July 8-19, 2010
 

The Parker Perspective..........

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Wednesday in Ireland, what a great day!  A little rainy start, but hey, this is Ireland  We ate breakfast at 9:00 again and gathered in the learning block to hear teaching from John Moxen.  He does an amazing  job, and I have heard several students comment on how they enjoy this time.  He relates to the students well and really makes the scriptures relevant to their lives.

We have one VBS in the morning.  Our junior and seniors are the leaders for this one.  It is in a caravan park (camper park).  The children are always excited to see our group arrive.

After lunch we headed to Downpatrick for our VBS’s.  During the trip into Downpatrick it continued to rain, but as we arrived the rain cleared and we had great weather during our VBS times.  Our students are beginning to learn the names of the children, and the children are learning who we are, so relationships are being built.  We are down to 3 VBS locations in Downpatrick and they are all having good attendance.

Back to Murlough House to tea, then after tea we went to our sessions for teenagers.  Our earlier sessions are mostly for elementary school children, and our evening sessions are for teenagers.  These sessions go until around 9:00, then we go back to Murlough House for worship and reflections about the day.