AMY!

Had a brilliant last few days. Saturday morning we went through to hear Beth playing in the North Aberdeenshire Orchestra in Fraserburgh - she was fab! Music is very much part of her life and she is really enjoying playing her oboe. We had Billy Cheyne drop in for a visit. Good to catch up with him and share some bacon sandwiches!! He has a kind heart and came through to fix a faulty lighting transformer - thanks pal! Fenella has been struggling with her back over the weekend and in now just starting to feel some relief.

Had a good time on Sunday evening! The Aberdeen church came through to use our baptistery. Peter and Stacy, a lovely young couple with 2 children, became followers of Christ! It was a good night and it was especially good to spend some time with friends we don't get to see that often. John Anthony, Kristen and Brennan Renwick, Nathan, Stacey and Kellan Hogue, Epoc, Ian Starrs to name but a few. The fellowship was good!

Monday I had 3 schools - Crimond in the morning for assembly, Dales Park at Lunch time and back to Crimond for football in the afternoon. At the assembly it was really neat because it is coming up to Easter and I got to talk about the importance of Jesus and His Resurrection! I started with telling the story from the "Most" movie and got the kids hooked on the fact that God had to let Jesus die in order for all of us to be saved, but that God couldn't wait for the moment when He would raise Jesus from the dead. The kids really were engrossed and many hearts were touched. Over at DP school it was the P1-4's and we had fun playing living table football. It was so much fun and they all loved the time together. Back at Crimond and football was excellent! The group were great and I had nothing to worry about and everything to be happy about.

On Monday night we had the last class before the kids break for Easter holidays. We had 4 new kids come which is fantastic - three from Clerkhill school and one from Central. Everybody was in a great mood and the class was no effort at all. We had our prayer time early and then played some team games. The high point of the class was the Awards presentation. There were the most awards handed out tonight ever!! Bible points went to Holly Strachan, Lewis Emslie and Leah Ramsay - MVP Bronze went to Darcy, Lucy, Dylan, Aalannah, Lexie, Paul and Claire - MVP Silver went to Hannah, Kimberly and Andrew - MVP Gold went to Holly, Leah and Lewis. I had some chocolate Plaques from "Thornton's" made with the winners name pipped in white icing for the Task Award. There were 13 winners and the prize was a huge hit with everyone! It was the perfect class to finish up the term with and so much to be encouraged about leading into the new term in 2 weeks time.

Today I had 3 schools again. In the morning I had 2 assemblies at DP school one for the P 1-4's and another for the P5-7's. Both assemblies went well, but I must say the older one had the most impact. With the young children I talked about Easter being a time for new life with the flowers and the baby lambs and the animals coming out of hibernation and talked about God being the one who gives life. We talked about Jesus and God raising Him, but not to deeply. However with the older kids I told the "Most" story again and got the kids deeply into the choice God had to make and had a great time working the kids through the importance of Why Jesus had to die and why the Father had to let Him die. I have no doubt, as with Crimond yesterday, that many kids hearts were touched. After finishing up at DP I was off to Central to have some fun with the P1's. There was a group of 14 today, which is pretty much the whole class! The kids really know me now and they look forward to Tuesday lunch times for our sessions. It was Kate's birthday today and she was so excited and couldn't wait for her party tonight.

Well, I have saved the best news till last - Amy got in to the National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS) and will be training through the summer and doing some concerts with the Choir!!! We are very proud of Amy and know she is going to love every minute of her time at NYCOS.

Take care!