The Lord allowed Bro. John O’Malley and intern Bro. Cody Carden to lead a team of 20 to Scotland for our annual See the Harvest Missions trips.
See the Harvest is a partnership with World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions and Ambassador Baptist College. The goal for these trips is to allow young and old alike to See, Learn, and Do missions. Over the past three years, a total of 41 people gave their time and efforts to See the Harvest. Some of these people have attended multiple trips.
The Scotland trip was the fourth See the Harvest trip. It was our first international trip and with the largest attendance by far. Our past trips have included Utah in 2020 with Missionary Nathan Kirkman and Boston in 2021 and 2022 with WWNTBM Missionary Nick Stelzig.
The See the Harvest trip to Scotland was originally planned for 2021, but it was delayed due to Covid. Our team joined missionaries, Jody and Ginger Hodnett, in letterboxing towns in Scotland. Mrs. Ginger is the daughter of our missionaries to India, Ron and Loretta Jones.
Our team left for Scotland on Monday, June 12th, from multiple states. Most of the team arrived in Scotland on Tuesday, June 13th. Three of our members were delayed due to canceled or delayed flights. On Wednesday, June 14th, the whole team was safely together in Scotland. They lodged in the town of Sanquhar, which was a central location to the other towns. A good testimony was left with the people of Sanquhar. One of the vendors who provided lunch commented how our arrival had aided the economy of their little town.
The team hit the ground running, and over the ten days they were in Scotland, they letterboxed the homes in ten towns. The ten towns include: Sanquhar, Kirkconnel, Kilmarnock, Thornhill, Dumfries, Kilmaurs, Stewawrton, Gretna Green, Annan, and Locharbriggs. Over the ten-day trip, the team passed out over 38,000 tracts, and each member walked an estimated fifty miles. The Hodnetts believe this effort advanced their ministry work by twenty years.
Though the team was met with adversity from some of the people, hot weather conditions, physical hindrances, and jet lag, they persevered and finished the task. The Lord blessed in many ways. Several people reached out to Bro. Jody Hodnett with interest in starting a Bible study. Bro. Jody continues to see fruit from their labors in Scotland.
Time was also given to site seeing and fun activities. They saw some beautiful Scottish scenery, including rolling hills and castle ruins. They visited the grave of John Knox and the museum of David Livingston. They picnicked and hiked and enjoyed the fellowship. The team bonded through the victories and the challenges of the trip. Many now have a greater burden for missions and have made friendships that will last a lifetime.
We praise the Lord for His direction and provision for this trip. We look forward to many more, should the Lord allow. Please visit SeeTheHarvest.com and sign up on our mailing list to be informed of future trips. Please also share this opportunity with others who may be interested.
If you would like to read testimonies from team members, please visit SeeTheHarvest.com/testimonials.
Bro. O’Malley and Bro. Cody at the David Livingston Memorial
Our hosts, missionaries Jody and Ginger Hodnett
Missionary to England, Amanda Baker, joined our team.
Beautiful Scottish scenery.
The team in Sanquhar, Scotland.