IONA Then June 2003

It was time for us to leave Iona. We were to sail out on the tide at mid-morning. I was up before day break and made my way to the Abbey.

I entered the St. Columba Chapel. It's a small chapel off

the main entrance to the Abbey.

Inside the Chapel was a wooden Celtic Cross, staff and worship bell. A small chair and an opened Bible. At this time, I was discerning a call to ordained ministry. I would seek the Lord's will in my prayer time in the Chapel.

View outside St. Columba's Chapel.

St John's and St. Martin's crosses.

Inside the Abbey. The altar with a model of the curragh.

Close up of the curragh.

Leaving the wharf.

Preparing for the long row to Port St. Ellen.

Donald in a reflective moment. We had completed the missionary journey to Scotland and now returning to Ireland.

Donald's dream had been accomplished.

We stopped at Colonsay
for a break from our rowing.

Allistair was glad to stretch his legs.
We would row late into the night and arrive at Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay.