Hannah and Michael came to visit in late March. If you know me, you know them. My people, my best friends, my family. It was beyond refreshing to have them here. We laughed, we explored, we ate, we flew to Scotland and most importantly THEY GOT ENGAGED! MY best friends are getting married and i’m still crying about it.

I’ve been taking advantage of this good weather every chance I get. There’s something different about sea swims here vs at home. Maybe its the lack of polluted water or the freezing water temps but either way I freaking LOVE a good sea swim. I think i’m going to make it my new thing. I’ve been going a lot with my friend Sarah and let me tell you, Sarah is a GEM. It is so sweet to have friendships where laughter and Jesus are equally present.

I received the BEST late birthday present ever! And yes this is a 3 month late birthday present. My super sweet mother got me a kitten! She’s the best thing that has ever happened to me! (outside of the atoning blood of Christ, of course). I’ve called her Soup. Don’t ask me why because I don’t know, it just suits her. You’ll see her in some pictures below!

I took a quick trip to Minnesota for Jessica’s graduation! I cannot believe she has graduated from college. My dad’s flight ended up getting cancelled due to weather which had me in bits since I hadn’t hugged my dad in over a year. But, in typical coach Salas fashion, he ended up on a flight a day late, missed the graduation but we all got to squeeze him!! I balled like a baby when I saw him. I was only there four days and when Hannah dropped me off at the airport we both had a bit of a weeping sesh. Sure I had just seen her in March and now were in May, but I don’t know when i’ll see her next. I think that is the hardest part. It was fun and exhausting nonetheless. I came home to Ireland feeling full of love and snuggles from my favourite people.

Sometimes I feel so unworthy to be here. Like God didn’t mean to send me but someone else couldn’t make it so he settled for me instead. I know that’s a lie. But this is the “heart stuff” part so i’m just being honest. When lies creep in and start to tell me i’m not qualified, experienced enough or gifted in literally anything, my first thought is, “I should just go home”. Which is so dumb because I WANT to be here. I love it here. I love the people and the culture and what God is doing. He’s going to bring revival to Ireland and I believe it’s going to start in the North and burn up borders and flow down to the south like a tsunami. I just know it. But the enemy keeps telling me I am unworthy to be apart of it. AND THAT’S A LIE. Perfection taunts me daily. But that’s the whole point, i’m not perfect, never will be. I’m in need of the God who moves toward me. He’s perfect and HE LIVES ON THE INSIDE OF ME. A friend of mine was telling me how her friend has been audibly laughing at the lies the enemy is telling her. Which I thought was the best idea i’ve ever heard. SO, if you see me walking around town laughing out loud at what seems to be nothing.. its just me laughing at lies. I’m learning to spend time alone with God.. one of my prayer requests down below is on loneliness. But i’m never really alone. I want to learn to be okay with just being with God. Just me and Him.

WOW am I busy. But busy is good! Since my last update, we’ve finished both Alpha at the Mercy and Grammar schools. It was amazing to see both schools engage with the Holy Spirit day. We set up a prayer space for them and gave them time to sit, reflect, and interact with each prayer station. We were able to pray for so many young people! There was one girl in the Mercy who, throughout the course kept mentioning that she was an atheist. She had a really radical moment at the prayer space and got to share some stuff with us regarding forgiveness. At the end of our time I was handing out these cool Gospels of Mark that were printed to look like magazines. I told the group to only take one if you really wanted one, I didn’t want to see them in the bin. Well our self proclaiming atheist queen, took a Gospel of Mark! Please if you remember, pray for her. It’s moments like those, the ones and twos, the little seeds planted that make it worth it.

We’ve had a meeting with another Catholic school in Sligo! That means, come September we will have Alpha going in three schools in Sligo, two of them being Catholic! I’m just so excited to see what God is going to do with these young people.

We have broke for the summer with Youth nights and Young adults. However, I have so many summer things going on. Youth camps, Kids camps, mentoring, conferences, all of it! I can’t wait to tell you all the radical stories that come from this summer.

Ok, last thing. This one might freak some people out who don’t understand. So if you have any questions, shoot me and email or insta DM or text or WhatsApp or write me a letter lol. ANYWAY! I recently got confirmed! Yes, I’m officially an Anglican. For my American non-denom friends that might sound freaky but I promise nothing changes! I work for a fresh expression church partnered with the Church of Ireland and although we express faith in a way that looks more non-denom, we are Anglican at our core. It was important for me, one as a public declaration of my faith (yes i’ve been baptised already and yes that was also a declaration), and two because when it comes to visas.. its helpful to be a practicing member of the same denomination you work for. SO with all that said YA GIRL IS AN ANGLICAN hahaha.