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GOSH I missed my friends. There is just something about being with people from your same culture that allows wall to fall down. I didn’t have to worry about using too much American slang or talking too fast. It was amazing. I stayed with my bestest friend in the whole world. Three week sleepover? Yes please. I ate Taco Bell, Chic-Fil-A, drank sweet tea (with the good ice), and got Starbies almost every day. I def felt sick after a while. Tummy aches aside, I drank fancy ciders at breweries, rode scooters to an Irish pub (the Guinness was trash) and spent many a day on the lake. Didn’t even get a sun burn AYEEE.

I will say, after a few weeks I started feeling homesick for Ireland. My life is here now, you know? Overall, I got lots of hugs from my favourite people, an abundance of laughs (mostly at my Irish slang) and I even shed a few tears (the goodbyes are hard).

Just being with the people I love most felt like heaven on earth. Hannah, Lauren, Brittini, Michael, Genevieve, IF you are reading this ily so much. Thanks for putting in effort to be my friend even when I live thousands of miles away.

I’ve been re-reading Spirit, Soul, Body by: Andrew Wommack. It makes me mad how I forget who God is and in turn, who I am. He has been bringing me back to foundational truths. Basic things that my head knew but never penetrated my heart. I feel like i’m falling in love with Jesus all over again. Or maybe i’m just just being over emotional but every time I think of my life and Jesus dying for… I loose it.

ReCentre took a wee break for the summer. We are slowly but surely picking things back up again. We are also working toward reframing the way we do Sundays. We are a centre of mission after all, so we want to focus more on practical outreach in the community. Along with intentional meetings on Sundays. I’ll give more deets on that as we iron it all out.

My friends Grant and Tanner came to visit me. Grant is a photographer and his ministry is gifting photos to missionaries. How cool?! They stayed a week with me and documented the things I was doing around Ireland. It was SO fun to invite them into the everyday with me. They brought this fresh air that pushed out any cloudiness I had before. I can’t even begin to share about how they blessed me and my team here in Ireland. So if you are a missionary too, let me know if you want Grant to come visit you!!!

I recently went to a kinda, sorta, training day in Northern Ireland. We learned about hearing from God and prayer ministry. I’ve done a lot of stuff like that before but it was so encouraging to do it here. The North feels so different. There was power in that little church building. There was desperation for the Lord and all He offers. I’ll stop myself there and you can read more about the North under the ‘vision’ tab.

I worked at a Christian conference in Sligo over the summer called New Wine. I was working with the youth alongside a rad team. Most of the people working and attending the conference were from Northern Ireland. I was chatting to my team about how refreshing it was to worship and be surrounded by people who passionately love Jesus. They didn’t understand.

Now, I don’t want to say anything wrong and in turn have a bunch of Irish Christians mad at me. So take what I am going to say with grace and love, knowing this is just a part of the vision I’m getting from the Lord.

Christians in the Republic of Ireland are tired. There is a sleepiness over God’s people here. I get it. The soil here is rocky. Seeing the fruits of our labour takes time. Which can be extremely discouraging even though we know God is moving. He always moves. But it’s cold here. Spiritually cold and cloudy. Sometimes it feels like there is only a couple embers left burning on the fire. Outside of church workers and leaders I feel like most Christians are new believers. Which is great! WE LOVE BABIES! It means that more people are coming to Christ. But this is not the day or time for the 9-5 Christian.

There is something different about Northern Ireland. They have a fire that burns hot. Don’t get me wrong the North has a religious sprit working against it. There’s a need there too. But you have a majority of Christians who are passionate about Jesus. Who’s fire is so massive I can feel it from down here. You know the wild part about it all. There is no border. There is direct access.

God has given me a word through other people over the years. Always the same, just expressed in different ways. “you are going to bridge gaps”. “You are going to build bridges”. I think it’s kind of my life’s purpose at this point. I blindly moved to Ireland. I came here with no vision and no idea what God wanted me to do or why he chose this place. A few months ago I was praying and got a picture of a high way. I’m talking like the 405 type highway, California sized. It was lifted like a bridge and went from the North to the South. There was a ton of cars on the bridge but nobody was stuck in traffic. Everyone was speeding back and forth. No crashes. It was all smooth, a perfect flow. People from the ground were looking up and seeing these people speeding over in their cars. Then suddenly all these people started hoping in their cars and going too.

So what is the vision? I don’t exactly know hahaha. But what I do know Is I’m called to build bridges. To bridge gaps between North and South. I have no idea what that looks like yet but I want to watch Ireland burn the way NI does. I want to empower everyday believers (shoutout to my EVERYDAY fam!). I want to watch God call people out of the 9-5 Christianity and into intimacy with Jesus. And for whatever reason I think God wants me apart of that.

Wanna hear something RADICAL that God did? My car broke down. My car is essential to me as I commute to Sligo right now. Well, Grant and Tanner were here when I got a call from the garage saying it would cost 1,500 to fix it. Yeah I know… that’s a lot. After I hung up the phone Grant said “let me send a message to some people and post a video on instagram, I think we can raise that much.”. I had so much unbelief. There was no way. But he insisted, “God can do it”. AND LET ME TELL YOU HE DID IT. in 24 hours God provided 1,900 for me to fix my car AND keep the rental for a few more days. I just don’t know why my default response is unbelief. Why would He not take care of me? Why would He not provide for my needs. What a freaking cool God.