CONNECTIONS
We’ve only been here two days and I already see
connections. Many of the church members we’ve met have visited the States. One
family had spent several years in Brooklyn while the father earned at
Columbia. Several folks had been to New
York, although it was New York City and not upstate. There is a family from St.
David’s with a connection to a family
from Oregon. The daughter, enjoys making cupcakes, something she learned from a friend in the
States.
Many people had ancestors who migrated from Ireland to
America. In a twist, one woman’s great grandmother came to America but went back to Ireland for a
family gathering but never returned to the States.
As we paint and do clean up activities, we are making
connections of a differ sort. Paint will fade and clean ups will have to be
repeated. However it is my hope that the friendships we make during this
mission trip will be long lasting. Wouldn’t it be nice if ten or twenty years
from now, the people the Naas congregations think of us and talk about our
visit? I’m quite sure our mission group will do the same.
Jim Greenfield
Written from Naas, Ireland
16 Sept 2013
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