IRELAND!!!!!

I leave for Ireland this Thursday, for 13 days, with 5 other women! In her latest blog post, Whitney sums up exactly what I'm thinking and feeling about this trip. Here is a copy of the email I sent to my supporters with some prayer requests attached:

Thank you so much for partnering with me as I travel with 5 other women to Dublin and Greystones, Ireland. We are all so excited about this trip and can not wait to see what the Lord has in store for us. This is trip is a little different from other mission trips I have been on in the past in that we do not have a set schedule. We have been told by one of the missionaries in Ireland that the Irish are much more concerned with the relationship than the time constraints we tend to put on meetings and agendas. As I mentioned in my support letter, Sally Breedlove, author and speaker, will be traveling with us and speaking at a couple of women's retreats sponsored by local churches. The goal is to use these retreats as a way to minister to the churched and unchurched women in the local communities. We will also spend a good bit of time with three missionaries (one married lady and two single ladies), encouraging and ministering to them.

I hope to update my blog daily with photos and stories of what we are seeing the Lord do. My blog can be found at www.learningtowaltz.blogspot.com.

Below you will find a few prayer requests for our team and our time in Ireland. Your prayers during our time away are so important and coveted. Thank you, again!

Julie

Prayer for 2009 Ireland Missions Team

July 9 – 21, 2009

Julie Ammons, Sally Breedlove, Michele Bullock, Connie Norton, Whitney Shores, Allison Sinclair

Prayer Needs:

· Pray for Michele Bullock to overcome her fear of flying, and that she and Allison will have no anxiety or fear during their flights! They are flying out 3 days after Connie, Whitney, and I.

· For God to open up doors for us to share the Gospel with the women of Ireland & that He will use our team to create a thirst for more of Jesus in the hearts of these women. (Colossians 4:2-6)

· For God to use us to encourage Michelle Tarter and Gwen Montgomery during our time with them.

· For God to prepare our hearts as we seek to love these women with the love of Christ. (Phil. 1:9-11)

· Team Unity, Physical Health and Safety. (Philippians 2:1-4 & Psalm 91:11)

· For God to help us plan for another missions trip for 2010.

· That God would do “exceeding abundantly beyond ALL that we could ask or think, according to the power that works within us – to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever!” (Ephesians 3:20-21)

· Names of People we will be connecting with: Chuck and Michelle Tarter, Monty and Gwen Montgomery, Paige Larson and Sarah Julien.