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  • paulie turned two

    You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 2:1 It seems like a cliche` but it is so true. I can’t believe how fast kids grow up. Has it really been two years since this baby boy was welcomed into our arms? It doesn’t seem possible. Yesterday,…

  • post northern ireland update

    Thank you to everyone who prayed for me and my team as we traveled to Northern Ireland these past 3 weeks. We arrived safely home last night after a long, but uneventful trip. As the last leg of the journey wore on I got pretty emotional about the whole thing… It was sad how we…

  • the hard work begins

    Last night was a good last night of drop-in. We spent some time hanging out and also had a bit of programing as well. I think we really saw that there could have been much, much more programing throughout the two weeks. We sang some praise songs, played some LF classic games, and I did…

  • the final countdown

    Here is a post I made on my LF blog. Yesterday was an all in all good day in 5mile. The afternoon club was slammed with kids while the drop-in was nearly silent. That was the opposite of the other days but a welcome little change of pace. The finish line is just beyond the…

  • things coming together?

    News from Autumn in Killilea: hello all. so, here is my story for today. so, last night, Chris and Itook JT (Carols4 year old son) to get a snack. On the way back, we raninto Broghna,who asked me if I wanted to go to the drop in with her, Ididn’treally want to go, but I…

  • Update from Omagh

    Here is a post I just made on my ministry blog. I’ll only add to it that on my day off I enjoyed a great lunch with Joy and tasted my very first Irish pint. Contrary to popular belief… most Irish can’t stand Guiness. I had the house beer and it was awesome and well…

  • news from NI teams

    Here are some updates I’ve gotten today from our different teams here in Northern Ireland. Lisa writes….keep us in ur prayers. we had kids break into the church where we are staying at last nite when we went out (it was our nite off otherwise we would have been there) 2 kids broke in thru…

  • another good night at the drop-in

    Let’s start with the good news, this is an exert of a message I received from “wee Autumn.” hiii Adam!!!! So I’m at the library in Killyleagh. Its prettysweethere. Its a small town, but bigger then we expected. We’vebeendoing clean ups in the morning. yes. me. cleaning. like as in garbage.andjellyfish. ewww. but thats okay,…

  • Article for local paper

    I was asked to write a small article for the local paper in Fivemiletown. Fivemiletown-You may have noticed some unfamiliar faces around the streets of Fivemiletown lately. Four area churches welcomed a Youth for Christ Summerserve team to work with area youth and teenagers. The team arrived at the Fivemiltown Methodist Church’s Wesley Hall on…

  • baptisms and another church on the schedule

    I am absolutely loving it here in Northern Ireland. It is gorgeous here! I am in Ballyclare now with my team and they are awesome. So far we have done two afternoon clubs in the Grange Estates (projects) and one evening youth club. We have a lot planned and it’s really exciting to be here.…