The Dutch Invasion

In July we had the awesome privilege of hosting a huge team from Holland. 45 people came from Zwolle for 5 days and were joined by 12 from Schiedam at the end of the week. They were such an amazing help to us. We hit the streets every day; witnessing, preaching, doing concerts and dramas, anything to draw a crowd and present the gospel. The team was great, working hard in the unusual-for -Ireland sunshine and heat.

I was a little busy while they were here, so I didn't take that many photos. If you'd like to see some really nice photos, please visit http://lighthousefotografie.blogspot.ie/ This is the blog of Janny Beimer. She's an amazing photographer.

Here's some of the shots I did manage to take during the week........


organizing 45 people and their luggage at the airport takes a little time

                    We had to hire a bus to get everyone around.

 





                                            Like father.....

 



........like son!

 



                                                           Dramas drew good crowds.

                  One of the best things was that so many people got to be witnessed to one-on-one.

                                                                        Preaching!

 

We rented a local café for a concert one night.

 

We also had a concert at the community center where we have our services.

 

 

We had some great services with Pastor Johan Houtman and Etienne DeSain preaching. It was so cool to see the hall packed to overflowing and all the people on the team made impact through the prayer meeting, song service, praise and the altar call. They were great examples to our people.

 

 

On the last day we took the Schiedam folks to do a little sight-seeing. We went to the beautiful village of Kinsale. It was the first day of "Irish weather", but we managed somehow.

 



We had such a good time with the teams and really appreciate all their help. God did great things and we have new people coming to the church as a direct result of their labors! Thank you!!!