Many have come before me!

Hiya!
Well things are well I have found a flat in Balbriggan to live in, its sooo expensive out here. Well not really if you are earning euros but if you are using your own canadian money and converting it into euros yikes!!!
My flat is absolutley beautiful it looks like something right out of a magazine. Lucky Lucky me!
I will be heading into Dublin on the weekend I can't wait I am very excited to see it and all of its glory.
I can describe the people out here in two words angry and sad. No one smiles its not what I thought it would be like at all, but that doesn't stop me from spreading my Canadian charm around! Smiles are infetcious kind of like me and the plague!
Well blessings for now,
Prayers for the day
Strength, Wisdom and Courage as always
Pray my health stays tip top,
Pray for the Balbriggan Church and the people in it.
Pray that I can continue walking the straight and narrow (not to be confussed with being narrow minded).
and always pray for my safety!! I am at war here people!
Love you all
Andrea xoxoxoxoxo Fighting the Good fight for His Kingdom!!!

Many have come before me!

Oct 23/06
I have made it!!! I landed in Dublin without any hassels from the border police. I even had him tell me to have a great stay while I am here.
I still have no idea what it is that God wants me to be doing while I am here (believe me there is a lot to be done). I think I am going to enjoy finding out what it is he has in store for me though. It is so beautiful here, I am out of my mind with beauty over load (if that is possible).

Prayer requests would be... I need to find a place to live that won't be to expensive, funny hey a cheap place to live in europe....the irony is overwhelming.
Pray for Direction, and peace and always guidence, strength, wisdom and courage.
Blessings for now,
Andrea.

how great is our God!

as of yesterday i didn't have a penny to my name, and as this reality hit me i began down the path of doubt, confusion, fear. how could this possibly be happening to me again? and i let it! i quit my job (good income/great job) paid off the last of my bills and now i was left with nothing. then i heard his voice speaking softly at first then it began to come in more clearly. ""what are you doing?" i'm freaking out what rare you doing? God please tell me this is what you want me to be doing, seriously i need to know that you are going to be taking care of me cause i am FREAKING OUT!! "i have everything undercontrol andrea, just trust the process". trust the process! trust the process! my god, i have been through "this" process a few too many times before and not only is it hard but it seriously sucked. no income, debt building up, no hope...oh ya and no God in my life either. it's funny how quickly i forget that sometimes. that's right i did not have God in my life those times and the last time once i surrendered it over to you.. you really came through for me. your right i do trust you, i trust you with every aspect of my life, financial, spiritual, emotional, everything. sorry.. "it's alright, i have great plans for you, and together we will see them through, i would not call you to ireland only to abandon you once you got there. i love you. i have your whole life planned out already, you just have to follow my lead." love God.
it's funny cause when i got to youth last night there was a package waiting for me, an over sized t-shirt and $10! that ten bucks might as well have been a million cause i seriously felt like i won the lottery. you see it was at that moment i realized God's got my back, i will never be without again. i will never suffer like i have in the past simply because, i have a God in my life who wants to see me succeed, grow, and life life to the fullest. i don't need millions of dollars (although i ain't gonna lie i still dream of winning the lottery) i have everything i need, i have people who love me, a roof over my head and of course a God who loves me. it does'nt get any better then this.
God bless you God.
Love andrea xoxoxoxoxo

Well, Well, Well,
It's almost that time! I can't believe how quickly it has come. Just 5 short days and I will be off to Chicago for briefing then 5 days later I am off to Ireland, finally!
None of this would have been possible without you Lord. Thy will be done. Not mine, not anyone else's yours.
I have no idea what it will look like once I get there I am going to be pretty jet-lagged. I can't wait to see Brian, Colleen and the kids.
This past month has been crazy, new roommate, packing (slowly) but packing none the less.
Then there is the finalizing of paying the bills, selling me car to my now roommate so that she can have a vehicle to drive to work and so on. (lord I will miss her :( ) It hit me today that I have absolutely no income coming in right now with! I am a little freaked out by that but I know Gods got my back. I have spent the past 8 years cleaning up and sobering up so that I could build a life for myself then at the blink of an eye everything I have worked so hard for is put on hold and I am starting all over again. I am glad you know what you are doing God....you do know what you're doing right???? Just kidding.
Prayer for the day
Lord thy will be done,
Thank you for the adventures, the good times and the bad.
Thank you for the laughter and the tears.
Thank you for loving me and trusting in me when no one else got me.
Thank you for being faithful, reliable, trustworthy, and absolutely awesome!
For those of you who still doubt... 8 years ago I was literally dying of alcoholism/drug abuse today I am clean, sober and going to Ireland to work for God!

He wants to see us succeed! He wants us to be happy, to feel loved, to honor ourselves, and to live this glorious life he has given to us. The greatest gift I have received from our Lord is today.
Andrea Oct 11/06