My trip to Dunvegan was a beautiful drive. It is about 25 minutes from where I am living now, in Kensaleyre. Dunvegan is a very small fishing and tourist community. A very old, perhaps one of the oldest castles on the Isle of Skye is at Dunvegan. I did not get close enough for any pictures of the castle. It is nested behind a heavy tree line which means you have to pay to even get pictures. I plan to take Linda when she arrives in Aug. I went by to look at the manse where I will live, but the fellow that is staying there now was not home so I didn’t get a look at the house. The view from the manse is nowhere near as spectacular as what I have here, though I am sure that it will be very comfortable. It is more remote than Kensaleyre. It is about 35 minutes outside of Portree, where I have my internet access, but it is very possible that the manse in Dunvegan has at least dial-up capabilities.
Went to see a gentleman in the parish who fell on Wednesday afternoon and cracked his head open. His wife told me about it on Wed. night at the service. He was doing much better. Still have some slight pain, but all in all he said he was doing well. Murdo and his wife, Mairi, were such lovely hosts and spent a little over an hour talking about the Lord, their children and mine, and about what the needs seem to be in the parish. They were very embarrassed that the manse is still without a phone and insisted that I use their phone to call Linda…which I did. Their graciousness and generosity was very touching to me. They also apologized for the groups kinda “hanging me out to dry” (their words) Wednesday night. I told them that I appreciated it, but that the Lord had me covered all the way.
I have been supplied with a brand new washer/dryer combination. The one machine washes and dries…it is quite remarkable. It is slow however…I washed two dress shirts, two pairs of Levis and an undershirt. That only took three hours…yawn. You have to be impressed…you would have thought this thing would say, “Made in China”, but no, it is made in Scotland. In fact, if you want an incredible read, look for the book entitled, How the Scots Invented the Modern World. The author escapes me, but you could Google it. Quite interesting.
The bright sky woke me at around 5:30 this morning. I showered, ate and began typing in my handwritten notes for my messages tomorrow. I have to make a run to the store in Portree and thought I would drop this blog online. I hope you have a blessed Lord’s Day. Pray for me as I do for you.
Awash in grace
Went to see a gentleman in the parish who fell on Wednesday afternoon and cracked his head open. His wife told me about it on Wed. night at the service. He was doing much better. Still have some slight pain, but all in all he said he was doing well. Murdo and his wife, Mairi, were such lovely hosts and spent a little over an hour talking about the Lord, their children and mine, and about what the needs seem to be in the parish. They were very embarrassed that the manse is still without a phone and insisted that I use their phone to call Linda…which I did. Their graciousness and generosity was very touching to me. They also apologized for the groups kinda “hanging me out to dry” (their words) Wednesday night. I told them that I appreciated it, but that the Lord had me covered all the way.
I have been supplied with a brand new washer/dryer combination. The one machine washes and dries…it is quite remarkable. It is slow however…I washed two dress shirts, two pairs of Levis and an undershirt. That only took three hours…yawn. You have to be impressed…you would have thought this thing would say, “Made in China”, but no, it is made in Scotland. In fact, if you want an incredible read, look for the book entitled, How the Scots Invented the Modern World. The author escapes me, but you could Google it. Quite interesting.
The bright sky woke me at around 5:30 this morning. I showered, ate and began typing in my handwritten notes for my messages tomorrow. I have to make a run to the store in Portree and thought I would drop this blog online. I hope you have a blessed Lord’s Day. Pray for me as I do for you.
Awash in grace
This is the church sanctuary at Anisort
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