First Day in Belfast & My Room

A quick video of my room here at Queen's.

I arrived this morning at 8:30am - that's 2:30am Arkansas time. It's been an incredible first day! Here's some highlights:

*Immigration - for those of you praying, got through immigration without a glitch - it was such a relief!

*Met five people coming to Queen's right off the bat. It's been great to get to know them and spend the day bumming around Belfast with a couple of them.

*Have already gotten plugged into some believers through the International Friendship Association. One of the girls was a missionary kid from Malawi, so that's been a cool similarity. Also, one of the guys I've met was going to be a Catholic priest before heading into his field - a really solid guy. On top of that, met Seth Wright and his wife Julie tonight and they've been a huge blessing and will be a great way to get connected to a church here in town.

*Spent dinner tonight with Seth and his wife, Julie. They're incredible and have been so sweet to offer their house and whatever they can do to help me out here.

*Getting a backside room on the house - it's a wee bit smaller, but there won't be as much noise carrying from the street.

*Housing - my house is 3 minutes from both the library and where my classes will be. 5 minutes from the student union. 15 minutes from City Center (the city hall, etc.). 5 minutes from the Botanical Gardens. 10 minutes from Fischwick Presbyterian Church - where I'll likely join Seth & Julie for church - they have a great college ministry.

As you can see in the video about, my room's not much to look at, but I'm really excited for it and I think it'll be great. Small enough to be cozy, but also small enough to motivate me to go study at coffee shops, the library, and outside in parks.

Well, I should sign off and head to bed. Thanks for your prayers!