i feel like i have a lot to say about what happened today. but i am exhausted. i have never felt the power of spiritual warfare so deep in my soul as i do here in this land. we visited the old school for the deaf boys. it was very daunting and made my heart cry. i felt sick just looking at it. we were able to meet to older deaf men and they told us part of their experiences at the school.
terrible terrible things happened. i can not even describe it in english. the power of darkness is everywhere. this may sound wierd, but it is a very hard place. i never knew these things about the irish.
it was cold and rained all day today. the plans we have for tomorrow and some for the rest of the week are up in the air and some have already been cancelled. we were supposed to meet the big group of deaf in Dublin tomorrow but one of their members was killed in a car accident on sunday so everything is cancelled. they wil lnot have celebrations in a time like this. i have already learned enough ISL to tell one of my healing stories in their language. however, i am unsure if this will happen. If the Lord has other plans we will follow, but we want to be clear that this is not a distraction instead of the Lords will. We have all been in prayer and have really felt the soul of these deaf people meet. i met a about 10 deaf women tonight. instead of using their sign lanugage they were talking to eachother and trying to read eachothers lips. they woldn't even sign to eachother in front of the men. i am not sure if that is because they are REALLY serious about keeping their sign language a secret from the men or if this is somthing they were taught in their seperate school for the deaf for girls.
a lot of questions ,not many answers, a lot of pain, looking for restoration,
toni
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
new faces and more cold rain.
Posted by Toni at 5:04 PM
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Can you bring back a couple of potatoes for me?
Thanks
On a more serious note:
"And I think that's what our world is desperately in need of - lovers, people who are building deep, genuine relationships with fellow strugglers along the way, and who actually know the faces of the people behind the issues they are concerned about." - Shane Claiborne
I know that it's a bit harder to develop any deep relationship with anybody on a short term trip, but what's important now is to show them genuine love, love that they desperately need and will remember.
Do you think that you will ever return to this place/people again?
Toni, this is Amy's Mom & Dad writing. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, impressions, feelings with us. It helps us focus our prayers for this trip. Please say "Hi" to Amy from us! Thanks!
Hey Toni, how are things going there? We have been praying for you and your teams health and safty and to be use to be honoring God. See you soon , Love mom&dad
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