Mission Trip to Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland Part 2

Howdy folks.. I think I will try and tell the basic tale thru pictures.. This blog post will be about the work we did at the church.. a future blog will focus on the fun stuff.

So, here is the cast of characters.. Pastor Patrick, Mike, Silva, Abraham, Corey, Harry (aka Murray) and myself, Tony.

We flew out of Logan on Aer Lingus to Shannon, Ireland continuing on to Dublin, Ireland and then landing in our destination, Glasgow, Scotland. Pastor Paul and his wife Heine picked us up. We had no hassles with customs and everything was going smoothly. The only worthwhile thing about the flight was some dude threw up landing into Shannon..

We then went and checked out the church for the first time and go over the worklist for the week. Demolition of two side rooms in the main sanctuary hall, demolition of the front entryway, build a sound desk in the balcony for laptops, projector and soundboard, paint lower sanctuary, paint all columns in the church even in the balcony, box in water pipes that connect the radiators, and added onto the list was Abraham and Tito the plumber installing seven new radiators in the upper two floors of the church.

This was our second home for the entire trip. We spent alot of hours in the confines of this building. It was a beautiful 200 year old church. The workmanship was just awesome. It was a pleasure to help restore this beauty.

Here are some pictures of us working at the different jobs

On average we worked 9 in the morning till 9 at night. Wednesday, May 6th we took the day off to visit Edinburgh Castle and shop the Royal Mile. But mostly it was working and getting these jobs done to bless this church. A few of the Bridgeton guys helped out, Frank did a heck of a job plastering the whole sanctuary making it ready for us to paint, Stephen helped out with various jobs, Jimmie the electrician came almost all week and did some amazing wiring while working with live 220 amp wire. Jimmie was helping out Pastor Paul and he goes to another church across town. He was a character and a great guy. Harry and I worked with him a few days. Tito was a guy who Pastor Paul hired to come in a do some plumbing work and also put in the seven new radiators with Abraham. Matt, the Worship Leader came in and set up his soundboard desk when we were finished building it, Clayton came in and did some tile work. Pastor Paul grabbed a paint brush and helped paint and also did about 750 runs to their Home Depot type store named B&Q. It was an amazing all around effort.

I feel blessed to have been a part of this trip and to be able to work with such amazing, talented and gifted men.

Next entry will have some pictures of the fun side:the place where we stayed, the Castle field trip, the van Pastor crashed.. lots of good stuff. Stay tuned.

God bless

Tony

Missions Trip to Bridgeton,Glasgow, Scotland Part 1

Howdy all. It has been awhile. I had mentioned in the past that seven guys from my church were going on a missions trip to Bridgeton Life Church in Glasgow, Scotland. Well, I just returned home from my first ever missions trip. We flew out of Boston on April 30th and came home Monday, May 11th. It was a life changing experience for me and all the men involved. Lots of projects got completed, lives were blessed, people were encouraged. It was an amazing 12 days.

I can say first off that it was so great to go, but I missed my kids and wife so much and it was just so wonderful to come back home to them. If I ever go on another missions trip, they will be coming with me.

Ok, this is the first installment. Here are some videos of a few of the guys at the church. In future installments, I will post pics and some stories. God is good!

This is Stephen. He was so passionate about God and he just truly loves the Lord. He was just amazing to work with, pray with and just be around. a true encourager!

This is Frank. Frank was the bass player in the worship band and also helped plastering the church on his days off. He was just an amazing musician, worker and supporter of us over there.

And this is Matt. Matt is the Worship Leader at Bridgeton Life Church. Matt is just an awesome musician and singer and he was a real friend over there. And, he is one heck of a snooker player.

I love these guys and all the other wonderful peopel we met in Scotland. Take care and God bless. Peace

Tony