Prayer Requests

Ok just wondering if you can be praying for us. A few things are going on, our house is officially going on the market on Wednesday when the sign goes up out front and the add goes in the paper on Thursday making it all real. So appreciate prayer for a buyer and a miracle in the current market. Also there is a leadership conference coming up in October that we would love to go to but at the moment can't afford. It's 75euro each!! I know it will be beneficial but at the moment we don't have all our funds coming in so we can't splash out. So if you could pray that if we're meant to go it will all work out and if not then that will be cool too. We know things will look up but need prayer for provision and patience. This is a growing time and we feel we're stepping out in faith and know that God will provide. So if you could just keep us in prayer over the next while we would really appreciate it. God is great and we are really feeling his hand over us. Thanks for your support.

What a week!!!

Just to write a short note to let you know how our week went. We have spent the last 7days straight working on our house. We have painted the entire house inside and outside, cleaned every area, polished, re-decorated and then to top it all of my dad (Linda) and my brother came up and in two long days put a huge decking area out our back and put in gravel and plants to set the tone. We have Sherry Fitz (estate agents) coming tomorrow to take photos so they can put out brochure together next week. This is making it so much more real, it's mad really. The plus side is we have a brilliant house to live in until it sells, if it sells, but it's all in God's hands and that is such a great re-assurance. So we'll keep you posted. We are so grateful for my dad and my brother for doing incredible work over the weekend and we have Paddy, Naomi, Lynda, Andy & Stan who all gave up their free Sunday afternoon to come down and help us with some final bits of cleaning. You guys are great!! Thank you again. I'll put up some photos over the next few days so you can see the transfomation that has taken place. Those of you that have seen & been in our place will understand the amazing transformation that has taken place for those that haven't seen or been check out the old pics verses the new ones. I'll end it here as we're wiped and I need to sleep.

Exciting Times

Well God is truly faithful yet again. This week we went to Cork to have some meetings and each one went great. We had great times catching up with various youth leaders and church leaders, family and great friends. We have started working in Grace church in Cork on a part time basis doing youth work and training leaders there. Part time will be one friday nt a month, 2 sunday mornings & one leaders meeting. We will continue to train other leaders around the Cork area as well and another exciting option is awaiting us for the future. God has led us clearly this week and has opened doors towards a permanent move to Cork. This of course is a huge move for us and we would greatly value your prayers for God's direction in all this.

What does that mean? Well right now we have to paint and clean our entire house so that we can get it upon the market over the coming weeks. It is a bit hectic with everything at this time but very exciting to see God's plan continue to unfold before us. We will update you as we know anymore. We've included some pics in this post so you can get a taste of our week in Cork. We didn't get to take pictures of everything but you can see some stuff.


Alex & Robin (one of our supporters & a great friend)

Adeline, Olamadi (some of the teens) and myself at Grace youth group

Picture of the city centre of Cork

Just thought this was a nice picture on our way from Cork to Dublin for our non-Irish friends

The week ahead

Just to let you know what's happening over the next week or so. We have just finalised more meetings while we're in Cork and have found out that we will be taking the youth group evening at Grace church next friday evening. It's a little last minute but we are looking forward to beginning our work there in the church. Alex will be giving a short talk as well and we will do some games and just interact with the teens. Please pray that we will mix well and will jsut show God's love and desire to get to know these teens on a more deeper level. We just want to be available to him for his work and want to show people how to have a fuller life in him and how to share that with others. It is exciting times but also nervous times that we are facing with all new things in the pipelines.

Monday we are meeting the pastor of Grace church to talk about a possible part time role with the church. Please pray that God will make it clear to us all what he wants us to do here. Also pray that we can all come to an agreement about the best way forward, God's way. On tuesday we both will meet with a few young youth leaders who are involved in youth work in Cork. The reason we are meeting with them is to catch up with them, encourage them & talk about how we can support them and other youth leaders around the Cork area. We know that they can help us connect with other leaders and we want to give them a proposal of what we would like to start in Cork. We will update you more after we meet with them about our plans. On wednesday we have another meeting with a youth leader from another church about our plans also. Then wednesday evening we will be meeting with the youth leaders from grace church to talk about the programme and how it will look for Friday night. This will be a great chance for us to meet with the current youth leaders to find out what's going on in the church. We are also hoping to meet with the team of young leaders they are hoping to take on in the youth group this year. These will be the leaders we will be training so we are eager to meet these young people. Thursday will be a family day and a day off. Then Friday will be some more meetings with a potential supporter and then the youth group that evening in Grace fellowship. Saturday we may be meeting an amazing couple we know from another church to see how we can help to encourage and support their young people in the church. Then Sunday we are back to Dublin to concentrate on a few things up here.

The reason I am typing all this information is 1)to let you know what we are up to but 2)most importantly to ask you to please remember us in prayer. I don't know why but I have been feeling lately like we're going to be going into a war zone. This may be just my nerves or it maybe what lies ahead for a bit. All I do know for definate is that God is opening up doors and we want to make sure we walk through the right ones. This week will be a very important one as we continue to seek out God's direction and he confirms the way to go. So please pray with us and for us as we head into the week to come. Thank you for taking time out to look at our blog it is so encouraging to know that people read this and pray for us. Do drop us a line sometime as well if you have any comments or questions. We would love to hear from you. Linda & Alex Xo