Saturday when I arose I was up before everyone else so I checked the internet for the news in America and sports scores! We had thought about staying up watching the Duke/Carolina basketball game but it started around midnight and we had a long day of driving and sightseeing ahead of us on Saturday. (We drove roughly 300 miles) I was surprised to see Duke had won (and Doug Miller was very excited when I told him) We loaded up the vans and headed south. We were go...

On Tuesday we had booked a Wild Rover tour to Kilkenny, Wicklow Mountains & Glendalough. The trip to our first stop in Kilkenny was a a very scenic ride through the Irish countryside. When we arrived in Kilkenny I did my own tour as they moved to quickly for me. I enjoyed the small shops in the downtown and enjoyed just meeting people and talking. I talked with one of the shop owner for probably 30 min. It was a good conversation as she enjoyed talking to an ...

Sunday has arrived and everything has gone exceedingly well. During my morning prayer time it occurred to me that today may be the last day I see some of my British friends. David Winstanley will be appointed to a new church near Bath, UK and will no longer serve in Nottingham. I know we will see our friends on Facebook but I need to make sure I give them a goodbye hug. Breakfast was very special as some of the youth came and sat with me for breakfast. I though o...

Today is an exciting day. It was 40 years ago in the United Methodist Church our American Aldersgate had its first conference and ten years ago our relationship with the English began. I am excited to see where Aldersgate UK will be in 40 years as Europe is a very fertile ground for ministry. On Saturday morning we had breakfast then worship and we heard Rev. Dr Frank Billman speak about the supernatural thread in Methodism. We as Methodists have changed much si...

We had breakfast and then we went to see a local Abbey but it was apparently closed because of the dreary weather (a normal weather day here in the UK - Light rain and chilly 5 degrees Celsius (low 40's Fahrenheit) We then went to the town of Iron Bridge were the worlds first bridge made of iron was built during the 1770's - about the time of the American Revolution. It is a very interesting town with many small shops. Matt was excited to get a real cup of coffe...