Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Northern Irish Coast


What an AMAZING weekend we just had in Northern Ireland. We went to a conference with our church at another Vineyard church called Causeway Coast Vineyard. We were both so encouraged and challenged! We left knowing that our lives would never be the same. At the end of the conference our friends Katie and Aaron took us to two famous sites on the coastline: Giant's Causeway (huge stones in the shape of octagons protruding from the coastline) and a rope bridge (the bridge went from the mainland to a small island). It was insane how windy it was! We have never been in such intense wind before. At one point Ross' entire body was leaning at a 45 degree angle and the wind was holding him up! The island was covered with grassy knolls that were bouncy! We felt like little kids running and jumping on the bouncy grass. With the wind, we were picked up as we jumped! It was one of the most exhilarating and freeing experiences playing on a grassy hill surrounded by the crazy ocean waves. The northern coast is absolutely beautiful, although the weather is definitely more extreme than Dublin. Enjoy the pics!


Giant's Causeway



The Coastline


A view of the island from a distance


A wee little path we walked on to get to the bridge (and yes they actually use "wee" in the North!)


The bridge from a distance


The bridge


The bouncy hill


Bouncy... bouncy... bouncy











4 comments:

Ginny said...

Oh my gosh, it is so cute that they say WEE! :) I LOVE it! Suzanne, you look SO FREE in the bouncy picture, I love it! I'm so excited that you all are making friends and connecting and that your faith is being encouraged and challenged. WOW! God is already doing so much and you just got there!!! How awesome to see His hand on your placement and what an encouragement to me. :) LOVE YOU GUYS!

mingo2 said...

Yo!!!!! how the crap can we go this long without talking?!? How do we do it? I had a dream last night that ross was on this crazy irish diet and that he was getting uber yoked... like with a slammin 6pack and everything... lets put it this way... he was like twice as yoked as tim. yeah. huge.

then I woke up.


anyways. freaking call us! or tell me how I can call you.

Rene said...

i just laughed out loud in a public location at the last picture of suzanne's "freeness". oh babe. too funny. love it. praying for the Lord's favor with the visa!

ps- mingo is hilarious.

Sean and Brianne said...

i love the poses on the "bouncy" grass.. i stinkin miss you both sooo much! but soon enough i will see your sweet faces.. ok.. second.. how did you cross that bridge in those windy conditions.. i would of been terrified.. that bridge is crazy!!
love you guys!! keep the blog updates going.. love lookin at the pics! lets skype soon!