The last Sunday in Scotland

Today was a really full day! In the morning at St Columba CofS in Kilmacolm, where Iain interviewed me to highlight the needs of France. www.stcolumba.info

Then lunch at the minister, Revd Douglas Cranston's house. Scotland has GOOD SALMON and good conversation.

Then down to Strathaven for a great French tea before the evening service. Some folks immediately volunteered to go out to Bordeaux to do some practical work at the Student Centre, and there were a super couple who met in Lyons where she was working with the Irish Baptist Mission. They helped me tremendously by confirming all my shocking statistics about Christian witness in France.

Then into Glasgow to the amazing St Vincent St Free Church. http://www.greekthomsonchurch.com/ What a building! We met in the basement with a very wise and interested group of people. They asked some super questions about Christian work in France and their minister, Revd Colin Dow, immediately put our leaflet on their notice board! He showed us round the astonishing church auditorium. What a structure! What a liability! Then back to Kilmacolm. Tomorrow back home.

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