Helps Celtic Mission

The pace of life and our mission appears to have increased. One would think that with our vast (ahem) experience in the office, we would be on top of everything by now, well organized and generally imperturbable. It hasn't been like that. We seem to be pushing ourselves harder and harder, and are truly grateful for the remarkably good health with which we have been blessed. We are working our heads off, but are still managing to enjoy ourselves, mostly. With the last transfer, we found ourselves working a twelve- day week. Our Saturday P-Day evaporated into a working day, and we came into the office straight from our Ward responsibilities on the Sunday. Richard worked in the office while I yoyoed between the office and helping to prepare a farewell dinner for the departing missionaries. It was all the Lord's work we were doing, but it still felt a little weird doing office work on a Sunday. The biggest trigger for all this extra work was  (wait for it) Introducing Smartphon

So, this past week we bounced in and out of the office.  We left the office early on Monday afternoon (shortly after 3 p.m. in the hope of avoiding the worst of the traffic) to drive up to Aberdeen for Tuesday's North Scotland Zone Conference. On Tuesday we attended the zone conference, which we left a little early (in the hope of avoiding the worst of the traffic) to drive back to Edinburgh. 'Tis the season of daffodils, which grow in wild abundance along the verges. While near Aberdeen we dawdled through Stonehaven. Truly a seaside village worthy of being added to our memories Of note are the whimsical steel statues along the board walk. And yes, if you look closely all these vessels are crewed by fishy denizens The dolphin is more conventional but beautifully proportioned. And the sea was so boisterous we saw actual breakers, rather rare in these parts. Stonehaven also boasts the "Carron Fish Bar", which claims to