Dublin Adventures

Teresa and I just arrived back to London from Ireland a couple of hours ago. We had a great time, though we are glad to be back so that we can rest a bit before we explore more of London! :) We spent the last two days with our friends Dawn and Justin who are there on vacation as well! Good timing, huh?! So, Teresa and I had a free place to stay! Sweet! Praise God!
Yesterday we went out and explored the countryside, checking out ruins of churches, seeing the tombstones of saints, and learning more about the history of the saints and the church in Ireland. Then today, we went into Dublin after Justin got a good tour of the Dublin firehouse and we met the firemen, which was fun! Dawn has a hard time with languages, and prononcing the words correctly, so when Dawn would say a word correctly as they would say it there, he would correct her with the incorrect pronounciation of the word. All that to say that it was quite a riot to watch him give her a hard time! We spent a few hours on the crowded streets of Dublin, touring and learning about the history on a bus tour, and shopping in the big shopping section of town. I was good, and only came away with a couple of magnets for family members! :)
On the flight back to London, we came across a lady who has some mental issues(?), and perhaps even had some alcohol in her system(?). It provided quite some entertainment on the return trip for the passengers on the plane. She was very outspoken and inappropriate with some of the things she was saying and asking people. Most of the people were kind of making fun of her, but I felt kind of bad for her. I sat there trying to figure out what it was that had gotten her to this state. How do we know the lens people are looking through unless we walk in their shoes? The Lord loves us all, that's all I know.... He even loves me....
Though the trip was great, as I said before, I am glad to be back so that I can rest up for what adventures may come as we explore London this upcoming week!!