Author: Adventures

Ireland in Pictures

Our experience in Ireland has been amazing so far.  Here are some pictures of journey.   At training camp we took time to pray over Ireland. These are the words we declared over our trip.   Our amazing family flag. The Family O’Chroi means heartfelt and Psalms 139:23-24 is the verse we want to live by for our trip. We have been blessed with amazing weather. It was warm enough to take a fun day to the beach.     Our contacts took us on a bus tour up the coast of Ireland to go sightseeing. This is the beautiful Muckross House. FAMILY FUN!!! One of our...

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We Don’t Worship the Fruit

Each night, the fourteen of us sit around our common living space and talk about our day. It is a time filled with sharing moments with children at the care points. Sometimes it’s sad stories of the kids’ lives at home. Sometimes it’s happy stories of a brief break in the language barrier where we were able to share something about Jesus with a child. There are stories of praying with the sick and elderly at the Hope House. Also, stories of passing out food in Manzini and the many people we were able to share the gospel with and pray for, even leading some to...

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Undignified

The storm came around 6 am. I hardly noticed until our door swung wide open and slammed shut repeatedly. I sat up in my bed and thought, “MAN, are you serious!? We were supposed to go on a feeding this morning!” Shortly after my loud awakening I fell back asleep. The rain and the wind was really rough for a while so we couldn’t go anywhere(AKA breakfast). Fortunately Heather came to our rescue with poptarts, crackers, and peanut butter! After that we were basically good to go.It felt like a super long rainy morning, but just like all good things, it came to an end. Someone...

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What God is Doing in Kilkenny

Saturday night we arrived (very much exhausted) in Kilkenny. Yay! Dunmanway was a quaint town, but Kilkenny is a busy city. Us girls are on the 3rd floor of the Community Church. Out the front window you can see a castle, a cathedral and the busy streets below. Out the back, abandoned buildings and the river. Sunday we attended church downstairs. Everyone was so welcoming and made it feel like home. After lunch we began planning for the kids club that will take place every morning for the next week and a half. Tensions arose and we had to take time to pray alone so we could put our selfish...

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The Secret…

Hello Everyone, Saturday started with some sad goodbyes as we left Dunmanway. It was hard saying goodbye to Ms. Daphne, Liz, Norma, and Raymond. Then we all rushed to the bus and began the first leg of our trip to Kilkenny… But before I go on about that, probably one of the coolest non ministry related activities in Dunmanway was the “Secret of West Cork” aka “The Secret Gardens.” It was basically a nice way of saying Irish boot camp. For me this was grand, but for the girls, not so much. We had to follow maps, race go carts, crawl in the mud, run through mud...

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To Jump or Not to Jump?

As we rounded the last corner through the woods, the scenery suddenly opened up to show us the majestic Mantenga Falls. The water rushed over the sides of the cliff falling 95 meters to the icy cold ravine below.                          It was a good hike from where we were to get near the base of the falls. Some of us found contentment just sitting on the rocks, occasionally putting our feet in the water. Some were more adventurous, attempting to scale the rocks to the top of the falls. But for me, it was all about...

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