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Trilingual Weekend

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We enjoyed our time with Bill and Ryan this weekend, visiting from South Calgary Chinese Evangelical Free Church. It was a bit of a trilingual weekend, with a bit of Cantonese being thrown around along with the Spanish and English!

Ryan, Bill & Jim out for tacos in Mexico City

In fact, Ryan gave the benediction at the Sunday morning service – in Chinese. Another reminder of how we all can worship God together, no matter what our country or language!

I did some site-seeing with these guys, and showed them a bit of the ministry up-close as well. We talked a lot about strategies for future ministry. Thanks for visiting, guys! Come back soon, and bring your friends! 😀

Saturday night was our last Bible study for a few weeks. The adults finished up the Chronological Bible Study with the last segment – “The Triumph of the Lamb”.

Here are the kids from Shari’s study – keep praying for them – some are probably not believers yet.

Saturday night kids’ study

On Sunday we continued our study of Hebrews, and the Ten Commandments. A friend from Uruguay shared special music. The Mothers also got celebrated with a small gift and a song of blessing (it was Mother’s Day on Friday here). 🙂

Las Palmas Moms

And now we’re diving into the activities of the week! It just might be someone’s birthday this week, so there might just be a party coming soon. 😉

Current Preoccupations

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I haven’t written much lately, because Manic May is here (actually, it kind of started early this year)! But I thought I’d better stop by to let you know we’re still alive and kicking.

Some of the youth led worship this past Sunday at Las Palmas

One big activity has been paperwork – remember that? Yes, it never really ends. Two members of the family have had official paperwork to review, and as usual it’s a multi-step complicated process. But we’re getting there, little by little!

Some individuals have birthdays in May, as you may know, so we’re getting ready for that!

You could pray for our first visitors who will arrive on Thursday, from South Calgary Chinese Evangelical Free Church. We’re looking forward to spending some time with them, so we’ve been busy preparing everything for our time together.

For me (Jim), Saturday is the “Grand Finale” of our Chronological Bible Study. The final study is called “The Triumph of the Lamb”. We also continue with our study of Hebrews – lovin’ Hebrews 11 right now – and I’m preparing to continue the 10 Commandments study – we’re onto “Remember the Sabbath day…”.

Well, that’s just a few of the things we’re thinking about right now. Thanks so much for your prayers! We continue to be encouraged by the way God is working in our lives here. But we have a long way to go, by His grace!

Calgary. And, meanwhile, in Mexico . . .

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So we finished one of our busiest weekends of our time in Canada. We’re thankful for what the Lord has done, and thankful that my voice held out!

The Where did the Bible Come From? seminar went well (from my perspective) with about 30 people. We had some great conversations about Bible versions, the canon, how God preserved His Word – good times. It would be great to give the seminar again while we’re here – so let us know if you’re interested!

SCCEFC - Jim with translator GraceThen on Sunday we zipped around to three services, and I preached twice and shared thrice. That was at South Calgary Chinese Evangelical Free Church. An encouraging time, although it would have been nice to have more time with people. Maybe we’ll be able to stop by again.

I was very thankful for my brave translators, who did a great job!

But for now we’re heading to Saskatchewan for a while.

Meanwhile, in Mexico – well, first of all, in Russia, Mexico beat Germany in their first game at the World Cup! Yes, the goal did indeed “cause” an earthquake in Mexico. Indirectly.

Anyway, where was I? Ah yes. Meanwhile, in Mexico, the Mount Calvary Team had a great time of ministry, from what I heard! Check out a report at Rod’s blog – Mount Calvary June 2018

Continue to pray for Mexico as the national election draws near – less than two weeks now.

Calgary: Upcoming Ministry

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For those of you in the Calgary area, I want to make sure you know where we’ll be and when this month. Plus, you can click the graphics below for a larger version to share on social media or in an email if you’d like.

☞ First of all, we’re hoping that as many of you as possible can come to the Where did the Bible Come From? seminar. We really want to pack this seminar full because I think it will be very useful to you, both personally and as you share with others. It’s a very interactive and practical seminar.

So please come and invite your family and friends!

You do need to register ahead of time (but it is 100% free!). The link is on the graphic, but I’ll include a live link here. You have to register for both days separately, which are the evening of Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th morning/early afternoon. Here you go: Register for Where did the Bible Come from?

Where did the Bible Come From? promoDon’t miss it – and be sure to share the graphic!

Also, we’ll be giving a Mexico Report and in some cases preaching on the 10th and 17th:

FEFC Calgary——————-

SCCEFCAt SCCEFC I’m sharing in all three services, but only preaching in the Cantonese and Mandarin services.

Finally, if you’re in the Three Hills area you can come for a Mexico Report, and a time of prayer:

For a complete schedule, updated as I have information, go here. Hope to see you soon!

Sunday in Calgary – Come see us!

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I wanted to let you all know that we will be sharing this Sunday (that is the 16th of August 2015) at First Evangelical Free Church in Calgary. The service starts at 10:30am. I will be preaching and also sharing about our ministry in Mexico.

If you miss that, the week after we will be at South Calgary Chinese Evangelical Free Church (23rd of August). We will just be sharing briefly. There will be a joint service at 9:30am, so it will be in both English and Cantonese.

Hope we can see some of you there! 🙂

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