The team has been incredibly busy helping out with Kids Camp this week in Enniscorthy. Sorry for the lack of posting, but we’ve had almost no free time. It’s been a ton of fun, and lots and lots of hard work. The girls are troopers, though, and have maintained positive attitudes. We had a very rowdy crew today–there are roughly three hundred participating this year–so we’re pretty exhausted. Tomorrow is the final day. Pray for strength, perseverance, and continued good attitudes to get through it. Traci (team leader) 

After a few days of getting acquainted with the area and our ministry location, we dived right into work. Monday through Wednesday we were all put to work painting the whole upstairs of the church (three Sunday School classrooms and the kitchen), the stairwell, and the nursery downstairs. It was hard work, but the girls and I all plugged away and were pretty proud of our work. Praise God for giving us the strength and perseverance. It’s a very old church building and had a lot of water damage in the walls because of the moisture. So throughout painting we also did some patchwork and...

I have been keeping a journal so you’ll know absolutely everything that’s been happening to me. Anyway, they dodrive on the other side of the road here, I don’t remember who I was talking to about that. So, we are in a flat here. There are 8 total, 6 girls and 2 leaders. The ages of the girls range from 15 to 19. There is a summer kids camp that starts on Monday, that is the main thing that we are helping our church with. We have painted a couple of the upstairs rooms in the church and have also attended a few church services with the church that we’re...

The team has arrived in Carlow for our last week of ministry! The hospitality has been overwhelming here! Carlow Bible Church has welcomed us with open arms and we are exciting to begin ministering around the town. Here’s what is coming up:   Ashley, Colby, Hope, Charlotte, Lydia, Megan, and Christine will be working alongside the children’s ministry in the church. Monday they will start holding a morning kids’ club in one housing area and another kids’ club in a second housing area in the afternoons. For 5 days they will be gathering children into the open...

God has been really working here in Ireland. The first week here we had Vacation Bible School at Skerries. On the first day we had only four children. By the end of the week we had eleven. We had six kids give their life to Christ. As much as we left an impact on their lives, God used those children to leave an impact on us as well. Just to see the excitement on their faces as we played games, sang songs, and told Bible stories made me realize how these children had been starving, starving for the joy that comes from the knowing Christ. It was so hard to say bye to them at the end...

Here are a few pictures to wet your whistle. The main house at Lacken House. This is the new OM base, visit www.ie.om.com Ah, the Irish country    Share this on Facebook  Share this on Twitter