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Latest News on Missy Smith

Here is the latest news on Missy Smith for her father: Dear Praying Brethren, Thank you all very much for our coveted prayers. Praise God for His hand upon Missy. The results of the biopsy is that Missy had Hodgkins Lymphoma, probably second stage. The Consultant says it has 80% success in treatment. Now that [...]

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Another Prayer Update on Missy Smith

Below is the latest prayer update from Lionel Smith about his daughter Missy.  You can read previous posts about them here and here. Dear Praying Friends, Just a short update on Missy and our family.  I do not have much access to the internet and have not seen my emails so if you emailed I [...]

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Please Pray for Missionary Lionel Smith’s Daughter

Lionel Smith is a missionary pastor in Cork, Ireland.  He just sent out this very serious prayer request for his daughter.  Would you please keep them in your prayers?  Thank you. Dear Praying Friends, For some this will be the first that you have heard so I will try to update you on what is [...]

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Overlooking Derry

Update from Heather Trojahn: Keeping At It For His Glory

This is an update from Heather Trojahn who is interning with us at the moment.  You can find out more about here at her blog.  Please pray about donating to help her financially.  She is doing a great job and being a tremendous help in the ministry. I can’t believe that it’s been four months [...]

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April 2012 Prayer Letter

Dear Pastors & Praying Friends, From the end of January until St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, we put a great deal of work into renovating our church building.  We painted walls, insulated, opened fire exits, and did many small things to make the church look much more welcoming. A big word of “Thanks” goes [...]

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2012 Men’s Retreat in Waterford, Ireland

On Thursday, James, Grant, and I left for Waterford and the Men’s Retreat hosted by Bible Baptist Church in Ballincollig, Cork. We had a wonderful time at the Retreat.  It was great to worship God and be challenged along with many other men from all across Ireland. The theme of the Retreat was the life [...]

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Great St. Patrick’s Day Festival @ Church

Yesterday, we had our second annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival at the church.  Thousands of people come out on the streets and into the city for a big parade and to participate in all the events around the city.  We opened up the church for people come in for a fun time and bit of [...]

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St. Patrick’s Day Resources

Today is St. Patrick’s Day.  March 17 was made an annual feast day in the early seventeenth century and has become a celebration of Irish Culture in general.  Though much of what is associated with Patrick is not really true, he is one of my favourite Christians of all time.  Patrick was a born again [...]

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Tons of tea!

Northern Ireland Through the Eyes of a Newcomer

It has been a blessing to have Heather Trojahn with us for the past few weeks.  She has already been a real blessing.  Below is a post that she wrote about some of her cultural insights from living in Northern Ireland.  As you can tell, she is learning fast and doing a great job. Quite [...]

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Preacher’s Fellowship – Dundrum, Ireland

Yesterday, I was privileged to go down to a Preacher’s Fellowship in Dundrum, Ireland.  Dundrum is a small town that has been swallowed up by the Dublin city sprawl.  Sam Quinn, Heather Trojahn, and Stephen Kennedy accompanies me down to Dublin. We had a good trip, and it was fantastic to enjoy the fellowship together [...]

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