Scotland Tour: Monday 14th June

The following day we had plenty of time to drive the 45 minutes or so to Lossiemouth from Aberlour, so we had a lazy morning (including Annie visiting the Walkers Shortbread factory) and then a team meeting in Craigellachie church followed by lunch. Laura led the team meeting (hence the photo of her and Felicity looking particularly holy).

Kind of on route to Lossiemouth - well, not at all, a bit of a detour - is the Glenfiddich distillery. We decided to go there for its free tour, and we had a wonderful time, particularly at the end with the free samples...

Then we arrived at St. James' Church in Lossiemouth, which has one of the most amazing views from outside its front door, and the most amazing stained glass window inside. We met our hosts there and then went our separate ways for the evening meal.

In the evening we had a rehearsal with the choir, who had been wonderfully trained by Kathleen Robertson. The instrumentalists were once again supplemented, this time by Deborah Noble, a fabulous violinist from Elgin. She had also been part of the orchestra in Aberlour. Deborah has played with us several times in the past, including taking part in the string section for the recording of the Precious and Honoured album.

There was not a lot of space for dancers, but that is what rehearsal is for! We also had a good set of mics and were helped by Hamish with the sound from St. James'.

The highlight of the rehearsal was the lovely time of worship and prophecy we had after song 15. One of the choir even sang out a solo in response to the prophecies brought by the cast. God has been really using that section of the musical throughout the whole tour, and the team were growing more confident in listening and singing out what they thought God was saying. It is great to give God time to speak in whatever we do.