Our time in Ireland has come to an end today, and my team, Fire Glory Freedom, is headed to the Ukraine. In Coleraine and Enniskillen, we were involved in an enormous number of pre-existing ministries through the Coastal Causeway and Lakes Vineyard churches, as well as received some amazing additional training for the race.
In Coleraine, our core project was to prepare for the first car boot sale at the “Wearhouse,” which is similar to our yard sales and flea markets. We moved and organized massive amounts of donation items. We posted and distributed promotional flyers all over. The sale was packed with sellers and buyers. Our contacts were hoping to earn £600 (pounds) but rather made £1200. This sale was the first of many more to come every third Saturday of each month for hopefully years to come.
Other ministries included “Just Because” where we passed out muffins to all the local businesses and haribo (gummy bears) to people on the street. The church also kept us busy with open houses, food giveaways, visiting seniors, childcare, and working in their vintage clothing store “Hope and Gloria.”
We were very blessed to receive extra training from the Vineyard staff this month. Mark Marx trained us in healing of streets, a world-known program where people receive healing through prayer every Saturday in the town center. Also the Vineyard group showed us how to treasure hunt. This basically means everyone tries to get a mental picture of someone they think God needs them to pray for. They make notes on their appearance and attire and name. Then we go around the room and look for common factors that people heard in the room and seek out the people that were envisioned.
In Enniskillen, we promoted for and held a community barbeque with free car washing, food, and activities for the kids. Also we passed out donuts and cleaned bathrooms for local businesses, as well as distributed free lunches to office workers. The Love Enniskillen projects were a huge success.
In Ireland, there surely is a rainbow at the end of every cloud!
Please watch our team's Ireland recap video at the top of my blog!
