Iona

Today started very early. We need to be on the bus at 6:45am. Of course the sun had been up since 4:00am so it was already bright and sunny. This was expected for the whole day bright sunny and hot.We then took a short ride across town to catch the ferry to the island of Mull. Once in Mull we road the bus across the island to catch another ferry to the island of Iona. Most of us had a quick nap on the bus across Mull but, what we did see was beautiful. As we boarded the second ferry to Iona you could see the Abby in the distance on the cost line. it only a 10 min. ride across to Iona and the sea was a bright aqua blue color that reminded me of the waters you would see in the Bahamas. The Island of Iona is very small only 3 miles by one mile so the rest of the day would be on foot. For those who don't know Iona was the starting point of Christianity by Saint Columba in the fith Century. We first toured the Nunnery and then onto the Abbey. After the tours we hade some lunch and some free time. Some of us walked along the beach looking for the rare green marble found only on Iona. At 2:00 we attended a short worship service in the Abbey. Earlyer in the week we worshiped at the Saint Giles and today at the abby on Iona, two very signifigant places in our churches history. After worship we took some reflecting time by ourselves for an hour then headed back to the ferry to Mull. As we headed back we notice that most of us had gotten sun burned after being out in the sun all day.hmmm who would have though we would get sun burned in Scotland? obviousley no one. As I write this the back of my neck is on fire. I need a cold glass of ice water. All in all it was a wounderful day in a very special place for Christianity. We are off to Glasgow tomarrow.

Kevin Bridge