While
a year on the Road Team is basically always an adventure, the past week was a
crazy one even by our standards!
Following a great retreat in Roscommon we left immediately for a ferry
to the Aran Islands! Located off the
coast of Galway, the Aran Islands are a popular tourist destination, and after
a beautiful drive through the equally touristy Connemara, we were staring our
ferry in the face. With nothing but our
backpacks, sleeping bags, and a few retreat supplies, we boarded our ship and
set out for our Island home (for the next 3 days anyways). The island itself is absolutely beautiful,
and definitely brings to mind images of a classic Irish landscape, with stone
fences crisscrossing gorgeous green fields in a springtime bloom. We were lucky enough to get to spend an
entire day cycling all across the beautiful landscape and had all sort of
adventures, some seal related. Among the
other highlights, we went to a Mass in Irish, and had two wonderful retreats at
the secondary school.
Because
one island just wasn’t enough, we spent the rest of our week on the island of
Aran Mhor, off the coast of Donegal, except this time we got to bring our
van! This island held just as many
shenanigans as the last and we had a great time, as always, chasing sheep and
playing music at mass, in addition to having an absolutely phenomenal retreat
with an entire school (all 50 students!)
As
we continue to draw closer and closer to the end of the year, we find ourselves
drawing closer to each other. It’s been
an absolutely incredible year in so many different ways, and this past week
especially, as we went where no NET Ireland team has gone before, we can be
especially thankful for this amazing opportunity, amazing team, and amazing
country. God is good … all the time.
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