Greetings from Ireland!     Our time is flying by and we all love being immersed in the culture here! Recently, we have helped paint the drop in center a variety of bright colors!  This has been a great opportunity to work alongside the youth that come and paint with us.     There are two different youth groups that we have had the blessing of spending time with.  One night this week we played games,ate snacks, and Elisa had an opportunity to share some of her story and what God is doing in her life.     The other youth group took us put-put golfing, out...

Well…we made it to Ireland!  It is absolutely beautiful here and we are all in love with the land, people, and culture of the Irish!     Our host family Ruth and Andrew have lived in Buncrana for 7 years now and we have been so blessed by hearing their story and having the opportunity to be part of their ministry.     Andrew showed us around the first day we saw some really great landscapes, celtic crosses, and an ancient stone circle.  Andrew is officially the best tour guide in all the land.     Ruth and Andrew run a secular youth drop in center...

Hello to all you incredible friends and family of Team Ireland! Just a quick update to let you know that we talked to Rachel this morning and the team has arrived in country and at their ministry location! They will be resting today from their long travel and perparing for the next 3 weeks! Stay tunned for more updates from the team over the next couple of days. We are so proud of these girls and are excited to see all that God does in and through them! Blessings,Elizabeth HanischAmbassador Field Support

We’ve all arrived safely in Atlanta for debrief. Everyone is currently enjoying a day of rest. Although our hearts are with all of our new Irish friends we look forward to coming home to share our stories and what God is doing! it’s been a truly amazing trip and it will honestly be one of the hardest things to see all of them go home. Last night we had the opportunity to pray over one another and God reminded us that community is not bound by geographical location. It’s been such an enormous blessing to have each of these guys on the team. God seems to once again have so perfectly...

The Quay (pronounced “key”) of Dungarvan Frances and Isha, two Irish girls we met in the park. Katie playing spoons at the drop in centre Chelsea and Darlene at the drop in centre Megan creating a to do list for centre set up. Walking through the city of Kilkenny The castle of Kilkenny The view from Mahon Falls. Mahon Falls

It’s Tuesday morning. Our seventh so far. The sun is shining and there are team members spread around the house journaling, reading and listening to music. Its our hour set apart for quiet time after breakfast and showers. After this we’ll debrief our quiet time to see what God has revealed to each of us. It’s a powerful time when our joy, insecurities, hurts and excitement get voiced. When we pray over hurtful memories or feelings about who we are. Where we, as a team, teach each other how God sees us, instead of what the world sees. After this, we are ready to share life...