In early February Alastair was approached by Danny, the manager of Lismanult Celtic FC, wanting to do a 24-hour indoor soccer marathon fundraiser for Haiti. As Alastair had helped raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis by running the Dublin Marathon, Danny wanted to return the favour by sending the money raised for Haiti to assist the work of OM in three orphanages near Port-au-Prince. This coincided with the TeenStreet reunion at Lacken House and the teenagers and leaders we were able to take part in the soccer marathon. €2,100 was raised and we had a couple of newspaper articles giving some welcome publicity to our work.

The Fitness programme for Lismanult estate continues with different forms of exercise each week including Hip Hop dance, cardio kick-boxing and "Bollywood" style being led by some of our international team members. The local women all seem to enjoy the variety and Helen has been to most of these sessions! We praise God for the opportunities to share the gospel through these various initiatives in Roscommon.

For the St Patrick’s Week outreach in Athlone, 13-20 March, the Big Red Bus and prayer team will be working in schools, street work at night with the Bus, and taking part in the St Patrick’s Day parade. We have five people from overseas joining with OM staff to work with the local churches for this outreach. Pray for our team members Julia and Junior as they plan and make final preparations. The Junior Golf Camp, 27 March-3 April, takes place at Glasson Golf Club, the same venue as last year. Anders Forsbrand will be coming with a group of nine coaches from FCA and we have now advertised in all the golf clubs in the area. Alastair will be very involved with both of these events.