Friday, May 22, 2009

Friday, May 22, 2009

Team Newcastle West

Andrew Cockburn (team leader), Ontario
Jewel Hobbs (assistant leader), Ontario
Brian Kramer (driver), Minnesota
Brian Aggett, Washington
Kevin Bibelhausen, Iowa
Amy Deligdisch, North Carolina
Mylene Lavoie, Quebec
Rachel De Lazzer, Ontario

Today was a travel day. We spent most of the afternoon watching the Irish countryside pass us by as we headed about three hours west from Greystones, Co. Wicklow to Newscastle West, Co. Limerick.

Full-time worker Colin Burnett and fellow missionary Andrew Shanks from the assembly in Newcastle West drove out to Carraig Eden to spend the morning with us and share their testimonies.

Colin and his wife Natalie were previously missionaries in Africa and later carried on a ministry to the poor in Hamilton, Ontario. He spoke of how the Lord put Ireland on his heart. When they came to Newcastle West, he said they found that they were reaping seeds that had been sown earlier by John Griffin, a chimney sweep in Newcastle West who had been praying for a church to come to the town for five years before Colin and Natalie arrived and established one. Our team will be helping them in door-to-door, open air and children's work in the week to come.

Watch for updates and photos from the Dublin and Waterford teams tomorrow. We'll have photos tomorrow as well.

Packing up at Carraig Eden in Greystones, Co. Wicklow Friday afternoon.

Arriving at Newcastle West Bible Fellowship in Newcastle West.

Pizza dinner with Colin and Natalie Burnett and Andrew and Gillian Shanks, missionaries in Newcastle West.


Andrew Shanks, Andrew Cockburn and Colin Burnett planning the following day.


Kevin Bibelhausen, Andrew Cockburn and Brian Kramer in TESCO shopping for food.