A FERRY TALE

After many headaches and running around we finally got a GPS and departed Birmingham headed for Northern Ireland. We arrived at the harbour. Whilst waiting in the car queue we decided to pray for a smooth journey ahead. Just as we finished praying our car proceeded forward to be be served. The woman smiled and greeted us BY NAME! She instructed us to proceed through onto the ferry. What? all the other cars spent a decent time sorting out papers and questions etc. - she didn’t even want to see our passports or ticket. Upon boarding the ferry we learned we had no room booked and that none were available. we planned to sleep the night in chairs... this plan quickly changed after we discovered what we thought would be a nice coffee lounge was more like Chuckie Cheese - complete with a man making balloon animals and noisy children racing about. We prayed and decided to just try and put our names on a waiting list for a cabin. After waiting just a short time a room was made available to us. As we got ready for bed our leader Mpumi addressed the possible problem of girls and guys sharing a room in such close quarters. Kindly, the men offered the three girls to sleep in the cabin whilst they sleep in the land of Chuckie Cheese. All of us were in agreement and so the guys prepared to leave. While this was happening, Kirsty experienced a prompting from  the Spirit. She ran around the corner and spoke with the manager at reception. She explained the situation and concluded with a daring question. “So, I was wondering if there was an available room  and if we could possibly get that room for free? I completely understand if this is not possible.”She said really hoping that it was indeed the Holy Spirit prompting her to do this. "I can give you one room with only two beds in it." He said whilst handing her the key. Perfect! two beds for the two guys, Mpumi and Mike.

Meg and Kirsty's amazing room - a dream come true

Morning came and we awoke having had a restful sleep. We were greeted in Ireland by Dario Leal, a former 'OMer' and passionate pastor of 'The Living Room' in Belfast. He told us of the AMAZING blessing of being able to stay in a 3 bedroom house - all by ourselves. It is a home filled with great character and conveniency. We truly are blessed. Praise the LORD!