So the fat lady is warming up her vocal chords to start to sing, our time here (for now) is almost over. Tim & I leave on Monday to arrive back to the Emerald Isle. While we will be pleased to get home to a bed, clean clothes, a full wardrobe to choose from and a much more bearable temperature (& friends & families of course) we are sad to be leaving behind some great friends that have been a privilege to serve alongside and have had an unforgettable experience, for which we give thanks to God.
We arrived back late last night from Albania, the 10 hour bus journey was not one of the highlights of the trip but it could have been much worse - no major travel sickness or complications on the homeward journey (it helps to have friends who work on border control!!).
As we said our goodbyes to the campers it's hard to know what impact that the week may have had on them. The vast majority are not Christians and not from Christian homes, so please pray that God will have used the discussion groups and even the simple interactions with the leaders to speak to them. Pray for the follow up with them as the church seeks to put on English classes from Sept and that more will come along to the teenager programmes as well.
We will probably blog one more time to sum up our experiences here over the last month, but for now tiredness has taken over!!
Please pray for our travel tomorrow and as we say goodbye to some of the amazing people we have had the chance to serve alongside.
Lucy
