From Ireland

I've been in Ireland for 5 days now- half way through my time in this beautiful country. The schedule is packed with worship, Irish speakers, ministry sites and people. I love it! Before I landed in Ireland my days were full of packing my home and office, unpacking in my new home and finalizing details for the church teams heading to Ireland. Now my days are full of catching up with interns, apprentices & missionaries and getting to know the Americans who are here for the Dublin Prayer Conference. This is what I enjoy- sitting down with people, hearing their stories and having Kingdom conversations. People give me energy but after 5 days straight I need pull away a bit and have Monica time.

There's a quiet room right off the kitchen at the YWCA in Greystones that I'm blogging from. The picture above is a bay in Greystones. I'll post more pictures from the trip on my flickr site when I return. Greystones is a small, sleepy town about 15 miles south of Dublin on the coast. One of the interns and I went on a run last night on the beach. We started the run at 10:00PM!!! In the summer here the sun rises at 4:00AM and doesn't set until 10:30/11ish.

Thank you for your prayers. Please continue to pray that the Lord sustains us as we pray and walk alongside the Irish and American missionaries.