Our adventures so far

August the 29th, 2006. We arrived in Edinburgh to begin our new life in the Ministry of the Scottish Mission. Our fully furnished, rented, 2 bedroom, first floor flat has a spectacular view of Edinburgh Castle. We soon found our feet and bought a car.

Our first Sabbath in Edinburgh was on my birthday, we were formally introduced to the Edinburgh Church by the President of the Scottish Mission. We don't remember too much as we were still quite zoned out from the flight over.

We went about connecting internet and telephone and organizing a bank account. The first few weeks were tough as expected, being new to the country and all. On the 18th September, I went for an interview with a temping agency that I had sent my CV to the previous night via internet. This proved successful as I received a call offering me a position for 3 months at Scottish Life (one of the largest pension companies in UK). My contract was then extended in December for another 3 months. In January 2007, I applied for a permanent position in my department and was successful...started in April. As one can imagine, after studying child care and being involved with child care for the past 10 years, being a career in Pensions has been quite exciting and challenging. But I am loving it.

Jimmy settled in fast into the Ministry, both Edinburgh and Dunfermline have received him with open hearts. The youth in Edinburgh have connected well with Jimmy and they have fun at socials....especially the pool games!

8 months down the line and we have had Jimmy's brother over for a months visit. And are hoping that my family will be able to visit in the near future.

We are now in the process of buying a house. We have found a semi-detached house across the Forth River just on the outskirts of Dunfermline. It has 2 bedrooms, open plan lounge kitchen, bathroom, garage and back garden. We have put in an offer and now wait to hear what the surveyor says. If the offer is accepted, we'll post a picture for all to see.

Now that we have set up this blog, we hope to update it regularly with photo's and updates.