The past week has seen great weather here but I (Steve) wasn't here to enjoy it as I spent most of the week in Germany again.
Monday proved very frustrating. I had decided to travel to Germany on an earlier flight so I could drive in the light rather than the dark as I had the last few times. As I arrived at Edinburgh airport, I was just in time to see everyone streaming out, evacuating for a fire alarm. When we were finally allowed in, everyone that had already been through security had been taken out to mix with all of those of us who hadn't so that meant huge queues to get through security again. Arriving at Frankfurt airport an hour and a half late, I collected my hire car with a comment to the girl that I would have preferred a German car to the Fiat Stillo that I was given. The Avis girl laughed. But an hour later I was back there again after my Fiat broke down just a few km away from the airport. So the embarased Avis staff gave me a nice Audi A3 2ltr Turbo Diesel Injection instead.
The main reason for this visit to Germany was the first module of a training course that the executive team had been asked to undertake. Although I had covered a lot of this initial material before, it was good to find out more about all the other team members.
Today, Saturday, was another beautiful sunny day and a reminder of why it is such a privilege to live here in Edinburgh. We went into the city to see the Edinburgh Easter Play, performed in Princes St Gardens right below the castle.
Lasting some 2 1/2 hours, with some 60 participants, the story of the passion week is told out at 7 different sites around the gardens. It was a powerful retelling of the Easter story and encouraging to see 3 -4,000 people watching in the sunshine. Liam and Kara were among many children being challenged by the reality of the truths portrayed by the play.
We are now looking forward to Easter Sunday when we celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. We will be attending a large gathering of up to 7000 Christians from across central
Scotland at the Royal Highland Centre for Resurrection07. More details to follow.
1 comment:
Hi again. As you told that is a pleasure to live in Edimburg I dare say that I've always dreamed about living in Scotland. Well, I dream about when we (Ton, my fianceé and me) get time to have children, we would like to work in a OM base, who knows it couldn't be in OM Scotland? God bless you! Jessica Nogueira
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