APPLECROSS….WOW!

I have seen driven up to Mt. Fuji in Japan; I have seen Kilimanjaro, I have been to the foot of the Swiss Alps and I have driven across the Rockies, but what I experienced yesterday topped them all. The mountains that I drove up were not as tall as the Alps or the Rockies, but it was just their scenic beauty…they are just so striking and there is one right after the other. My journey to Applecross on the Scottish mainland was in the brightest sunlight, but the most striking of all the scenes that I wanted to take I was unable to because of the narrow roadway. There is room for only one vehicle at a time, except for small passing cutouts in the mountainside, which are too few and far between, so when you have several cars behind you, it is hard to get out of the car to take the pictures (though, I did take a couple out of sheer desperation). Ben Johnstone, our pastor friend who came and visited us last July was driving and he told me that we would have a better chance a great pics on our return. However, by the time we left the village of Applecross, the clouds had completely surrounded all of the mountains that had earlier been in view. Uuuggggghhhhh. It was so frustrating not to be able to share the most amazing shots with you. Fear not, though, I did get some amazing pics that you should enjoy.

The more I visit with folks in the parish the more I realize that I will miss ministering here. There are some awfully nice people here that are warm, hospitable and generous. They are totally different when you are visiting them in their homes than they are at the church. But, I know that there will be some wonderful folks in the Dunvegan Parish, as well.

There is one person who will be in the Dunvegan Parish on the 9th of August that I am most anxious to get reacquainted with and that is Linda. I know for you, when I say she will be here in 15 days, that doesn’t mean a whole lot to you, but it sure does to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone please tell Linda to hurry up and get here, because……

This guy

Is missing her
terribly!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, enough of that, before I start crying.
Here are some pics from Applecross…

Uig Church outside and in

An 11pm sunset Applecross mts.

Ps 8:9
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Ps 18:7
The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
Ps 18:15
The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
Ps 19:4
Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
Ps 22:27
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,
Ps 24:1
The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
Ps 46:6
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
Ps 46:8
Come and see the works of the Lord, the desolations he has brought on the earth.