Friday, June 8, 2012

U2 could see Shankill


Pier at low tide. All the boats are sitting on the ground
Team picture with the lights of Bray in the background

Today was our first day on our own as a team. Tim, Linda, and Jerry left us early this morning to catch their flight to Ghana; they experienced many flight complications so your continued prayers for their travels would be much appreciated. Our job for the day was to letterbox like crazy. It's a little bit of a challenge to get around and plan our routes without a vehicle as Tim took our van back to the rental place with them today. But Nathan and Jen took over planning the routes for us, and the whole team has picked up the slack as we're missing 3 members of our team. Another challenge to our day was the stormy gale that hovered over the entire island of Ireland. We were continuously battered with gale force winds and rain today, but we persevered. We bundled up and managed to stay fairly warm, but we all got very wet. Despite the rain, we didn't let up and ended the day with around 800 magazines delivered. We concluded the day with a delightful dinner at the Carolan's house. The EuroCup, which is essentially like the soccer World Cup, but for European countries, is going on right now so we watched some soccer. After the soccer games, Frank and Grace drove us along the coast past Enya's house and Bono's house.

Prayer requests: We received word from Waterford that a man named Paul is looking for a church to attend, and he received a magazine from us. He's very interested in God, and he talked with Dave Wilson. Pray for Paul. Also pray for the Hoods. They have had a crazy day trying to get to Ghana. After spending almost 12 hours stuck in the Dublin airport, they're trying to catch a red eye tonight from London to Ghana. Pray that they can get there soon and safely. And continue to pray for our ministry work.