On our way!

The time has come for us to head back to the states. We leave on September 12th and will be arriving in Seattle and doing a bit of visiting friends and family from there before heading back up to Alaska.

We've just had a lovely two weeks of traveling around Ireland with Christy's parents. It was a joy - especially to spend time together and get to show them around. Everything went really smoothly with the road-trip and the weather was perfect the whole time! We got to visit people we've met along the way and we all did some ministry together at Cork Community Church last Sunday - it was a lot of fun. 

The 8 months we've been in Northern Ireland has been amazing, it has been hard work at times and spiritually intense in some ways, but we've learned so much and our hearts have been stretched for this place. God has been at work in our lives and are feeling a sense that He is sending us back here soon...

So we have a busy few months ahead - prayer, visiting loved ones, and getting ready for the possibility of coming to N. Ireland for a season where we have an open door to be involved in missions, hospitality, worship, networking the body of Christ, living in community and growing in intimacy with Jesus as we follow his call on our lives.

We appreciate your prayers and friendship,

Many blessings, 

Joseph and ChristyHere's Christy and Marty hundreds of feet off the ground on a rope-bridge over the ocean - reminds me of what it's like to trust God sometimes. :)

Ancient church at Glendalough.

This is a new mural we saw in Belfast last week - it was painted in place of an old paramilitary mural. It is encouraging to see some of these changes taking place - little glimpses of healing and peace. Thanks be to God.