Well, I finally made it to Northern Ireland. I've been here officially a week now and it has already been life changing. My God is so faithful to me to bring me to this wonderful place - Belfast Bible College, located in a small village called Dunmurry, about a ten minute train ride from Belfast.
My first weekend here, my new friend Tymea (from Germany) & I took the train into Belfast and explored. Talk about a beautiful city, so full of life and color ... I mean colour. :) That Sunday, Claire, Tymea and I traveled back to Belfast to see Sherlock Holmes at the Odeom, their super sweet cinema there. When you buy a ticket, you are actually assigned a row and seat! The Odeom is located in Great Victoria Square, which houses a mall that is uniquely designed. The mall and stores all revolve around the circular elevator centre that is in the middle of the mall. Everything is covered, yet still outside. If you look all the way up towards the ceiling, you'll see a big, beautiful dome. Travel all the way up to it, and you will see the entire city of Belfast laid out around you. All you can do is just truly marvel at God's creation. Ireland is so beautiful and breathtaking. I am loving every minute of it!
Monday started classes for most of the BBC students. My last class of the week ends around 4pm on Thursday. Classes are set up much differently here than in the states. You have most classes here just one time a week, for about 4 hours at a time. Tuesday through Friday at 12 we have midday prayer. It is so amazing because I get the opportunity to worship with brothers and sisters from about 30 different countries. Amazing, right?! It is just a taste of what heaven will be like and I cannot wait!
Thursday, a group of us went up to the local pub for a "pubquiz". Its where all the people in the pub form teams and answer several rounds of questions that range from movies, sports, to beer and cars. It was so fun and so definitely Irish.
Saturday, our group went a day trip up to Carrickfergus & Giant's Causeway. I cannot even begin to describe the beauty that I saw today. The pictures I took do not even do the scenery justice. I still cannot believe that I am here!
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