Day One

Arrived safely, no problems with the flights! It took about an hour to get from Luebeck airport to Claudia's parents in Neumuenster where they took me out to a steakhouse for tea ( delicious !) Then we went back to their house for coffee and a chat. I'm allowed a lie in tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to that after all the late nights I had preparing for this trip. I will meet up with Victor after lunch tomorrow.

Ministry Trip to East Germany - November '05

I will be leaving this morning (Tue.) for a 6 day visit to the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. I will be accompanying Victor Watson (European Christian Mission) on a tour of some of the young churches in the area.

My programme looks like this:
Tuesday - arrive and spend the evening and morning with Claudia's parents
Wednesday - meet up with Victor and travel to Schwerin where I will take the evening Bible Study in the FeG Schwerin
Thursday - Meeting with Pastor Klaus Silber - travel to Rostock
Friday - Visiting church planting project in Rostock - travelling to Barth to meet Pastor Timo Pfrommer
Saturday - Prayer Day for the Evangelical Free Churches in Schwerin
Sunday - I preach in the FEG Schwerin
Monday - travelling to Hamburg - possible church visit - flight back to Dublin

Thank you for your prayers.

Mountain Bike Trail - PB

Today I cycled the Craigavon Lakes Mountain Bike Trail for about the 4th time. It was extremely wet, mucky and slippy with a lot of rain and leaves falling last week. Nevertheless, I completed the course in a PB of 38 minutes.

Links:
Craigavon Lakes Mountain Bike Trail
Mountain Biking Northern Ireland
Countryside Activities Network

Hanging up the microphone

For all of you who struggle to strike the balance between work and family, here's some inspiration from a BBC correspondent who said 'no' because he wouldn't allow others to set his priorities.
Stephen Sackur, was writing his final piece as a foreign correspondent for the BBC "From our own correspondent" link

Family Photo in Lurgan Park

 

A surprise visit from Claudia's brother

 

i-mate K-JAM

I currently have an SPV c500 Smartphone but this looks like the next upgrade.
The ultimate PDA SmartPhone! This is unbelievable technology.
Does anybody know where you can buy it for a decent price?

Waymarked Walks in Northern Ireland

Like to go for a good walk, but don't know where to go? This website is an excellent resource for Waymarked Ways in Northern Ireland (click on the image above)

Laternelaufen

 

Claudi