Prestoncrest Missions

39 Wishart Drive
Broomridge, Stirling FK7 7TR
Scotland, U.K.
Tel: 011-44-1786-816259
Email: mitchvick@btinternet.com

Greetings From Scotland

Hello from cold and rainy Scotland. Our days are much shorter, and there are occasional patches of snow on the surrounding hills. Scotland is bracing itself for another winter!

A New Birth!

Yesterday, (Sunday, November 9th) a group of us traveled from Stirling to Livingston to witness the baptism of Danny Hong Ping. Danny is the husband of Jie, who was immersed earlier this year. He has been very active in our FriendSpeak outreach to international students, as well as attending church services and Bible classes faithfully all year. Tristan and Leslie Block have worked hard with him for a number of months, patiently teaching him the fundamentals of the Christian faith. Yesterday, before the church service began, Danny indicated that he was ready to be baptized into Christ. We are thankful for his decision and amazed yet again at the power of the gospel to work in the hearts of people. Please pray for Danny and Jie, who will return to their home in China early in the new year.

FriendSpeak

Our regular Sunday afternoon FriendSpeak sessions have now resumed with 3-6 readers each Sunday. We would like to increase our numbers now that we have more workers available. Recently Tristan and Leslie hosted a FriendSpeak evening in their home, and we are hoping to arrange a trip to a Chinese super-market in Glasgow later in November.

A Quick USA Trip

It’s good to be home again following a quick trip to the eastern US in October. In a little over two weeks we traveled across 7 states in the eastern US, visiting several churches and attending the wedding of Ashley Ingram and Joel Selby, close friends in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The wedding was beautiful, and the presence of all of our children in the wedding party also made this the perfect opportunity for a Vick family reunion.

Stirling Church News

The Stirling congregation has done well in both our presence and in our absence. We rejoice with John Renwick, whose latest MRI scan has revealed that, despite one spot on his liver, his cancer has not spread substantially. He is now waiting for word on when he can get treatment for this. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. Our services and Bible classes have gone well. John Renwick, Dick Carter, and David McCready have helped cover our Sunday morning study on the life of Christ in my absence, and Tristan Block has been teaching our Searchers’ class.

Future Outreach

We had hoped by this time to have restarted our weekly Youth Club, an outreach to local neighborhood kids. That has had to be delayed by problems with getting access to the school, but we now hope to resume on Tuesday, November 18th if all goes well. We are also planning to conduct a marriage and family outreach to our community early in 2009 and will share details of this as they are worked out.

Family News

Things remain well with us personally. Isobel’s work at the local hospital goes well, even though it seems to be increasingly busy and demanding at times. Our kids are doing well, and it was very good to see them all at the wedding. We remain concerned about Isobel’s dad, whose physical and mental health continues to deteriorate as the result of a series of small strokes he has suffered over the past few years. This has placed her mother under a great deal of strain. Thankfully, my mother remains relatively stable in her nursing home in the Woodlands, and my sister is doing a great job managing her care.

Brethren, we appreciate your interest in the church in Scotland so much, and especially so during these changing times. We ask you to continue praying for us. We love you and praise God for you, and we want you to know that we continually pray for you. May God bless you richly.

Yours in the Lord’s service,
Mitch and Isobel Vick