The March Gang

We are finally connected to the world wide web.  After almost a month, we got phone and internet service yesterday.  I was busy e-mailing and calling family and friends last night.  I started before we went to church and then continued after church until 3:00 a.m.  You don’t realize how much you use something until it is gone.  We have felt very disconnected from home.

Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments.  They mean so much to us.  We appreciate your love and support.  We need it more than you realize.

It has been kinda difficult to move a family of five across the country, and then to start all over again.  We have been very blessed, everytime we need something the Lord has provided.  I am coming to love charity shops.  We went with Bro. Eamon Monday to many different ones, looking for living room furniture.  After four different towns and seven different shops, we found a beautiful, like new set.  We bought two couches and a chair.  It of course had to be the last one we went to.  I did however, find bar stools and some winter clothes for us at others.  It is starting to get very cold over here, and all our winter clothes are on the container, so that was a blessing to find some warms things.

I have figured out why the Irish people like their hot tea and coffee.  It stays so cold that you need hot tea or coffee to keep warm.  I bought Riley a coffee pot, and Kirsten, Simeon, and me a tea pot.  We have come to love sweet hot tea.  Kirsten likes hers the Irish way, with some double cream in it.  Peyton, the picky one, just likes her water.  You can however, buy two liters of water here for $.34 American money.  I however, have not abandon my Southern roots, I still have to have sweet tea.  At the anniversary banquet we fixed sweet tea, not as sweet as I like, but still sweet.  One man tried it and said he did not like it at all.  Bro. Eamon thinks it is an abomination.

Our church services are going great.  Every service God is there in such an awesome, powerful way.  We had an awesome move of God on Sunday.  Bro. Larry preached on reaching out of our four walls to the lost.  He did a great job.  We were all moved to do more for the Lord.

Bro. Mac, started a series last night about “The carnal mind verses the Spiritual mind”. He first said that it would be a 3-4 lesson series, but by the end he said probably a 7-8 lesson series.   He talked about how our minds can always reason us out of the spiritual things.  That we can reason away the things God wants us to do, by thinking it is not possible or that it isn’t really God.  I’ve had several times in my life that I didn’t think it was possible.  But, the Bible says “That all things are possible through Christ Jesus”.  I am so glad that even thousands a miles from home I feel such a peace about doing this work for the Lord.  If you are in God’s Will that is where you will find peace of mind.  I truly miss everyone, but nothing can take the place of peace of mind.

I want to thank Bro. Eamon for taking us everywhere, and helping us get the best deals we could.  I also want to thank Johnny for getting us beds to use until our gets here.  Both men have helped us out greatly.  Thank you.

We had a fun time of food and fellowship at our house Tuesday night, with the Bunches and Macs.  We had a planning session for the church.  There were a lot of great ideas given to make our church the best possible.  I was given the job of having tea, coffee, and biscuits (cookies) prepared for after church services.  This is right up my alley, because I like to cook a lot, and of course eat.  I have also been put in charge of fundraisers, so it is like I’m home a West Point again.  Sis. Halley, I am going to try to do Peanut Brittle.  The Irish people have never heard of it.  Can you believe that?  Please pray for me, this is new territory.  I have made it before, just have never been in complete charge of it.

Please contnue to pray for us.  We truly need your prayers.  If you have e-mailed us and we haven’t gotten back to you, please forgive us, and send it again.  Thanks!!!