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| Cliffs of Insanity |
So at this point in my adventure in Ireland that God has
sent me on, I have now seen 3 of the coasts of Ireland: the north, east and now
the west. This island is so beautiful that I cannot pass an opportunity to pray
everytime I see the beauty that is around me. The northern coast is beautiful
and the east is amazing but nothing compares to the east. This past Saturday I
took a day to tour the western coast of Ireland with the TEAM(ers) here in
Ireland. We headed out to the Cliffs of Moher (aka the Cliffs of Insanity). The
cliffs were amazing, at least a half a mile high and you can walk right up to
the cliff side. There is a section that isn’t a public part, it’s a private
farm that has no fencing on the edge and you can literally walk right off the
cliff if your not careful or if there is a strong enough wind. While walking there were some amazing
sights that you could only marvel at the beauty that God has created before us.
You didn’t quite see the scale of the cliffs until a tour boat went by and it
looked like an ant from the top of the cliff side. I took an opportunity to
save both a rock and a shamrock from the cliff side as a reminder of it.
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| The Burren |
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| The Place I stopped to Pray |
From
there we drove north to the area in Ireland called the Barren. It was an
impressive sight. There are literally more rocks on and in the ground than
grass. Ireland is known as the Green Isle but here was a spot where it was more
grey from the rocks that there was a wee bit of grass around. As we pulled over
in the car, I headed directly for the coast. I looked back and everyone else
was close to the car still. We headed to the cliff side there and there was
this one spot that had a deep ravine that you could climb down, I went down a
wee bit but when the rocks started to get a bit sharp, I stopped. Then looked around
a bit and headed back to the car. We stopped in the barren area one more time, where
the other short termers were chasing the sheep. The lady who took us out had to
remind them to not chase the sheep over the Cliffside. While they were going
after the sheep, I found the absolutely most beautiful spot by the sea and
cliff side. All I could do was go on one knee, pray and recite scripture as a
prayer. It was absolutely beautiful; I could easily spend hours in that spot on
a lovely day like Saturday.
All of this occurred as a relaxing day after a week long of
helping out at SBC’s Kids clubs. They operate 2 clubs at 2 different locations
where the leaders play with the kids for about an hour. We mainly played futbol
(soccer), but some leaders played skipping rope with the kids, and we played
with a parachute as well. The kids had a lot of fun playing the games except
for Wednesday morning, the kids got a bit aggressive where one of the leaders
had to stop the game and have the pastor on sight address the kids to calm
down. Then after the games we would gather the kids in the tents to do the
memory verse and sing a few songs. WE sang a song called jump, another called
Superhero (A hillsong kids song) and a song about dancing for the lord. It was
so much fun when I got to lead the kids through the songs and keep them
entertained. Then they broke up into 3 different groups the red (youngest
kids), Yellow (the middle age group), and the blue group, which was the older
group, which I was the leader for on both days. The morning session I was more
of the helper but the afternoon I was the main leader for the blue group. We
shared 5 stories of Jesus from the book of Matthew (Calling of Levi, Calming of
the storm, healing the Pharisee’s daughter, the crucifixion and the resurrection).
None of the kids accepted Christ as we would know it in the states but that all
heard about Christ during the week and we had some good conversations with the
kids and the leaders as well.
It
has been excited to see God introduced to the kids and seeing the conversations
that have developed over the week from the kids club. I haven’t seen someone
straight out say they accept Christ but I have seen many people move closer to
the cross, which is all we can actually do as Christians. We can share with
them about Christ but the work remains to the Lord. I’m now on the closing
stretch of my adventure in Ireland before returning to America for a family
reunion before returning to Dallas, Texas. I have been seeing how God is
working in Ireland and I am convinced that this is where God wants to use me.
I’m planning on working to keep my contacts over here as much as I can. I have
fallen in love with the people here and wish I could develop my relationships
here more but I have less than 2 weeks left. I love this country; these people
and I will never forget these people. I’m praying that God will bring me back
to this green Isle one day.
Please continue to pray for me as I finish my time here and
as I transition back to America on the 1st of August.
Cheers
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