Yesterday we had Thanksgiving in America for the first time in three years, and oh boy it was delicious! We had the feast at Seth’s parent’s pastor’s house (strangely enough, the same pastor who was at Seth’s family’s church when he was a baby in Florida) along with several graduate students who came to study or work in Pittsburgh from various corners of the far east. It was great to share the feast with old friends and new, some of whom had never experienced Thanksgiving before. Today we hit the road again, arriving tomorrow in Virginia after a stop to see Seth’s cousin and his family – and visit the Hershey chocolate factory!
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Pittsburgh Thanksgiving
Friday, November 25th, 2011Pittsburgh
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011We had a great time at Crossworld HQ in Kansas City, and now we’ve moved on to Pittsburgh, PA for a few days with Seth’s folks who live here part of the time because of his dad’s work. It’s been great meeting some of their friends here, being part of Bible studies with people from all over the world, touring fabulous museums, and getting ready for Thanksgiving! We’ll be posting pictures in the gallery as the adventure continues…
Made It!
Thursday, November 17th, 2011It took longer than we expected – about 21 hours – but we finally made it from Shannon to Kansas City for a few days at Crossworld headquarters. We were actually very impressed with how well the boys did with such a long travel day, but that doesn’t mean it was something we’d like to do again tomorrow. Crossworld has a great setup for kids here. The only thing David has complained about is how bright the sun is… I guess he’s not used to that…
Leaving On A Jet Plane
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011The time has come! Today we’ll drive to Shannon and stay near the airport so that we can fly to the USA first thing in the morning. And I really can’t remember anything we’ve forgotten to pack…
Boss On Both Sides
Friday, October 7th, 2011This week our Crossworld supervisor came to Ireland to see those of us that are working here and make sure we’re all ok. It’s nice to know that the organization is committed to being there for us and makes a real effort to support us. Plus it was just good to see some friends we hadn’t seen in a while! In our case, it won’t be that long until we see them again since we are getting closer to our trip to America to check in with our churches and supporters. We’ve booked our plane tickets for November 16th-February 13th. It’s already booking up and becoming obvious that we will have a busy three months, but we are definitely looking forward to the chance to see so many family and friends!
Round Tower
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
There are a lot of these old round towers around Ireland – they were built centuries ago by monks who wanted to protect themselves and their valuables from Viking raids. The tower above is in Kildare, and happens to be the one tower in the country that you can actually go inside! We were there a couple days ago and here’s how Jess and the boys look from the top:
Roller Coasters & Reunions
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011On Friday Seth took some of the guys on a day trip to Oakwood, a theme park in Wales. It was Seth’s first time in Wales, and he thinks it looks the same as Ireland. Except for the roller coasters. Those were different.
It definitely made for a long day, having to take the ferry back and forth, but that didn’t stop most of us from making it to the church reunion BBQ the next day. It’s a ‘reunion’ because so many folks travel during the summer that it’s a big deal to have us all together again. All I (Seth) can say is, you should have seen the dessert table! Wow!
Goodbye Viki
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011This last weekend we all traveled up to Dublin to see Viki off to Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. She’s getting settled in quite well, and if you’d like to follow her thoughts you can find her blog by clicking here. We’re re-settling as well, since the house is different without her! But we did get to take a long weekend for family time while we were in Dublin. We took the boys to an aquarium and also to the Dublin zoo, and on the way home stopped by to see Glendalough, an ancient monastic city dating from the 6th century. There’s a few pictures in the Gallery.
Embassy Run
Saturday, June 18th, 2011Viki had to go to to the US Embassy to get her visa to attend Moody (see this post) so Seth made the trip up to Dublin with her along with a couple of college students from our church. She had no trouble getting her visa, and while we were in the city we looked around a bit and even saw (and “shook” hands with) a mummified crusader in the crypt of an old church. Evidently the climate under the church mummified him naturally. We saw some more normal sights as well, including the General Post Office, which was at the centre of the “Easter Rising” rebellion in 1916. It turned out to be a successful and really enjoyable trip!
Family Time
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011We’ve just made it back to Ireland after a wonderful time in Virginia getting the happy couple married off. We got to spend some great time with Jess’ folks, see lots of friends at our sending church, and Seth’s folks came through and we got to take a quick trip with them to see his grandparents as well. Since we just had an anniversary (7 years!) Jess’ folks gave us some time to visit Lynchburg on our own and see our old spots from when we were dating, engaged and first married. A wonderful trip all around!
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