doing ministry everyday on the streets of a bustling city. We’ve met some
colorful characters and have had some God inspired interactions. Most of the
time we are smack dab in the middle of Galway City, usually at a place called
Eyre Square. This is the center of town, a park-like place with fountains and
trees. It’s always filled with people picnicking, hanging out, just passing
through, and usually a few street performers.
were here… I was SO excited!
The cool thing about what we do in
Ireland is that ministry really is pretty different each day. Some days are
spent walking around the city asking people if they need prayer for anything.
Some days we put on bright orange vests and do community clean up services
around the town. We have been cleaning graffiti, and even got to paint a
building after getting to know the people who worked there. We have been
offering to serve in the street shops with anything they may want help with –
whether that be mopping floors, cleaning windows, or scrubbing toilets. Some
days we go to homes of different people from Discovery Church to bless them in
whatever way we can. If there is a need, we try and take care of it. Sometimes
we spend most of the day in prayer, walking through the streets in a continual
conversation with our Father and lifting this nation, these people up to Him.
cleaning up the town.
In whatever we do, we look for
opportunities to share with people why we are here. Spreading the Love of Christ
to anyone we encounter is really what we are all about. If that’s in doing acts
of service, that they will see these deeds and praise our Father in Heaven. If
that’s in talking for hours and genuinely caring about a stranger over a cup of
tea, if that’s in doing random housework for a single mom, if that’s in praying
over an ‘adult shop’ and everyone who walks in, if that’s inviting the kiddos
at our camp to pray with us each evening.
We seek to see this city turn from
one that is oblivious to its need for a Savior to a city on its knees.
Good thing
I like my neighbors!
😉
