In the land of leprechauns

Greetings from Ireland! We have arrived safely and are settling in nicely. It is so good to finally be here. We are living in the town of Greystones, which is about a 50-minute train (DART) ride south of downtown Dublin. Erin and I have a small apartment in a retreat center setting. It is cozy, but it get’s the job done and we are thankful for the great deal we are getting on it. The location of it is amazing as we are right on the Irish Sea! As a bonus, we are basically around the corner from the Irish Studies Program students from Taylor University and their small campus here. We know the professor-leaders (Scott and Jenn Moeschberger) of their group as well as some of the students, so it has been fun to have some familiar faces around as we have transitioned to living here.

Erin has begun her student teaching at St. Andrew’s College in Booterstown, which is a 40-minute DART ride toward downtown. Her first day was yesterday and went very well. The school is in large part, very international, as she has students in her classes from nearly every continent. The school is very prestigious in the area, and we are very thankful for the opportunity that Erin has to train there.

As for me, my work does not begin until the middle of next week as the leader of the two ministries with which I will be apart is gone in the States for a conference. Therefore, I have been able to direct my time to getting things settled for us, as well as resting, reading, exploring, and getting rejuvenated. It has been excellent! Erin and I did get a chance to stop in at St. Mark’s church, where we’ll be helping with the youth ministry. We met a couple other staff members and we are very excited to get going with that.

Many thanks to all of you who are praying for us and financially supporting us here. We hope the kingdom of God will be advanced here in Ireland and that we ourselves would continually experience the presence of God in our lives, as we seek to implement the gifts and abilities that God has given us.

Many blessings on you all,

Tyler and Erin

Prayer Requests,
1) For Erin, that she would really be able to get to know her students and would be able to reflect Christ to them.
2) For Tyler, that God would continue to recharge him in every way.
3) For us, that we would continue to transition well.