Extreme Move of God
Wow, what a night! I just returned about a half an hour ago from Team Extreme night in Tillicoultry and I have to say all of our expectations were surpassed by far. The venue was completely packed out beyond capacity (around 400) as some had to stand in the back. Normally in a western nation we'll see about 7-8% in attendance come forward to make a commitment to Christ, tonight I think it's safe to say at least 20% came forward which we were all blown away by. God was defintely moving as there seemed to be no hesitation as the front of the stage was flooded with people. It was a bit crazy because we only had about 10 or so from the local church trained to be Local Links (councelors) so we all had to jump in and get as many names written down as possible. Those that came forward will be followed up with a phone call where they can make arrangements for discipleship to take place. No doubt some of those that came forward were probably not sincere but I know many were so we should lift them up in prayer that the foundation of a fruitful Christian life will begin now. No telling what God will do in the lives of these people.

Tomorrow we're off to West Kilbride where we'll have base camp at the Ywam Seamill base for the Kilmarnock leg of the tour. I will try and keep the blog updated while we are there with what I believe will be some exciting stuff happening.

Until then, Pray! 

Impact World Tour Has Arrived

Yea, that's right the tour has arrived and by the beginning of next week the teams will have done 42 school assemblies and 6 satellite shows and that's all before the main outreach where there could be in excess of 2000 per night at the Rowallan Centre. So far the school assemblies have had rave reviews and I just heard today that the TX International prison outreach had many of the inmates give their lives to Christ. Tomorrow night is TX in Tillicoultry which is a wee town just down the road from us here where we live. We'll be there all day tomorrow with the Zion team which as I am writing this are watching Monte Python's, 'The Holy Grail'. On Friday we'll be taking them down to the Ywam Seamill base to set up shop for the Kilmarnock outreach. I will keep you updated with pictures as well. Until then, Pray!!! 

The Castle Interior
I thought you all might want to see the interior of the west facing section of our wonderful castle. Pretty impressive eh. One thing I forgot to mention was that this was where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned for a year. She was otherwise known as 'Bloody Mary' because she used to have the the protestants persecuted and eventually burned at the stake. So, if she was imprisoned, she deserved it. By the way, that's one of the reasons we got such a great deal on this place. That and the fact that there's no windows or central heating. Minor details....

Julie didn't want me to use this picture originally because she said I look like I'm going to the bathroom.

Cheers 

Happy Anniversary To Us!!
Hard to believe it's been twelve years but on this date twelve years ago we were wed. It was a beautiful autumnal day with crispy cool temps., clear skies and the fall leaves of Pennsylvania just hitting their peak. It couldn't have been a better day and I couldn't have found a better bride.
Well as you can see from the quite spacious abode in the background, we've done alright for ourselves in the years since. It's a bit taxing as far as upkeep goes but we really enjoy the Scottish castle retro thing. The thing that really sold us though was the really nice park bench and the big lawn for the kids to play on and the fact that the whole property is surrounded by water. This way we can tell well in advance when an annoying sales person is approaching. That's when we pull out the vintage 16th century catapult. We insisted on having that or we just weren't buying. Sometimes you really just need to be firm if you want to get what you want.

In other news....

The tour is fast approaching and things are getting pretty intense. Last Friday we had a youth 'Impact' night and had Jesse and 4 of his teamates from GX International come and do some skate tricks and breakdancing and then share the gospel to a crowd of mostly non-Christian youths. They were quite a wild bunch but God was defintely doing something there that night as we were there for several hours afterward hanging out with many that wanted to know more about God. It was really cool to see. I think it also instilled a real excitement in some of the leaders from the local churches. There is definitely an electricity building in the Kilmarnock area. Stay tuned for more updates because things are really starting to happen. 

Grandma's Back in Scotland
Ok, so she's actually been here for over two weeks now. We've been a little slow with the blog thing lately, I guess there's too much happening these days. It didn't take long for grandma to discover the apple trees in our backyard. She barely hit the ground and she started peeling apples. In the two weeks she's been here we've had just about every apple dish you could imagine. Can you say (in a Forrest Gump and Bubba voice), Apple Cake (now sitting in the kitchen waiting to be eaten), Apple cobbler, Apple sauce, Apple pie, Apple crisp, Apple crumble, Apple butter, Apple baked oatmeal, Apple pancakes.... I know there's something I've left out but I think you get the point. We've been spoiled silly with deserts lately. By the way, we still have a ton of apples on our trees so I'll let you all know of any other apple inventions that may come about in the near future.

Well, things are certainly getting very busy here as tomorrow will be the third time this week I will travel down to Kilmarnock. I'm kind of bummed because I will miss Kayleigh's dance competition but I guess that's the nature of things right now. She's got another one next month that I will not be missing.

Today it was sunny and warm so I took a few hours off this afternoon and took Liam out to the golf course for 9 holes. We had a great time and we both shot well especially Liam with his 'Happy Gilmore' golfing technique. He ended up at the green the same time as me for every hole. Too bad the course closes for the season on Sunday because we both would like to do that a little more often. The reality though is that things are gonna be crazy busy here in the next couple of weeks. The teams have started arriving this week and more will be here next week. We've got over 30 school assemblies lined up and 1 prison program all leading up to the main outreach evenings on the 31st and 1st and 2nd of November. There's much more to be said but I think we'll just try and report on it as it happens. Just pray!!
More soon.
Marc