TABLEtalk: St Andrew's Night

I think it would be safe to say that a great time was

had by all those who came along to our

St Andrew's Night @ TABLEtalk

Many, many thanks to Gordon Whyte & Derek Peakman who provided our music for both song and dance!!!

A BIG thank you also goes to Alison Peakman who prepared a traditional feast of haggis, tatties & neeps!!!

For many of the students the ceilidh dancing was a new experience and they needed to listen intently to the instructions given ...

International Bible Study

We have been meeting together since mid-October and have been enjoying studying various Bible characters together and thinking about the challenges the lives of these people can have on our own lives.

Tereza - Lynne - Bora - Jean - Arthur

A Chinese Meal

A big thank you goes to Chang for coming and cooking us a fabulous Chinese meal. Thanks too to Bora and Sugu for their help.

This is us all waiting eagerly for our feast:

Alison, Derek, Lynne, Sugu, Chang & Bora

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.