Fireworks & Hot Chocolate Night

17 students joined us for our annual

Fireworks & Hot Chocolate Night

- fireworks courtesy of the local council

and hot chocolate courtesy of Christian Growth Centre!

Jenny Wang, Tina, Tereza, Munish, Sumin, Jenny He, Ellen & Arthur

Raymond, Bora, Ania, Jessica,

Oliwia & Chang

Chang, Lynne & Raymond

Jessica, Oliwia, Bora & Janet

No, honestly, it wasn't that cold ...

Back to the Christian Growth Centre for some very welcome hot chocolate, fun & games - and a bit of a chat ...

Peace the 'professional'

Polish/Scottish Night

Several students came to the Church of the Nazarene in Erskine for a Polish/Scottish evening, that was part of a whole weekend of events. We all enjoyed many Scottish dances and the challenge of a Polish Polka!! There was a great buffet too with many delicacies from both nations.
Many thanks to Paul & Cathy and everyone who helped to make the evening such a great success. Thank you too for being soooooooooooooo welcoming!!!

Peace & Chang ...

Tina, Jenny & Ellen ...



John, Katrina & Bora ...




Some of these photos are a little blurry - but no-one would stand still ...

TABLEtalk - Quiz Night

The GOLD Team

who were the over-all winners of our Quiz Night

Sumin (China), Arthur (China) and Eric (TT helper)

The PINK Team

Anne-Martine (France), Tereza (Czech Rep)

and Jenny Wang (China)

The RED Team

Jenny He (China), Florent (France)

and Tina (China)

The GREEN Team

Sugu (Malaysia), Jessica (China)

and Raymond (China)

The ORANGE Team

Ania (Poland) and Peace (UK)

The BLACK Team

Misha & Lena (Russia) and Munish (India)

OOPS - not sure what happened to my photo of

the BLUE Team - Raj and Pavas (India)

A Taste of Scotland

Our thanks go to Steven and many others from Elim who put together an excellent 'TASTE OF SCOTLAND' evening for students from TABLEtalk and other contacts made through the WORLD CAFE run this past summer. Fabulous food, great songs - an all round fun social night!

Lynne, Tina, Ellen, Jenny Wang, Sumin & Jenny He

Pankaj, Hafsa & Peace

Bora

Bora, Joyce, Chang, Oliwia & Tom

Steven leads us all in 'Auld Lang Syne'

International Sunday Lunch

Following a great meal with the Peakman family, some of the students enjoyed a trip over to Xscape.

Andrzej and Jola, from Poland, were brave enough to have a go on the robotic arm and view life from another perspective ...

Marc, Andrzej, Jola and Jessica

at the indoor ski slope

Celebration Meal

On Saturday, Sept 15th '08 a number of people came together to celebrate all that the Friends International volunteers have done over the past three years. There were nine different churches represented at the evening.

TABLEtalk and the International Sunday Lunches are now running very successfully. Over the past three years we've had contact with students from 21 different nations.

We often get good and encouraging feedback from students and many of them help us with new ideas about how we can serve them better during their time here.

Dan Dan Zhou

周丹丹 Zhou Dan Dan

30 Dec 1983 – 10 Sept 2007

在丹丹的一生中，特别是在患病期间，她面对病魔时所表现出的决心和力量,给我们留下了深刻的印象。她不但在老师眼中是名成绩优异的学生，在同学中是位挚友，而且在父母心中也是个孝顺的女儿。如今，丹丹离开了我们，可是她的精神以及她的笑容将永永远远萦绕在我们脑海里。

Throughout her life, and especially through her illness, Dan Dan’s determination and strength of character were an example to many of us. She was an excellent student, a valued friend and a loving daughter. Dan Dan’s body has been taken from us but her spirit and her smile will remain with us always.

DAY TRIP: Dean Castle Country Park

Several students came along to our annual Hopehall Church day out at Dean Castle Country Park. It's a beautiful park with enough things to see and do to occupy the day.








Here Magda, Fu Yu and Hafsa enjoy trying on the period costume and armour that's on show within the castle.








Unfortunately, Peace met with the sharp end of Magda's sword !!!








Charlie's Angels (alias Peace, Magda & Fu Yu)

The grounds around the castle are very beautiful. There are plenty of places to go and walk and enjoy the peaceful countryside.

Outdoor Games & Bar-B-Que

A great afternoon was had by all at our OUTDOOR GAMES & BBQ day. Many thanks to all those who brought food along, made desserts, provided transport, and generally came ready to have fun. We were very fortunate that the weather stayed dry for most of the day.

A very special thank you goes to Scott & Audrey McPhail for helping to organise and host such a fabulous day!!!

Sugu and Lisa demonstrate their batting skills ...

... whilst Ania shares some 'expert' advice with Dagna.

Not entirely sure what game Csaba thought he was playing (everyone else was playing rounders)

Scott adjudicates a challenge of Tug-of-War. Germany/ Malaysia versus Scotland

oops ...

Now it's the girls turn to flex their muscles!

Lisa & Alison (at a rather strange angle) - I think I was trying to be creative

Magda, Dagna and Frank enjoy a bit of 'time-out' between games

I've always thought that the Bar-B-Que-ing was a guy-thing and an opportunity for male bonding - this is my photographic evidence!

Following a great Bar-B-Que we enjoyed several scrumptious desserts!

Student Comments

"Hi Lynne, We would like to thank you for organising a wonderful day out to Loch Lomond and later for a bar-b-que at David's. We really enjoyed ourselves although the weather was not so good. Tug-of-war and shot put at the highland games kind of reminded me of my memories during school days. These were the sports that I always participated in. Please send our thanks to David and Aileen as we don't have their e-mail address. We enjoyed ourselves at their place. See you at the next event."
Regards, Sugu and Fu Yu