We played tennis all morning long. Today we shared the Gospel with the kids during the tennis camp and we gave them all little Bibles. After the tennis camp we went on a prayer walk in Stevenston and passed out flyers for the High Kirk. Then we weeded at the tennis club. After that we went bowling with all of the teenagers and had a ball. After we finished bowling we drove to the tennis club and played a little bit of midnight tennis so we could maximize our final hours in Kilmarnock. I had so much fun serving, talking to, and playing with all of these guys these past two weeks. -Josh
Thursday-Every year when I have come, there has been a couple who have made an effort with me and treat me as their own daughter since they had no children. On Thursday I had the opportunity to go and have tea with them at their house. For 2 hours we just sat and talked about just about everything, from the state of the world now, the elections coming up, the High Kirk, and my own family. It was precious time to me as they are getting older and I don’t know when I will see them again. It was great to be able to bring them joy in their old age though. Later in the afternoon, the 4 of us (Mum was teaching) went on a prayer walk to pass our flyers to some of the High Kirk parish. I prayed that the houses would realize that they needed something else in their life, that they will realize that there is a true purpose to their life, that they will see the light shine through us and the church, that God will lead them to go seek Him and that they will revamp their lives. It was special just being able to pray for people you don’t know and who you will probably never see again in this life, but you know that God will take care of them and maybe one day lead them to himself. That night we had a fun last fellowship time with everyone, bowling and playing midnight tennis. -Emma
Once again we were able to work, this time serving the tennis club, with the Boys. As I said before, working with the guys just allowed us to deepen our friendships with them all the more. That was the story of the day. We were able to go bowling with everyone that night. As we said in preparation for our trip, our main goal was to build relationships. We didn’t want to come over to Scotland, throw the Gospel at these people, then leave again. Our desire as a team was to grow friendships that we could continue even on our return home. Thursday solidified the relationships all the more. -Trey
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