Welcome Readers!

Hello and welcome to my blog chronicling my newest international adventure. This blog will tell of my trip to Northern Ireland over spring break. It was a trip that challenged me in many ways. I learned a lot about God, missions, myself, leadership, and the list could go on.

For starters, here's a few basics of the trip for background knowledge:

• I went with a team of 7 other students from Messiah College and 2 faculty advisers. There were 6 girls and 4 guys.
• I was one of two student leaders on this trip and my co-leader was a guy who went on this trip last year.
• We spent 9 days in N. Ireland in a town called Lurgan which is about 40 min outside of Belfast.
• We worked at Lurgan Jr. High with the students and teachers.
• Specifically our contacts in N. Ireland were Paul and Marina. You will hear their names mentioned numerous times. Marina is a music teacher at the school and Paul was a music teacher but now has taken over working on a newish project - a broadcasting studio (more to come on that later).
• We also go pretty close with two of the other teachers, Alanna (another music teacher, the teacher I worked with most closely) and Deborah (teacher of "maths").
• We met a few other N. Irish people who did lots of things with us and I'll introduce you to them throughout my story.

So sit back, relax and enjoy a little taste of Northern Ireland.