Why Ireland? Well, something you must know about me is that I've been intensely passionate about the Irish culture for the past 8 years or so. I have Irish heritage, and I believe Ireland is my spiritual home, and I reckon I'd still go there to live, even if I wasn't Christian. It is WHY there is so much religious friction over there that I want to go. My discipler/mentor went on a missions trip to Northern Ireland when she was at uni, and she found that while most of the people belonged to some denomination of Christianity, it was strictly a political label. There were very few that actually went to church, or knew what it meant to have a relationship with Christ, and there was a lot of spiritual apathy. So basically, what I want to do is show people they can have a relationship with God, free from any political crap or religious conflict. Catholics and Protestants essentially worship the same God, right? And yeah, I just wanna make a difference for young people who live over there. I dunno, it might not end up working out, we'll have to see. Que sera.
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Date: 2005-01-12 11:26 pm (UTC)It is WHY there is so much religious friction over there that I want to go. My discipler/mentor went on a missions trip to Northern Ireland when she was at uni, and she found that while most of the people belonged to some denomination of Christianity, it was strictly a political label. There were very few that actually went to church, or knew what it meant to have a relationship with Christ, and there was a lot of spiritual apathy.
So basically, what I want to do is show people they can have a relationship with God, free from any political crap or religious conflict. Catholics and Protestants essentially worship the same God, right? And yeah, I just wanna make a difference for young people who live over there.
I dunno, it might not end up working out, we'll have to see. Que sera.