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