Cochrane Ontario

4 June 2014

Upcoming Weekend in Cochrane

So – next on the agenda – Cochrane Ontario!

(On a side note, in case you’re wondering, Cochrane Alberta came first, and Cochrane Ontario came second, surprisingly enough. Who knew? The Alberta one was incorporated officially 7 years before the one in Ontario. Apparently, neither one is related to Zephram Cochrane.)

Anyway, we’ve enjoyed our time reconnecting with people in Moosonee, and we’re heading back to Cochrane on the train this afternoon for a weekend of ministry.

That’s right, the seminar will be back on Friday and Saturday for any of you in Cochrane who would like to join us! On Friday and Saturday we’ll be back into ancient mysteries, papyrus fragments, and strange aquatic creatures of the Middle East as we study where the Bible came from. 🙂

On the sign above you can see English, French and Cree. I’m afraid the seminar will be in English only – although a little Spanish may sneak in!

On Sunday I’ll be preaching and sharing a bit about what God is doing in Mexico City. Hope you can join us!

28 July 2009

Cochrane, Ontario

Jim Ministry glimpses 2

We’re enjoying the people in the French/English town of Cochrane, Ontario at the moment! On Sunday I shared about Mexico and preached in the service at the First Baptist Church, and since then we’ve been able to spend a little time with people here, talking and laughing and wading and praying and eating and four-wheeling (it was Hannah and Nathanael who did the four wheeling. I think they’re hooked!). 😉

Our previous visits to Cochrane have been pretty brief, so it’s great to have the time to do more than just say "Hi" (of course, this is too short too, but it always will be until Eternity!).

We’ve thought a lot about our friends in Cochrane while we’ve been in Mexico, and we’ve prayed for them, so it’s great to see what’s happening here in person.

We even talked to some people who want to come down to Mexico both short term and long term, and that’s exciting!

We’re looking forward to spending some more time with some people in town today. In between times we have lots of work to get done, including getting ready for our train trip tomorrow to Moosonee, where we’ll be until Monday.

Our van takes a drive in Cochrane, Ontario.
Like much of Ontario, Cochrane has been pretty rainy lately.

24 July 2009

We made it to Ontario!

Jim Family, Ministry glimpses, Prayer and Praise 4

1:28pm, 24 July 2009
Yes, we made it to Ontario! After a whirlwind trip visiting family and getting other business done (everything from paperwork to shopping to x-rays), we’ve made it at last to Ontario – a place to stand, a place to grow (as an old song says, for the uninitiated). No doubt we’ll be growing, but we won’t be doing a lot of standing!

We’ve got another full day of travel ahead before reaching our first main destination – Cochrane (see our schedule here). I’m looking forward seeing everyone there again – it’s been a long time.

As we go I’m finishing some updates on my Maximizing Your Short Term Mission Trip seminar, which I think should be useful to people considering short term missions (and those who have been before). It looks like I’ll be presenting it at least three times (but if anyone else is interested while we’re in the area, let me know and I’ll see what I can do).

And although we finally have all our places to stay booked while we’re in Ontario, we’ve still got a lot of work to do to make sure we can see as many people as we can while we’re here.

Meanwhile, the trip is interesting too. We’ve learnt where the cleanest washrooms in Canada are (in Lloydminster, SK, according to the sign and the local reputation) (and if they’re the cleanest in Canada, the country where even the dirt is clean, they must rival any in the world!). Today east of Winnipeg we visited the washrooms that must be competing for the dirtiest, but for some reason they had no sign.

Oh, we’re also trying to teach Hannah and Nathanael more useful information about the country (then again, what can be more useful than "where’s the washroom?"), like geography and history and how to pronounce Kapuskasing and all stuff like that there. Even saw a bear and a moose today. And didn’t hit either.

Well, I’d better go – we still have some driving ahead of us today! And we’re looking forward to landing in Cochrane tomorrow and enjoying our time with people there. Tomorrow night our mad dash east is finished!