Paul planted, Apollos watered

The Kitty's Road team went out three times today, with the first session being Treasure Hunters (a Bible lesson-puppet-craft extravaganza) for the kids, sports for the teens, and a coffee morning for the adults; the second session being more play outside in the rare blessing of Irish sun; and the evening session being a time of silly skits, singing of gospel truth, and a talk from the Mourne Presbyterian youth pastor Andrew interspersed with group discussion. Andrew presented the gospel through the lens of the story of Noah and the Flood: 1) sin grieves God; 2) God gives grace; 3) Noah points to Jesus.

This is a bit of a bare-bones summary (sleep is an important means of grace!) but here are some praises and prayer requests:

-We are encouraged by the enthusiastic turnout, the truly amazing weather, and the ease with which the team and the Kitty's Road-ers mingled and conversed today. Really, the Spirit of God is at work here--I think many of us are distinctly sensing His presence with us during these days, both as we're praying and speaking with each other during break times, and as we're actually out on the Road. I can testify myself that God is guiding the members of this team. Our hearts really are his, and particularly in the locals who are reaching out year-round, I see so much of what can only be the love of our crucified and risen Jesus. It is a remarkable thing for all of us to be able to be a part of this piece of kingdom-building with this team of "new creations" in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:17, which is on our awesome team T-shirts: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.")

-Prayers for continued good weather would be appreciated, and some other recurring requests are that more men would turn out for these gatherings and take more part (praise God that about five did show up at one point or another today!); that the teens would stay with the evening gatherings all the way through to the message and discussion; and that we as a team would not get legalistic or uptight about either numbers or people staying exactly where we want them, but that we'd trust the Spirit to move, which is just what we are longing for and what, we hope, we are beginning to see Him do.

We're so grateful for you. Know that God is hearing your prayers and showering grace on and around us (even as he keeps the rain at bay).