Monday...

Hi Guys back home!

This is Matt. I wanted to apologize for anyone who was expecting to be getting regular e-mails home. We have had a really interesting time trying to get internet here everyday. In fact, I am currently typing this on someone's wi-fi that isn't password protected in a neighborhood. Crazy. Hopefully this website has been doing a good enough job of keeping you informed as to what we have been doing. The teens are all having a great time and we are looking forward to coming home soon. Here are the entries that we weren't able to upload yesterday...

8-14-06

Today we took a ferry to Rathlin Island. The island was very beautiful; there was a lot of plant life. We had mass at St. Mary’s church. The church was located at the top of a monstrous hill. The mass was very good. There were roses outside of the church and they were some of the biggest roses I have ever seen. Afterwards, we went down the hill to eat our lunches and explore the island more in depth. A bunch of us went up to see the light house (and the beautiful scenery). When we got to the light house we found a trail that was off of the road (which we have been following) and found an amazing cove thingy. (Dinner just arrived so Tom Liptak signed off…)

Tom

8-14-06

This morning we had breakfast, and we met with Germans on the bus. So we had arrived at the boat that took us to the island. We went to St. Mary Church and the church was on top the mountain so we have to walk all way top and we have to wait like half hour. At 11:30am, we went to in the church. After church, we had lunch so after that we went play so football like “soccer” that was really fun time. I think every one is enjoying the time here. When we got back to the main land, we went shopping.

Mike Robinson

We had a nice meal at the Cushendun Tea Room and Restaurant. Then, we enjoyed some great traditional Irish guitarists and vocalists lead us in song. It was very festive. We are so happy we had the opportunity to come here! We are about to load the bus to head back to Belfast now.