After being up for about 24 straight hours I finally got to bed last night.
It's actually warmer here than at home, it's only in the 50's, doesn't get too much colder than that. There is one thing that some visitors to Ireland have a hard time getting used to. They allways turn the heat off at night and that includes the hot water too, but the comforters here on the beds are so incredibly warm you wouldn't know the heat wasn't on, too bad you can't get a blanket this warm at home.
There are some cattle in the back here and the are mooing so loud so often! A few of our group have allready gotten tired of it, but it makes for a nice alarm though ha ha.
Last night was incredible, we had just a time of fellowship with some of the irish here and it was a blast! Sharing stories singinging hymns accompanied with accordion, some kind of recorder (can't remember the name of it) and guitar and of course I was plaing the guitar. Anne let me borrow her guitar. For those of you who don't know Anne, she has been to Living Hope a few times, but that was a long time ago. She is the world renown artist who is probably best known in the US for theDear God kids, if you haven't seen them before you can find some of the Dear God kids stuff at the dollar store. Anyways, she is my best friend here in Ireland we had a fantastic time last night!
So this afternoon we will pretty much just be hanging out downtown Limerick. There are alot of cool things there, especially down by the river. If you look on google maps search Limerick Ireland. Look for the river that goes right into the middle, that's where we will be this afternoon (about 4 or 5 am back home).
Tonight will be loads fun, we are going to a medieval banquet tonight at Bunratty Castle. Which is a real castle built in 1425 and has since been restored obviously. The banquet is set in the era of when this castle was in it's prime and everything is incredible! The food is absolutely amazing. The first time we were here back in 2001 we had a banquet there and I had the best ribs I've ever eaten, who know's maybe that's what we will have tonight. All the give you to eat with is a dagger and your hands. I'll try to post some pics of it. I've had some trouble emailing the photo's off my phone though, still trying. I'm really enjoying my Irish cell phone though, I've got an irish number and everything which course I'm not going to give out here, if you want my number just email me and I'll give it to you.
So off I go on another beautiful day in Ireland!
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Hey everyone who is in Ireland WITHOUT me! Sorry I couldn't come! I really want to come some day! Sounds like so much fun! I hope everything is going well! Everything is going pretty good here. Just wrapping up the fall retreat stuff. Man sometimes it seems like this task is going to be impossible to complete before next weekend. But right when I start thinking that we have an awesome practice, learn most of the stuff we need to and voila! God ALWAYS does that to me! Makes me look like a fool, but what can I say when thats what I'm acting like! haha! God is AWESOME! So just be praying for this whole thing. I will keep ya'll in my prayers as well! Love you guys! Miss you like crazy! Have fun! I'll blog you later!
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