another long week

Phew. It's been another long one. Wednesday night we went to a small group meeting of the local Presbyterian church. It was kind of neat. It was led by the pastor. There are other groups led by the other elders in the church.

Thursday we went to Belfast again to see Queens University which we did. It's a beautiful campus in downtown Belfast. We got some good info for anyone who might want to go to school there. Once again we had hoped to meet new people and failed. One thing that we're learning a lot about is our personal limitations and, if God does call us here, what sorts of people to pray for to join us. Extroverts and easy conversationalists would be high on that list.

This weekend has been totally consumed by a big group being here. Once again we did many hours of dishes and are quite tired, even a day later. I had no idea kids could generate so much dirt and clutter or break so many things or paint all over the windows and mirrors with spray deodorant. But they can...

Keep praying that God will keep us on track with His plans. We're feeling homesick and a little tired. We also have less than six weeks left and still plenty that we would like to do. We've posted two new photo albums on our photo site.

Hang tough,
Mark

N.Irish word of the day: Ulster Fry = traditional Northern Irish breakfast. Ulster was one of the five provinces that divided Ireland of old, and is now the country of Northern Ireland. An Ulster Fry consists of bacon (more like our canadian bacon), sausages, fried soda farls (bread), fried potato farls, fried egg, fried tomato, and sometimes blood pudding (which is like a bit of sausage but grosser and, thankfully, we haven't had to deal with). It is not for the faint of heart or the fat-conscious.