Day 11- Dublin!

"We took the train to Killiney and walked up to Bono's house/gate. Yay! We wandered down to the beach and picked stones. They were seriously so varied and cool. The waves were rolling in and we just enjoyed being on Bono's stretch of beach! Came back into Dublin and walked all over all day. We saw a ton of stuff. It began raining later in the afternoon but the rest of the day was quite nice. Warmer than it's been lately. We chose a little pub to eat dinner in- very Irish! We got to listen to live music and the crowd even joined in at times! i had a tart with carmelised onions, goat cheese and basil pesto along with some chips (fries). Yum!" 

 We also heard from Gilly and learned that her dad passed away that night. I felt so sad and helpless. I remember asking God what was our purpose in being there at this time...so close, yet so far away? It has been a year and Gilly posted this on her Facebook wall today:

"Can hardly believe that my lovely Dad has been gone from our lives for a whole year now. I miss so many things about him, especially his warm, friendly smiling face and the gentle quietness with which he went about his days but I know that our loss is certainly his gain and he gets to look on our lovely Saviours face every day forever. As much as I miss him, I wouldn't wish him back to this side of eternity now that he's enjoying the delights of heaven. What hope we have as children of the Living God :)"

Amen, Gill.