Day 1 and 2 Dublin!

Can't believe we are already finishing day 2 of Dublin. Yesterday was a gorgeous day here. Very warm and sunny. We toured a huge part of the city, just walking everywhere of course. The missionaries have not driven here since they moved over a year ago. No need everything is within walking distance or they have good public transportation. So we walked around getting familiar with the city and seeing where the places of ministry could take place. After hours of walking around the girls headed back with Laura, the missionaries wife, to the Apt via public transporation while Jim and I slowly made our way back on foot seeing more places and event he church they are attending/helping at: CORE Church. The CORE Church was St. Catherine's Church said to have been built in 1769. Very beautiful old building. After we got home the Pettit's had a previous engagement so as the girls rested I practiced up on the guitar. We later strolled around close to Apt, ate dinner, and went to the Market (like GreenLife) for some groceries. The Pettit's have a beautiful Apt and have been so accommodating to let us stay here. The girls have their own room with a nice large bed and bath. I am staying in the living room on a palet of cushions I made from the couches but am more than satisfied considering the arrangements I've had on other trips like this. Ha. Today we got up and after devo, practice on guitar, and breakfast we took off with Guitar in hand and ready to see what God had in store and did we... It was a thick mist almost to the point of rain but really wet regardless. We looked and it was 80% chance of the same all day, so I brought back the guitar and decided to just chance it on foot. Well other than maybe an hour, 12 hours later, it is still raining steady. So we braved it on foot and tried to seek out opportunites for conversations along the way. Got to see some wonderful sights and meet some cool people along the way. Went to St. Patrick's Cathedral (AD 1192), Christ Church Cathedral (AD 1030), Dublin Castle (AD 1204), Jonathan Swift's place (Author of Gulliver Travels and Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral at one time), and finished in Temple Bar (which is a Bar but they call a 4-square block of the city Temple Bar for some reason). We only saw one street musician the whole time, the one hour it didn't rain. We had dinner at a place that had authentic Irish music played live. They noticed "we weren't from around here" and we had fun with that. They ended with "Country Road Take Me Home", not sure if that was for our benefit or not. Haha. I had a good conversation with them after their set, offered to help them carry out their stuff. They thanked me 3 different times for the kindness and talk. I pray God shines on them in the days to come. They are playing again Thursday so I'm going to try and stop by, if just for a second to follow up with the talk. Pray for us. The weather tomorrow seems promising comparitively, 20% chance of rain. So the plan is to get up and do some ministry around town until we meet with someone from the CORE church to discuss ministry in general and how we could help each other this week and in the future. Don't know what God has after that. Will let you know. In Christ, KYLE