McMurray Scotland-Ireland Mission Blog

Family Visitors When one is serving a mission, no matter where in the world that is, the thing that becomes more meaningful and cherished, is family. We have been very blessed as in our first 8 months in the Republic of Ireland we were assigned to Dundalk, which is exactly a 1 hr 10 minute drive to Tina's family in Belfast, Northern Ireland - brother James and sister-in-law Lorraine and their family. We made that trip probably 7-8 times, and James and Lorraine visited us twice in Dundalk. Our daughter, Michelle, who lives in Lichfield, England, was also able to get over for a visit last February. We are now just looking back on 10 days of having my sister, Jayna Campbell from Dallas and our daughter, Michelle visiting. They overlapped for a few days. And tucked in there, I had a big birthday - you know, the one that officially signals that you are old, with the silver lining of giving you discounts almost everywhere, Yay! Thanks to everyone who provided their birthday wishes. Cliff...

Food, Sunshine, Friends.... Picnic in Fitzgerald Park with Kashapov's and Elders. A great start to the week. Beryl Spears is so loving and kind. She and husband, Peter, live in Bantry, about 1hr 20 minutes west of Cork. They are faithful church members and we felt a nudge from above to go and visit them.  Peter's birthday is same as mine, Aug 24th. And, Peter has been to Cardston, Alberta - 2 reasons to like him. In South Africa where he is from, he met and became friends with Kent and Donna Pitcher of Cardston. The Pitcher's invited Peter and his then wife to visit in Cardston, which they did. They loved Cardston so much they almost moved there. Didn't do that but the Pitcher's were an inspiration to the Spears in them deciding to serve a senior couple mission which they did twice. We spend about 4 hours with them and really learned to know them and love them. My sister, Jayna Campbell, of Dallas, TX came on Tuesday night to begin a visit. We really appreciate the ...