Brilliant Weekend

Sometimes you have those weekends that are super great, but leave you feeling completely exhausted. This was one of them.

I had all of Saturday with nothing to do, so I used it as a Sabbath (a day to rest and do nothing and not feel guilty about it.) I didn't leave the house all day until I went for a walk at about 11:00pm. I stayed in and finished the Harry Potter series as well as Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell. Both were very good. I actually slept very late, until about noon.

Nothing was very exciting until Yuli had some Russian speaking friends over. It seems to be a weekend thing for that to happen. I do enjoy it. I might take a shot a learning some Russian to be able to communicate. We had 4 guests over, and it was a night full of discussion and laughter and Russian

Today was much more difficult, but much more rewarding. I woke up at 7 and wanted to be anything but awake. I actually missed the bus so I had to wait in the cold wind until the next one came. Surprisingly the weather is much better here than it was threatened to be. So I made it to the church and we did that whole thing, and I finally met Adam Mabry. Adam is the guy who is in charge of my internship. The surprising thing is that he is only 24 years old and already has a 3 year old child. His family was great though and I got to make his kids balloons. I hung out with Adam after church today and while driving around town. Got to see the school that Hogwart's (Harry Potter's school) was modeled after. That was pretty neat.

Tonight, the church in Edinburgh started a new congregation out in a place called Bathgate which is about 15-20 mins outside of Edinburgh. It was great to be apart of a new thing starting and to be there at its inaugural service. I had the opportunity tonight to make balloons for all the kids who are at this church. There were tons of kids in this church so I was very happy about that. I enjoy being around kids. So today was super fun, but also super tiring. I didn't fall asleep until about 4am and I had to get up at 7am so I am knackered. I'm excited about my future here in Scotland, and it will start to unravel soon. I will be sure to keep my loving public satisfied. I'm sorry to say that I must end this blog without much real content. Maybe I can give you something heavier to chew on in the next installment.

Goodnight.