, our students were divided up into three small singing groups and went to our three sponsor churches to sing two songs and share their testimonies.
Each service reported a great worship time. After church, we were all able to spend time with families and teenagers from the churches. It was a great afternoon. Yet, by our 5:00 pm sound check, our students were "zonked!"
At 6:30 pm we participated in a three church praise service. The church was packed full of members and guests from all our three host churches--there was standing room only!
Even though the students were tired, after changing clothes and praying before the service, God was glorified and they gave their ALL in praise and worship to the Father.
After the service, our students went into the FLC and had a wonderful dessert fellowship with great Scottish desserts, coffee and of course, hot tea (they love it around here). Our students split up and sat at various tables around the room speaking to the members -- a great sharing time.
Once we finished our desserts, our students changed clothes quickly and helped tear down our sound and media system, and band equipment and loaded it up in our van and bus. After waving "goodbye for now," we surprised the tired and hungry bus travelers with McDonald's (take out) and headed toward the hotel. We arrived back to the hotel at 10:00 pm, handed out the food and told them to GET TO BED.
It was a great day of worship. Thank you for your continued prayers and words of encouragement on the blog. Please pray for Cara Cox, she has been sick for the last few days and stayed back at the hotel today with our GMP representative and Maureen Mangrum (one of our nurse extraordinaires). We ended up taking her to a doctor and she has some medicine now and is getting better. Both Maureen and Cara were waiting for us in the hotel lobby upon our arrival to say "hi!"
We prayed that your corporate worship experience went well today and were hoping that you missed us. (I still need a job upon my return from Scotland!)
Tomorrow we're off to our first school. An exciting day is ahead for our students. They will spend 1 1/2 hours in classrooms in the morning, sing our concert at 11 am, eat lunch and then 1 1/2 more hours of workshops in the afternoon. We'll take time in the late afternoon at our hotel and then back to the school for our evening concert. Continue to pray for our students as they share in the classrooms and present two concerts of praise.
Tomorrow Jenny Sorey is going to share our adventures with you. (Thought you might want a change from me for a day...) Talk to you soon --
Blessings,
Ken
Good day lads and lassies! ( I think that is correct if my memory serves me well.) The Scottish dancing sure looked fun. Ali I hope you bring back a new dance for Cotillions. (tee!! hee!!)It just blesses me each time I read the comments, and Bro. Ken we are so blessed to have you as the worship leader. The commitment, knowledge, time and energy you have given to the Mission Scotland teens has to be from GOD!!! And yes you need to read this part to the teens also as I know each and everyone of them agree 100%!! I have no doubt the worship services they are participating in surely show GOD at work! I am looking forward to hearing all about your works with the students in the schools. God has big plans for you all! Psalm 145 is a testimony to the Great Acts of God and really speaks to me about you as a worship group!! 145 vs. 10-13 : "All your works shall praise you Lord, And your saints shall bless you, They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom, Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations." So awesome!!
You are soooo blessing the Lord with your worship services and you are certainly speaking of the glory of the kingdom by sharing your testimony and salvation plan!! God will continue to strengthen each and everyone of you and give you a renewing each am as you arise to do his works. Let your light shine in the schools!!! Ali we love you immensely. Lots of hugs and kisses!!
Sheila Robinson
Good Morning Scotland! I hope you all got the much needed rest without any fire alarms going off! We had a wonderful day of worship here at FBC B'ville, but it just wasn't the same without all of you there. As I was singing on the praise team I had the thought of how much you are a part of the worship at our church. I am continually blessed by your boldness to stand when the Spririt says stand and to raise your hands and worship our Lord. Besides the fact that Hutch announced that there were left over doughnuts at 412 cause there were only 10 students there!
I can't tell you how much the videos and pictures help us as we are missing our precious Whit! It makes us feel like we are experiencing it all with you. In the last video where Whitney was waving, Gracie said "How did she know we would be watching??"
We miss you, but it is amazing the absolute peace that we have that you are in the Lord's will in serving and ministering!
Whitney...Deepest of Deep!
Mama "K"--(Joyce)
WE had a great service this morning! It was weird with the very low number of youth! It was so great to hear Cara's voice when she was explaining her day going to the dr. Thank you especialey to Maureen for taking care of my baby girl! Love, In His Grip, Christy Cox
Hello from the McCorkle Family!! Love reading the blog and the videos are awesome!! Avery wants to say hi to Emily T. and Little Matthew wants to say hi to Big Matthew P. We will continue to pray for safe travels, everyone's health (Hope Cara feels better soon) and fun adventures as you share at the schools. God is good and it is evident that he has his hands upon each of you.
Love in Christ,
Mike, Cindy, Avery and Matthew McCorkle
I SAW THE VIDEO OF ALL THE STUDENTS ON THEIR MISSION TRIP FOR THE LORD.I AM SO HAPPY THAT THEY ARE ON THE ROAD FOR THE LORD.
AND NOT ON THE STREET OR ON DRUGS.I AM AN OLD GRANDMOTHER OF TYRESA ,I JUST WANT HER AND ALL THE OTHERS TO KNOW HOW VERY PROUD OF THEM.
MY PRAYERS ARE WITH THEM AND THE SPONSERS.
MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU
ETHEL MINNIEFIELD
Good morning! You ladies and gentlmen look absolutely awesome in your outfits! And the expressions on your faces are so wonderful to see as you offer worship and praise to God! You are truely lighting the spark that will ignite into a fire for our Lord and Savior. "To the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." Jude 1:25
Thanks to ALL of you for everything you are doing and have an awesome Monday in service to God our Father! Love, Carmen Adkins
P.S. Hannah, Natalie, and Carrie: the verse for today on biblegateway.com is “[The Armor of God] Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.”- Ephesians 6:10-11" Isn't God's timing awesome??!
The word is timely talking about praise...this call for a new song not the normal praise this call for true fresh new praise.
This new praise has the power to change our hearts continue to focus on giving your best praise you can offer and I believe that you all will experience crazy unity with the Scots (I am not sure if this is the right way to call them somebody help a sista out here!!!)
Know that we continue to lift each and everyone of you up throughout everyday. I love and miss you all and am expecting great testimonies when you all return....May the favor of the Lord continue to be upon you in Jesus name AMEN!!
Moma "T" (Timesia)
Hello from the Hollands. It was GREAT to see all of your smiling faces...especially Anna's! Keep smiling, DANCING, and sharing. You all radiate God's love. We are praying for a God filled week for you all in Glascow. Be safe...and...No playing cards on the bus...LOOK OUT THE WINDOW! (couldn't resist)
We love you. Mom, Dad, Nick, Frances and Zach
Just wanted to send a shout out to Raven Riley! Looks like you and your friends are having a blast! You are getting to see some amazing sights...Wow! We just wanted to say "hi"....we all miss you back home! I know you're having a great time...sounds like a very busy schedule! Enjoy it and we will see you soon! Love, Si, Lisa, Emily & Drew Corbin
Hey the scottish dancin was good especiallyu dancing with the american girl Joanna the Coordinator of the trip
xx :D
Hey the scottish dancing was really good even though the americans were not experienced. It was good dancing with Joanna the Coordinator of the trip.
xx :D