More wind and rain

The weather picked up a bit today with drizzly rain most of the day and the winds increasing again this evening.

We had a good visit over lunch with Ray and Rebbecca Clancy, who started Calvary Galway 7 years ago. They graciously squeezed us in, as they were preparing for a conference tonight and tomorrow and this morning had a meeting with a pastor from the Calvary Bible College in Vajta, Hungary, who is here for the conference.

I think they came expecting us to be one of many who come through Ireland wanting to do ministry and contacting various churches looking for a partnership. Once we were able to share with them what we are doing and the approach we have to ministry, they relaxed and we had a good meeting of the minds. We continue to learn new things with each person we meet. They talked to us about doing some events with them in the future, maybe one in April.

As the afternoon wore on, we drove out west of Galway City into an area where Irish is the predominant language. There are several of these areas around Ireland, known as Gaeltacht. It's strange to be driving along and suddenly notice that there aren't any road signs in English. It was a beautiful drive, although it wasn't good for taking many pictures as the weather was very poor.

Tomorrow we will drive up through County Sligo and on into County Donegal and take in some sights before we end up at our hosts' house in Glencolmchille. We're hoping that we may encounter some snow, but I'm not sure that will happen.

Til then...