On the 17th May I flew home for my sister’s wedding. My sister Joanne lives in Australia, so she came back to Northern Ireland so they could share their special day with family and friends back home. Of course, Australia would have been lovely, but if we had all gone there, I wouldn’t have got to see everyone, and I wouldn’t have got to meet Molly, my Mum and Dad’s Westie pup! AKA – my replacement... I’m only joking. They got Molly the Friday before I arrived home. She is adorable!
While I was home, I tried to meet up with as many people as I could. In my first week, I literally had coffee dates, one after another, but I didn’t mind. I enjoyed catching up with everyone.
My sister got married on the 31st May. The week before the wedding, there was a lot of rain. We were worried that it would rain the day of the wedding, but actually, the sun was shining and it was even warm enough for people to sit outside. She had a lovely service and evening reception at Clandeboye Lodge Hotel. I was Bridesmaid and the soloist for the day. I sang “The Rose” and “Feels like home” during the ceremony, and their song for the first dance. They had a lovely day. Joanne and Stevie are now Mr and Mrs Davey and are now back in Australia living the life down under. I’m not sure when I will get out to visit them, but we will see.
After all the excitement of the wedding, I went to Castlerock with my mum, dad and of course, Molly. We stayed at the caravan and just relaxed. It was so warm while we were in Castlerock! I tried to fit in as much body boarding as I could. It will be quite a while before I see the sea again!
Mission Africa made good use of me when I was home. I had a couple of meetings, met my team which I will be leading in August, and I helped lead worship at the Mission Africa Conference.
I was home for 3 weeks in total. I left Belfast on the 7th June to fly to Heathrow, and then on to Abuja, arriving at 4.35am on the 8th June. The travelling went well, apart from getting a little lost in Heathrow for the first, I just wasn’t paying attention. I passed through immigration in Abuja, with no problems. The immigration officer barely even looked at me, and all my luggage arrived, and in one piece too, so praise God for all the answered prayers for my journey.
I’m now back into the swing of things, organising the summer teams. Our first team arrives on the 4th June and then as I said, I will be leading our August team, which will be running 3 day kids programmes at the outer Gidan Bege Centres. Gidan Bege, which means house of hope, cares for orphans and brings children off the streets to provide them with a roof over their head, education, and above all, showing them God’s love. There will be 4 teams altogether this summer – 2 will go to Ogugu and 2 will come to Jos and the surrounding areas.
Prayer points:
• I thank God for my time back home
• Pray that all the planning for each team will come together
• Pray for each member of each team, that God would prepare their hearts and minds for mission. For some, this will be their first time in Africa, and for some, it will be their very first experience of mission.
• Pray that God would remain at the centre of everything we do, and that we will not lose sight of him.
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