N. Ireland, Scotland, England

Hey everyone, lots going on everywhere! I'm looking forward to catch up on the road trip Jon! I'm almost getting too old for those things though.

So I went with Sebastian, a Slovene teammate, to N. Ireland to do a weekend of training for an Irish team that is coming to help out with their English camp. The economy is forcing us to be creative :) It was an amazing trip as Sebastian and I met and talked with so many people in Portlelogne, a small village of around 2,000 people. I love the N. Irish, they were so friendly and the countryside was incredible. Of course there were one or two of the farmer guys that spoke with such a thick accent I couldn't understand a word they said! It was funny. We were able to stay in a cottage that a Christian businessman just renovated to look and was a couple hundred year old cottage with the original N. Irish feel. It was so fun and peaceful.

Then on monday we had the early early flight back to London then on to Trieste, Italy (on the border with Slovenia). The lady behind the counter at 5:00 am said "your flight has been delayed, is that ok?" Sebastian was joking the rest of the day that, no it was not ok!!! It was 3 1/2 hours delayed which meant we missed our second flight to Trieste. We looked for other options, other airports and everything came up a dead end. So the next flight was the next day! 24 hour layover in London!

Sebastian went to stay at a friends house, but he had to take the Tube and buses and walk, it took him 2 1/2 hours to get to the apartment. He had a nice time though. I... went to the reader board of Easy Jet, a really low budget airline and asked myself, where do i want to go today? Edinburgh, Scotland was the answer. There was a flight that afternoon and one early the next morning. It only took 45 mintuest to get there and a little bit more thand the bus and metro tickets that sebastian bought. I've got lots of stories but I walked around the city all night, hooked up with a Christian Bible study at a church Moody founded, and went back to catch my flight to London the next morning...

Meanwhile back on the home front. I get a call from Amy just as I'm about to jump on the plane to Edinburgh and she is crying. We had been texting all day so I knew pretty much what was going on but she told me that after the kids exams they wanted to admit Elijah to the hospital with a form of Bronchitis! Abigail was also diagnosis with Bronchitis but a milder form. So I'm stuck far away and Amy is stuck dealing with all this. God had provide way before though. Get this. A student that does english camps with us is studing abroad this year and had a study week and arranged to stay with us from Saturday to Wednesday! So Abigail was able to stay home with her, Taylor. I came back went, picked up abigail and went to the hospital. Taylor left the next morning. I was able to see her for 5 minutes and thanked her. She was even staying at our house the whole time. Perfect timing on the Lord. Elijah is still in the hosptial, his oxygen levels in his blood are too low still. We are all exhausted and ready to be a family again and have some down time,.. maybe soon.

It was fun to look at the people, ask lots of questions and get a feel of some of our heritage. I really really liked my time in N. Ireland and so many of the people looked like Grandpa, and Jon! Where we went to church on Sunday I could see Grandpa fitting right in! So here's some pics from my crazy adventures. I didn't have a camera so i got these from some new friends and no pics from Scotland :(