Greetings Stateside, Hello (Scottish accent implied)! As I think of our three weeks together, I smile. I miss you all very much. While I sat at the Atlanta airport Sunday for 8 hours I had a lot of time to review our trip, pray, read my journal and write. The biggest thing that stuck out to me was answered prayer. All of my requests had been answered during the trip. I prayed we would have safety and we did. I prayed we would unite and we did. I prayed we would see someone come to know the Lord and we did. I prayed we would all be challenged in our faith and to grow and I am pretty sure...

 know that we are back in the states now and everyone has settled in at home, but Amber had written a great blog about her experience in Scotland, so I wanted to make sure it got posted.  Amber feels called to go back to Scotland in the future, so please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.  =)   BLOG by AMBER RENTERIA  Scotland is amazing and I love it here. Ive learned alot about myself and still have more to learn.  The people are so desperately in need of God.  Their faces show desperation and longing for something they do not know and I...

blog by Ashley JimenezI don’t know where to begin. This trip has been a time of growth for me, not only spiritually but emotionally as well. Scotland is so beautiful, but there are things hidden and buried deep beneath the beauty.  Some of my teamates and I went and picked up trash in the woods off of the main road.  From the street it looked breath takingly beautiful but once we got past the wire fence it was such a mess.  It was devastating.  Mason compared this to a human being. On one side of the fence it was beautiful, but the deeper we went, the more garbage we...

Blog by Jen Wahlers The past few weeks have been an adventure for all of us. One of the most difficult adjustments for me is leaving the familar and venturing into something completely unknown; a different enviroment, different people, and new experiences. Stepping out of my comfort zone made me lean on the only familar thing left, God. It has given me the chance to truly open my heart and listen to what He needed me to hear. Waiting and listening have always been difficult for me, I like things to move quickly and happen in my own timing, but of course it never works out that way. This...

Blog By Mason Mangum What I have learned from this trip is that a lot of times things do not seem as they appear.  Like Scatland for instance, when you think of Scotland most people think of the beauty of it, but after living here you see things that are not so beautiful, like paper and bottles on the side of the road.  You have to look deep sometimes to see these things though.  You have to look under the beauty.  Under the beauty, you see the things you would not expect from such a beautiful place. What this showed me is that we are like Scotland in this way. ...

Hey all!! So sorry that it took so long to update you on our trip!  We have been super busy from 7am-11pm every day this week, but we are loving  EVERY minute of it! =) Thank you so much for all of your prayers.  We got into Scotland on time without any trouble on Tuesday around 6pm-just in time for a delicious home cooked meal.  We are staying in Paisley, just outside of Glasgow in a community house with 25 other Christian men and women (37 total!!).  There are 3 families (with little ones too), YWAM interns, and DTS (discipleship training school) students all...