Preparing for Ireland

Y'all, there are 41 hours left until my team and I hit the road (and skies) for County Cork! It's a so-close and so-far feeling. I'm starting to dream about green hills and potatoes. (Just kidding! Maybe.) Our team leader finally got his visa! We're very grateful and excited that the Lord answered that prayer. Flexibility is always key while on a mission trip, but it would still be difficult without the man in charge. Especially because he has all the flight information. We'll be taking a van to Chicago, and flying straight to Dublin, then it's a 3 hour bus ride to Cork. If I'm calculating correctly, we'll be arriving mid-morning in Ireland, so that bus ride should be gorgeous. I'll also be posting a short journal of what we did each day when I get back, and will take pictures when I can.

With a suitcase mostly packed, passport out, and spirit high, I feel about as prepared as I possibly can be. But travel never goes quite as expected, especially if the intention is to expand the Kingdom of God. Satan will try anything to foil the outcome; bad tempers, lost luggage, sickness. So pray for us. We are just broken vessels that our Heavenly Father has seen fit to use for this purpose. We're not perfect, and things will happen. But there is a spiritual war going on for souls, as we try to find more brothers and sisters in Christ, there is a whole unseen battle. So pray for our attitudes, our travel, our health. Pray for the sweet 6-11 yr old kiddos with precious accents that I'll be teaching. Pray for our waiters, bus drivers, and neighbors as we try to share the Gospel to the best of our ability. And to God be the glory.


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  1. UnknownJuly 7, 2017 at 12:27 AM

    Keep a whether eye out for all the ruined towers and castles that you will see amongst cattle pastures! Also don't forget about the fairy trees sitting all alone in a field like we do as a lamppost in dark world.

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