A Final Irish Blessing

Hello family and friends that we haven’t talked to in awhile!

Well, it has been over a month since Fedd and I have been back in school; you could say we are over the “honeymoon” stage of reverse culture shock and more into the “ups and downs” of the good and bad days.

Overall, it was a hidden blessing that we came back at Christmas time; it was a time to look forward too, see numerous family members, and then be excited to come back to friends at school. Both of us have occupied our time with basketball (me) and softball (Erin) practices, along with being able to drive places on our own (no bus!!!) and hang out with our friends at MLC whom we missed so dearly while gone!

We’d be lying if we didn’t say we missed Ireland and wish we were back there. We miss being able to travel to a new place every weekend and only having a few homework assignments to do over the period of the semester. We miss our Irish friends and the relaxed Irish culture. But, we don’t miss the 20 minute walk to class every day, nor the weekly trips to the grocery store (thank you MLC cafe). We don’t miss the Skype dates or the 6 hour difference from family and friends.

So, in the end, I guess you could say that it all evens out. And in the end, we are beyond thankful and blessed to have had such an amazing experience. 10/10 would recommend.

If you are interested in hearing more about our trip rather than the usual “Amazing!” we say, we are doing a presentation on our study abroad experience in Ireland at MLC on February 15th at 11 and 12! We would love to have you there and answer any questions you might have about our travels and schooling over there! If not, I am going to try and record the presentation for others to view when able; so, we’ll see how that turns out.

I made one final video of some European Craic (fun) if you’d like to watch a little wrap up of all our adventures: HERE

Thank you again, for all your support, love, and prayers while we were abroad. Continue to keep Collin Wenzel, one of our classmates studying abroad in Germany, in your thoughts and prayers as he ventures around!

And with that, I will leave you with an Irish Blessing.

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

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