Djembe Djembe

Tomorrow will be my one month mark. Seems weird to think that I've been here a month. I'm inclined to say that it feels as though it's been more of a lifetime. Things happen quickly, and there's so many little things that have occured that when I look back it looks much longer than I suppose it has actually been. Which by all means is a good thing - I made a conscious decision to make the most of this venture in both learning and experience, and a lifetime in a month seems to have been the result.
This past week was an exciting one, bowling with my small group on Tuesday went very well (I am apparently very bad at bowling). We saw two somewhat new faces, the young man who I spoke about in the last blog entry came and he brought a friend... both have decided to make it a regular part of their week, and we will see them again tomorrow night. Please continue to pray for him, as well as my relationship with him. Then the rest of my week consisted of many many meetings with various people, business and personal, and planning for Sunday morning program - Radiate. On Friday I helped out in the Street Evangelism again, and handed out more lollipops than ever before in my life, and just chatted with various locals which was really quite the experience.
I also got to see Northern Ireland shut down for the Rugby World Cup on Saturday Evening as England played South Africa (South Africa won and all the Irishmen were happy).
Radiate on Sunday morning went great, we saw 6 new faces and brought our number up to 12.
Then on Sunday evening I was invited to tag along as 4 Worship interns went down to a small town about an hour away to lead worship in a very traditional church. I ended up playing the Djembe (a bongo kinda drum thingy) for their set, after a very random series of events. The preacher spoke powerfully on hell and heaven and Christians and non-Christians, as we all sat in the front row in casual clothes with 300 people behind us in formal wear. There was a minor miscommunication I suppose, but we got a great response and I got to begin my new career as a Djembe player.
Overall, I look back and it just makes me more excited for this next upcoming week. Please continue to pray for me, both for what God's been doing in me and for what I've been doing to glorify God. I didn't get much time to read or write this week and hopefully this week will be more gracious in that respect. Anyways I must be getting on, the sun has already set here and there's much more to be done before the day is over. Thanks for tuning in, same time next week. (I had to say it). Cheers and God bless