Greetings from Scotland!

Yes, we are here! The moment we have been waiting for since God called Don has finally come to pass. The journey that began 5 years ago has led us to this - home.  Five years ago God called Don to Scotland. Two years ago we began our deputation travels and now here we are.
We began this week with our last Sunday service at our home church. Pastor preached a special service and afterwards he and the officers of the church prayed over Don. He then read the passage from Acts 13. One verse he particularly emphasized, verse 3 "...and laid their hands on them, they sent them away" After the service we had a dinner. Don preached the evening message.
Monday was hectic. Packing was quite a chore. We bought one new suitcase that was bigger, but I had to send Don out to get another one. I packed those bags to nearly bursting. I was afraid they were over the weight limit which they were. We did get everything packed and by the end of the day I was very tired. Don did a great job of keeping the kids out of the way.
Tuesday I was up early and we literally shoved in the remaining last minute items. Pastor Martin and a few people from church came by and we prayed together. Then off we went at about 10:30.
Let me say now, it is very difficult to travel as far as we did with 3 little ones!!! :) Our first stop was Chicago. I'm glad we had changed our flight and had 3 hours there, because we needed it. We had to go through security again and then make it all the way to Terminal 5 before our gate closed. It was nice that on the long flight they let families go first. One thing that was hard with ours being so small is that Don and I carried all the carry-on luggage. We didn't have much, but what little we did have made it quite a chore. :) They did do very well though. Kathy had a short crying spell when we arrived in Dublin because we had  to wake her up so she could walk off the plane. As soon as she was in her stroller again she was fine. Tip: if you're traveling with an infant and toddler, take a baby carrier/sling and an umbrella stroller. By putting Audrey in the carrier, my hands were free to push Kathy in the stroller. There were a few stressful moments, but all in all it went pretty well. Much better than the disaster I was expecting.
And now we are here!  The kids napped on the back from the airport. They went to bed early and didn't wake til 10:30 and 11 am!! I think as far as time we're doing good on recovery.
Today we went to Arbroath along the North Sea for some fish and chips. They were the best!!! 
Tomorrow we head up to Tain. After we have lunch with the Cashners we will go to our house! Please pray as we hunt for furniture. We want to be able to find some quality items that will last, but for a decent price.
Sometimes it seems like we're just visiting. I think it'll take a few weeks being in our own home to really sink in.  I'm looking forward to settling in and getting acquainted with the shops and people. I've already been trying to tell Harry and Kathy some of the different words to use. They find it fun.
Tonight Harry prayed: "And Lord help us to bless the people that they all get saved!" Amen!