Last Monday, after visiting a livestock market and learning how to grade sheep based on fat content, we set off to St. Davids. I really didn’t know what to expect, but we were met with an absolutely beautiful cathedral and a very adorable town.
This place has the best ice cream that I have ever tasted in my entire life. Go for the “Celtic Crunch!”
On Tuesday, we had the opportunity to go into a secondary school and participate in their RE classes. In Britain, students are required to take Religious Education classes, where they learn about all different religions. This allowed us to go into the classes and share our testimonies and then talk with students in smaller groups. As long as we shared our beliefs without claiming that they were the truth, we were free to talk about whatever we wished. I was so blessed by this experience and I got to talk to a bunch of great kids. Some of the things they said just broke my heart.
On Wednesday night, we went into Swansea Prison, which is a small prison for men between the ages of twenty and thirty. I had never been in a prison before, so the tour was really interesting! On Wednesday nights, they have a time of worship for the young offenders who want to attend. We each shared our testimonies there, and sang quite a number of hymns together. The Welsh people can sing beautifully, and it was such a worshipful time. Prison ministry had never really crossed my mind before, but there is so much need there. It’s definitely something that I may pursue further when I get back to the USA.
Those were just a few of the highlights of the first week on the field. We have met so many great people; it tears me up to have to say our goodbyes so soon. Everyone has been so generous and gracious towards us, and it’s really very humbling.
Honestly, we did do a lot this past week, and I let myself get distracted from the reason that I’m here. I didn’t have my whole heart focused on God much of the time, and I let myself become tired becuse I wasn’t relying on the Lord’s strenth to get me through each day. I was relying on my own, which always makes me cranky and selfish, and is just never a good thing. I’m praying that this week I will rely on HIm fully and serve him with my whole heart! It just makes everything so much easier.
If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 4:11
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