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Wednesday night is Movie Nite.  Dinner is at 5:30 like usual and the movie will be starting at 7:00pm.  I know I have somewhat of a "reputation" for selecting, lets say, interesting movies.  Now I had never seen Buckaroo Bonzai before I played it on the Elevate Bus.  All i knew was it was listed on Amazon's top 100 cult films of all time, it has some very famous actors in their early careers, and it looked bazaar.  To this day I still haven't seen the entire film.  I watched parts on the bus and fell asleep, and I was determined to watch it when I got home, but to be honest have never had the desire.  As for Shaolin Soccer, that movie just rocks.  And not just by my standards.  On RottenTomatoes.com it is ranked as 92%.  The new Batman is only 94% and Transformers was rated at 57%. And this site is the opinion of hundreds of critics.  So if you didnt like like Shaolin Soccer, then you apparently do not like art, because that film is cinematic art at its finest. 
But what movie are we watching on Wednesday.  This is a film I have seen many times, and a film that is amazing for so many reasons.  It has a cast of actors that most everyone will recognize, and is cinematic gold from beginning to end.  It has adventure, tragedy, love, laughter, and the pursuit of the little guy.  If you pay attention to this film, you will be quoting lines from it for a long time, I know this whole week that is what I have been doing!  So see you wednesday night, and dont worry, there will be snacks for all...

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We have arrived! And 30 minutes early as well. We are all safe and
healthy, had a wonderful time and did dome great ministry work for the
Kingdom. See you tomorrow!

As a reminder we come home tomorrow!!!! If you want to track our flight American Airlines 137 click here.

So the most serendipitous and wonderful thing happened. I am a fan of really old Christian books. So going to Scotland allowed me to find some treasures. I got a very early (possibly even first edition) of Lectures to my Students, a famous book by Charles Spurgeon. I got a wonderful book from the 1800's of "Coventants of the Covenators" which is just steeped in Scotish and Church History. But today April found what might be one of the best discoveries. In Edinburgh I bought a really old and giant bible. The book is seriously 1 foot by 2 feet, and it's extremely heavy. But I always wanted a really Old Family Bible that families would pass down for generations. This one was dated pre-1808 so I bought it. Well today, April opened the Bible to glance it over and noticed a small inscription that said details at the end of Maccabees. (Apparently this Bible has the Apocrypha in it). Written on a page here was all the birthdates of the family. IT WAS A LOGAN FAMILY BIBLE. April's maiden name is Logan and she is a desendents of the Highland Logans from Scotland. This was their family Bible, that had all their history in it. I had told April that I wanted to pass this Bible down to our children, and their children, who would have known that this Bible was from their forefathers, dated in the mid 1700's? That is God at work there my friends

Today was a fanciful day exploring the city. Walking up and down many streets, finding rare treasures in shops. It was a great day. Sure it rained the entire time, and we are all exhausted, but we had a blast. But having a blast takes a toll on you, I am exhausted. So for now, I am going to go to sleep. Tomorrow resumes our ministry days with Wednesday at Airdire and Thursday at Shotts. Friday is the free day at Loch Ness where the team will search for the elusive "Nessie". I feel like I have already found Nessie, because at every shop today there was some cheap souvenir of a sea monster. Those traveling to the Paris extension leave early tomorrow morning, so please keep them in prayers. Also we will be arriving at LAX on Saturday at 2:50pm. We will be at the Tom Bradley Terminal. I am looking for people who are able to drive. So if you have previously confirmed to drive, or wanting to join the driving crew, please send me an email at evan@oceanhillschurch.com

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I want to give a shout out to someone we have been working with on this trip. Through nothing short of a Divine appointment by God, the first day we were here we meet a man named Will. A young man who liked to skate. he has joined us every day and has been driving Dakota and his father to all the different skateparks. Well tonight Will topped that, he got Dakota into the Tattoo Festival. Not let me clarify 1 point, the Tattoo festival has nothing to do with get a tattoo on your body. The Scotland Military Tattoo is a huge festival that goes on for 2 weeks. To explain how significant it is, lets say this, you can purchase tickets now for the 2011 festival, thats how early you have to reserve tickets. 100 Million people watch this thing. Will introduced us to a Christian Skate Park that is doing a skate demonstration at this festival. So right now Dakota, Gary, Will, and Pastor Billy Morin are at the festival. Dakota did such a great job today, he was invited to come back tomorrow. And the best part is that the festival is in Edinburgh, where we are going tomorrow! So we will cheer him on. But I wanted to publically that Will for taking off 2 weeks to hang out with us and do things that we would never have been able to do.

Ahhh, some beautiful rest and relaxation. Today we went to the coast and visited the quaint city of Ayr. (pronounced Air) We went to the Irish Sea, some got their feet went, others walked on the sand. After that we went and explored the city. A large portion of the group had lunch in an old church. It is actually a sad process that has been taking place in Scotland. Many churches have failed and have sold their buildings. These beautiful churches, hand built centuries ago with Stain Glass and Steeples are being converted into housing districts, restaurants, and bars. So as we walked into the building, everything liked so similar to one of the churches we worked with earlier, but there were tables everywhere. Jim actually took a photo of me standing at the pulpit, many wont even notice that surrounding that pulpit was 100 people eating their burger and fries.
After lunch we split into smaller groups and explored the city. Some people hopped in a taxi and visited a local castle. My group just walked the streets exploring for any hidden treasures. We had quite a lovely dinner with the best chocolate fudge cake I have ever consumed, and here we are now back at the hotel. Tomorrow is also a free day in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, and I am quite excited.

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So today has been quite a long day, but what a great day it was. We started by going to Harvest church in the morning, it was just like attending Ocean with Holland leading worship and Jim speaking. The church was so hospitable that they took us out to Pizza Hut after the lunch and I think most of the team ate more pizza than they ever had in their entire lives. After Pizza Hut we drove to Shotts, which was Jim's home town for the majority of his life. Up on a hill is Shottskirk. Kirk is a fancy word of church, the church is also known as Kirk o' Shotts. It was such a lovely service, many of the pastors we have worked with throughout the week drove down to be a part of it. After the service we went to the graveyard and paid respect to Jim's family members.
From Shottskirk we went to "The Fort" which is a mall. By the time we arrived everything was closed except the book store. We head inside and on the 2nd floor was a starbucks. I must say my gingerbread octopus was delicious. From Starbucks we went to Elim Fmaily Church in Coatbridge. We had a lovely service and myself and April shared our testimonies. After the service we went to get some Indian food. Yes it was 11 o'clock at night, but anytime is a good time for Curry. So now we are back at the hotel, everyone is asleep after an exhausting day. Tomorrow is a free day and we expect to sleep in and then travel to the beach. We are excited to have a day of relaxation as many of us are exhausted. Keep us in prayer for strength and health, but so far we are all doing great!

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Today was Carluke today, a favorite city of many of our team. But alas my friends it is another long day and it is time for me to go to bed. Keep us in prayer for tomorrow, its a long hectic day with many twists and turns, but is also the day i am looking most forward too. The morning we are joining a church known as Harvest (no relationship to Riverside) and Holland will be doing worship and Jim will be giving the message. After that we will be traveling to Shotts to Jim's old church. This is the place where is mother and 14 other relatives are buried. We will be having an old school Conventicle there. Then we will be traveling to Elim Family Church, and having a night of worship. For this worship service all the local churches have been invited. Also a secret to all you blog readers, we filmed a short video tonight at the evening service and it shall be played at the Sunday morning service at Ocean. So if you miss our beautiful faces, go to the service and watch us wave and say a "wee hello"

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Since most of you havent seen dakota scooter, I thought I might add a little video to show what we are doing at hte skate parks everyday.

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