Straight from the Journal:Ireland Day 5-Gardening and Worship
Definitely no break for us as we march on forward! Today was Dr. Wellum's wheelhouse lecture of "Who does Christ say He is?" and " Solus Christus ". We had lunch, and Carolyn from Zimbabwe was kind enough to share her testimony with us. She was very much an encouragement to us. Most of her kids don't live here, but she and her husband came to Ireland via Zimbabwe and South Africa. Then we went to Passage West to do some gardening. It was fun, and I was totally in my element. The garden was mostly roses, so my arms are very scratched up. Despite that, gardening is always a reminder of what the Lord does in our lives. He snips out the dead parts (sin) that are no good to us, enabling us to grow and produce more fruit for the Kingdom, and we function best when we drink deeply from the Living Water. The gardening allows Douglas Baptist to do more outreach once we leave. It helps establish relationships with locals for the future. In the evening we attended the ...