The day that we had all been waiting for finally arrived as 21 Hayes Barton memebers took to the skies on our 11 day missions trip to bonnie Scotland. After a relatively smooth flight, we joined our friends at the Overtoun House to begin our work in earnest.
For those who may not know, the Overtoun House is a grand baronial estate which has been leased to provide a center of healing and hope for the area. Built in the mid 1800's, the grandeur and glory of the former years has suffered much neglect over the years. In 2001 Bob and Melissa Hill had a vision to take this crown jewel of the area and restore it to become a ministry to the poor and hurting in the Dumbarton area. The ultimate goal is to create a residential space where women in crisis can come to get support and training to support themselves and their young children. We at HBBC have partnered with them over the past four years to provide support and funding in their renovation process and have agreed to finish and furnish a family room which will bear the name "The Hayes Barton Room."
When we arrived on a typical gray, misty morning for Scotland, we met the Hills and got to see our room for the first time. The room is an architectural dream with all kinds of charming angles and curved walls, but there is lots of work to be done to create the beautiful room we have in our imaginations. The concept of creating is a wonderful thing. We get a sense of what God must have felt when He formed this world out of chaos. In the following pics, you can see a bit of creation in process. "And it was evening and morning on the first day..."
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