Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Day 10-Last day in Stevenston

This morning we spent our last morning with our host families which was a sad, yet sweet time. We went to the High Kirk for morning service with Pastor Scott. He talked about the Parable of the Tares and how God will eventually judge everyone, and it is not the church's job to figure out who is a Christian and who is not, but rather to preach the Gospel. At the end of the service, one of the old men requested a song about seeing each other again, whether here or in heaven, which made us cry :) After the church service we went down to the High Kirk hall to enjoy a church-wide luncheon. From there, Colby and Mrs. Sorrell's host lady, Janet, took us to see lawn bowling which was quite a fascinating sport and much different from our ten-pin bowling. We then went to visit Adam and Margaret. The moms went to visit Naomi and had tea and talked with her. They put on a wonderful tea with wee nibbles for us :) Our conversations were lovely and we really enjoyed our time. However, it was quite sad leaving them. We then went back to the manse and spent some time with Pastor Scott and Antonia's kids. For our last dinner we enjoyed Fish and Chips with Ian and Elaine and then went to the Livingstone church for a song of praise night. There were hymns played, and then some of the songs from kids club which was a blast. We went back to the manse and said goodbye to all the teens and then Pastor Scott gave us a wonderful accordion concert and made us cry. We took a picture on the Stevenston rock (which is to come) and reluctantly said goodbye to all the people of Stevenston.

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