Fun with the Stewarts!

Oh wow this has to be fast! I have sooo much to do! I just downloaded all my pictures from the past 4 days to show all of you! I had an awesome time with all the Stewarts. It was great to see them all again! We went to Dundee, Perth, and St Andrews, they were busy days! We even got a 5 course scottish dinner! it wasnt too terrible! hahah no it was really great. We even Ceilidh danced after which was awesome! So filling though, the food i mean! Every day was a busy day. Thankfully the sun stayed out for most of hte time. My trip back into Paisley it rained. Too bad. And i had to walk. But oh well! hahah ok enjoy the pics

This is a peacock at Scone Palace near Perth, there were lots of them! Such beautiful creatures. This one was showing off...

This is baby sheep season! oh they are soo cute, we drove past them a few times and finally stopped to get pictures, so adorable!

Dundee, they have penguins! hahah.... they are fake.... except im real

This is where the boat Discovery that was stuck in the antarctic was built, Dundee. Brad and Chris walkin up the steps

this was supposed to be only Heidi and I since the first one she had closed her eyes!

well it wont let me do anymore pics... so soon! love you all!!

Beautiful Days

Well the last couple days have actually been quite wonderful. The house is filling again. John and Julie got back from visitin home in North America. I did an outreach night with Bri at Elim Church. It was for women, a dinner with food from all around the world. Represented by the people who attend the church! So we had Ghana, Switzerland, Turkey, North America and of course Scotland. Which was made up of Neeps, Tattis and Haggis! For North America we had to make the puddins which in American means desserts! I made Naniamo bars as well as Orange jello salad and Chocolate Chip Cookies. Bri made apple pie, Buckeyes and another lady made pumpkin pie and brownies! They all were a huge success! Especially the Naniamo bars! It was great! A lady even asked for the recipe! Well we were sitting with this one girl who was related to the pastor and Bri and I were telling her about our missions trips. It kinda hit me then. I take all my travelling for granted! So i decided to share some stories

It is so weird because going back to Morocco for the second time, I had this confidence. My French isnt that great but it was enough to get me by. Buying stuff was so easy. In Marrakech you walk out into the Medina and immediatly are bombarded by men offereing stuff to you, as well as women coming up and grabbing your hands. You have to be so focussed on your destination. If you give the slightest acknowledgement to them they jump all over it and, with most tourists, will end up getting money! Some are snake charmers, others are with monkies and some funky looking guys just dressed up. It is so draining going out in a day! You focus so hard not to get taken over!
There was this boy in Essaouira, I had seen him the first year I was there. He was handicapped, I think only physically. He was in a wheelchair and had a tilted head and his hands were curled. But he would sell paintings. This year after a day of prayer I decided to buy a painting from him. They were draw with his mom, but i bet someone must have helped him. He actually spoke quite good english, he had a lock box on his lil table on his wheelchair wher eyou put the money... you had to have exact change. It was really crazy!

Spain was really cool. Santiago De Compostella was my favorite city. We would go to this park close by and sit and watch people. The park was filled with old men! It was so intruiging! They would walk arm in arm, like in groups of five chattering away! It was so beautiful.

Different cultures are so interesting. I thank God I get to expierence a few.

Love you all!

The airport! yay! dad kept drinkin my coffee he was soo tired! hahah 

Eating scones:) 

Dad n I in Starbucks:) dads looking at maps, of course! I finally got my north, and south down to pat! The road here are not in a cross pattern, they are squigly everywhere, so it is terribly hard to keep your bearings everywhere, but im getting there! 

Glasgow... the west endish area... far from the city center, road the tube for the first time in Glasgow! wow is it old! 

The dinner I cooked for mom and Dad... the great chef i have become! haha 

Mom taught me to crochet... hahah my next project... make a blanket! thatll pass the time! 

Mom and Dad in the Great Hall at Stirling Castle... neat eh! 

Stirling Castle, this is the Royal Chapel, where King James VI was baptised as a baby! 

Mom and Dad in Stirling, ahh they are so darling:) 

Kim and I coloring Precious Moments 

Do you love it? I want one!  

Mom and Dad at the Museum of Transport in Glasgow... Dad loves it, they had and old steam engine! 

Glasgow, west end Uni in the backgroud 

Edinburgh castle view 

Mom and Dad walking in the park in Ediburgh 

Time with Mom and Dad

Well they arent gone yet... which is awesome. I thought I might blog a bit while they are here. Mom and Dad are walking to the grocery store while i sleep in...:) Well it has been wonderful having them here! I have seen some really cool museums and such with them that I would have never done on my own! We have gone to Glasgow three days, and Edinburgh one day, and Stirling on day. The only problem with Edinburgh was that it snowed and we were on a hill in a castle that didnt have much roofing! So it was cold! And of course today the day we do nothing is beautifully sunny and gorgeous! oh well... I thought I would post some pictures, now these arent that great because they are with my camera, which is half broken. Mom and Dads camera have better ones!

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I have found my knitch! Im making movie galore! I love it, I use a pretty crappy program but I am still loving it. Ive made three full ones. They are only about 10 minutes each but it takes hours! I have a new appreciation for the behind the scenes people in movies. But the videos I have made are all about this past DTS. Oh so many memories. My next one is about outreach but i have to wait 3 weeks before I can get some of the clips i need...
In the meantime my parents are coming in 4 days!!! ack im so excited! Its going to be so much fun! I have so many ideas, but i need to wait and see what they want to do. Then all the Stewarts!!! Oh i am so stoked!
Alright need to get back to my video! Cheers all!
God Bless
cherie

Work, Work

Well it has been awhile, no one probably reads this anymore! I have decided not to neglect this poor blog any longer! My xanga is fading as well... Although not much in my life is exciting at the moment!
It really is like i work in an office. 10-4. It is great, hahah I guess. I stare at the computor screen alot. Sometimes I go do cleaning. But it has been our mission after our 10 days of prayer to start getting more involved in the community as well as getting the word out about our base! We never get Scots here anymore! It is really amazing, because we were invited to come put up a booth at a Church in glasgow! So we are doing that this sunday. I have been putting together a video for people to kind of get the feel of what it is like. But after spending 7 hours preparing it something went wrong...ugh! I went back to work on it this morning and all the files are like missing. Well they need to be uploaded again into the program! So all my editing is gone. Only on some though. But that was a lot of work. Now to start again. Oh well at least I enjoy it!
The house is quite quiet now! We have three of us girls living here. The rest are in the States visiting home. Three weeks and my parents come visit!!!! Then 2 after that and I get to see my first Scottish wedding, then the next day my sister her husband and his parents are all coming here! and i get to stay with them! Oh im sooo excited. Right after that i head home! Its really great becuase I now know so many people along the west coast! I would love to go visit them all! 3 in Oregon, 1 in Washington! Even 3 in the Lower Mainland of BC. Dang... I have a new thing I am trying to do. I want to meet a person from every state. I have got 13 down I believe. But the conditions are that it needs to be for two weeks or more. I even say that it needs to be YWAM. But maybe not, that can be decided if need be. Ok let me recap where i know people... Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Texas, Missouri, Wisconson, Ohio, Illinios (that one is iffy), Tenessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Nebraska.... ok I think that is everyone! yup 13... sweet... next DTS Ill know more! hahah Ah i love meeting new people. It getting harder to keep on saying good bye though. Sigh. oh well... Alright I am off to work! Cheers mates