Colossians 3:12-17
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.  Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Each morning we've been doing devotions together as a team and each evening we close in prayer which is a great way to connect with the team, hear everyone's thoughts on what we've been doing, encourage one another and most importantly spend time together in prayer especially for the people of Northern Ireland. We ask that you do the same!
After cleaning the common area (where the girls sleep and we also host all the Children's program and anything else hosted by Friendship House) and some of the girls helped prepare the "fry" (bacon, pancakes, eggs) with Eunice. About twenty men from the men's hostel came for breakfast (as they do every Tuesday morning) and as one man joked "It's the high-light of our week!"! We had alot of fun visiting with them and learning more about Northern Ireland and they were very open about the fact that they are mostly all homeless and jobless. We've learned that the Irish are very friendly and open to conversation (and especially story telling!)! By noon we had to clean again for the children's club! Although we can't get them completely quiet when we talk in front of them or perform skits the children were very receptive and participated very well in the songs and games! The older kids that caused problems yesterday we decided to teach to knit seperately from the younger kids and they really enjoyed that! Paper airplane races were a huge hit too!
Jenny and the other staff at Friendship House have given us alot of positive feedback as they've watched us interact with the kids. Although it seemed chaotic we were told they have been very calm with us!
The team has gone out of there way to show love to these children and it's just so awesome to see them in action using their individual gifts that God has given them!
I'm hearing knocking on the window right now as we're getting ready for the youth alpha (ages 10 to 14)! This is supposed to be much more wild than even the younger kids so we'll see how this goes!