Two days after we returned home from Poland we flew to Northern Ireland to visit our friends, supporters and churches. It was a long day getting there but it all went well. Patrik did great in the air. His nap time was a little disturbed and he didn’t really enjoy that. Nevertheless, we made it across the see to an island.
Friends collected us and took us to their wee cottage. It was such a perfect place and I still can’t get over it. We really enjoy being there. Then we went to stay with Helen & Ian who also have a child. I felt relay knowing their house would be a playground for Patrik. And it really was. The two boys got along so well. At one point they were holding hands while eating breakfast. We gave them bath together, lay them down for their night sleep and enjoy the evening just the four of us talking mainly about marriage. Oh, precious times. Well, we had to move on and it was hard to say good-bye. But our next station was just as lovely. Sally, who is our ‘Irish grandma’, took such good care of us three. Sally is a wonderful godly lady who is always interested in knowing what God is doing in our lives. So we talked and talked till late at night. We also got to visit McKinstry family. Their third son has a wee boy Patrik’s age. The family has been so good to us when we were studying in Belfast and we love coming back to them. The afternoon with them was refreshing. Than it was the North coast. We got to visit a few churches there and spend time with our dear friends from Portrush and Coleraine. We were back to our wee cottage for our last two days there and got to spend some time with the team from Portglenone who came to Slovenia to do camps with us.
We did lots of traveling and have met with many other friends that we didn’t even mention here, but most important we got to tell them of God’s work in our town. We love telling stories of how God is redeeming people and calling them into his family.
It’s good to be back though!! Just a few pictures. There were too many to choose from.
The cottage we stayed at.
Eoin & Patrik taking bath together
Patrik playing with Isac
Enjoying lunch with David, Besiana and their dauther Ariana. They were our school mates at Belfast Bible Collage and are preparing themselves to make a move to Kosova on a mission field.
Taking an afternoon walk at the North coast with Stephen and Heather.
A few folks that came to Slovenia in 2009 to do a camp
And this is us three. I often forget to post a family picture. Yes we love being a family and feel really blessed to be able to travel together.