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9 June 2005

Life of Nathanael

I was thinking of letting Nathanael say some of his favourite words for you, but he’s really not much for talking-on-demand these days. So I’m just stopping by instead to let you know how he’s doing. This is a picture of him playing Jungle Mouse, which he enjoyed very much. If he’d taken the time to write a blog instead of playing games, I wouldn’t be here now.

Some of Nathanael’s favourite words these days are “ball,” “baaa” (the sound of a sheep), “bath,” and “woof” (the sound of a dog), and a few other animal and vehicle noises. He especially likes making airplane noises (which he hears a lot of around here).

Nathanael is eating more and more “big people” food, but he still generally prefers things that are pretty smoooooth.

He likes to read books, play with his toys and get food all over me.

We’ve also noticed his interesting sleeping habits. This is how we caught him on film sleeping today – this must be the “ostrich pose”.

Oh, look. He’s out of his bath and wants to say hi before he goes to bed. Here he is: kh NBAU vb SAAA AAAABBBBBBBBGYSQHBHHGTGFFDCCFFVFRQS G WE

If you haven’t heard it yet, you can check out Nathanael’s recent audio blog here. Until next time! 😛

9 June 2005

Matt at Sitepoint

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Who is this man? This is my friend Matt Beach. Matt is many things – musician, husband, father, songwriter, church sound-system installer. But he’s also a programmer and website designer. He created the Tremble Fish company. He’s helped me out with my web designing on more than one occasion.

But Matt Beach has now truly arrived – he has been published at Sitepoint – the place to go if you’re a web developer. And, on top of that, it’s even a good article. You can see Matt right now on the front page of Sitepoint, or you should be able to go directly to his article.

Matt has designed sites such as Welcome Aboard Photography, and Kids at Computers. Congrats, Matt, on being published at Sitepoint! 😎

8 June 2005

New poll on religion

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A very interesting poll was done in May about religion in 10 countries, including Canada, the USA and Mexico. You might find some of the stats interesting.

1. Do you think religious leaders should or should not try to influence government decisions?
The USA was the #1 country here, with 37% saying that they religious leaders should try to influence government decisions. Interestingly, Canada was #3 at 25%. Mexico was tied for 6th at 20%. That’s not surprising considering Mexico’s history. I was a little surprised that Canada was so high on the list – consider this earlier blog entry.

2. How important would you say religion is in your own life?
86% of Mexicans said it was important, making them the #1 country in that regard. Canada was #4 at 64%, and the USA was #2 at 84%. Those numbers don’t surprise me at all – it particularly shows how different Canada is from the other two countries. In case you’re interested, France was at the bottom of the list at 37%.

3. Which of the following statements comes closest to expressing what you believe about God?
This one was basically asking if you were sure there was a God, or at least some higher power. When it came to faith in God, Mexico beat all 10 countries by a mile, with 80% saying that they knew God existed and had no doubts. Only 1% said they did not believe in God.

The USA was way out in front of the rest, with 70% saying they believed in God with no doubts. Canada lagged way behind in fourth place at 43%.

4. What is your religion, if any?
This and other questions were added, including questions about political parties. The “no religion” numbers were interesting. Italy was #10 at 5%, then Mexico at 6%, then the USA at 9%. Canada was 5th from the bottom at 18%.

So it’s interesting that in many ways we have three very different countries here – Canada the USA and Mexico. But the most “different” of them all is Canada. These three countries have certainly followed very different paths. In some ways their cultures have become more similar over the years, but in many ways the distance between them seems to be widening.

For more on these polls, visit the AP/Ipsos website.

6 June 2005

Back from another trip

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We’re home again!

Thanks for your prayers as we travelled in Alberta this past week. We were blessed by the encouragement of many people, and I hope we were able to encourage them. There are some new financial partners, and some who are praying about becoming financial partners, so we are thankful to the Lord for that. We enjoyed our time at Glendon Evangelical Church, pictured below, and were even able to fellowship with some believers from nearby Maillaig.

Check out our Recent Shots photo album for a few pictures (mostly of the kids, of course!) from our trip. We enjoyed some time at the beach in Lac La Biche, visited some friends of ours who are preparing to go to Spain as missionaries, and were even able to stop in to visit Grandma and Grandpa Cottrill in Lashburn, Saskatchewan.

The countdown has begun – in 9 days I’ll be on my way to Sudbury, Ontario for the training of the Meximize Team. So while we’re catching up after our last trip I’ll be getting ready for the next one. The van is in for repairs today, and we’ll be home doing laundry, preparing training materials, and doing paperwork. Another week has begun! 🙄

31 May 2005

In Lac La Biche

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Today we’re in Lac La Biche, Alberta Canada. I just thought I’d stop by, say hello and let you know how things are going.

We left Calgary on Saturday. Our trip went without any major mishaps. (Ok, there was the time that I had to add more oil to the van so we stopped in front of McDonald’s and I got the oil in and I went to close the hood and I couldn’t get it closed so I tried again and then realized that I’d left the lid of the oil off, so I knew I had to put it back on before we got underway, but I couldn’t close the hood or open it now, and I realized that the lid was jamming it and I couldn’t get to the lid so I unscrewed and tried to dismantle half the front of the van to get to it and sat on some chewing gum and had to get Shari to help while we tried to keep the kids occupied in the hot sun and the lid wouldn’t budge and we tried and tried with various tools and finally I got it out and reassembled the front of the van, screwed everything back together and went into McDonald’s to get a parfait and had to wait in line while a lady’s card didn’t work and still didn’t work and finally I got to order but they didn’t have any parfaits but it was ok because they had those delicious raspberry shakes I don’t know what’s in them but they taste pretty good on a hot day and then we left)

We enjoyed the warm hospitality of the people at Glendon over the weekend. We were at the Glendon Evangelical Church on Sunday. I led Sunday School in the morning, and shared and preached and we sang in the morning service. In the evening there was a music night, and we sang a couple more times. For those of you who are following our blog and are wondering how I made out with an injured finger, the morning was a little rough but by evening things went pretty well, so thanks for your prayers! 🙂

Glendon Evangelical Church has been a tremendous encouragement over the last few years. If you think of it this week, keep them in your prayers as they pray about calling a new pastor. Please pray that the Lord would continue to work and change lives as the believers in Glendon serve Him.

Now we’re in Lac La Biche, where we’ll be for a couple of days before continuing our travel. You can see the details on our calendar, as always. If you would like to pray for us, please pray that we would be able to show the love of Christ wherever we go, and continue to share the vision for God’s work in Mexico.

27 May 2005

About to head north…

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We’re getting ready to head out tomorrow morning for our trip to Central Alberta. Tomorrow we travel to Glendon, where we’ll be for the weekend. On Sunday morning we’ll be sharing in Sunday School and in the morning service, and in the evening we’ll be involved in a music night. We’re really looking forward to it!

After our time in Glendon we’ll be visiting some people in other locals. We’re also hoping to stop by and see my parents in Lashburn before we come home, since we’ll be very close. We’re planning to come back to Calgary sometime next weekend.

If you’re praying, please pray that the Lord will renew us and strengthen us for the trip, and that we’ll be able to find times of rest. Please pray that the Lord would speak through us in everything we say and do, and that we would be able to share His love and truth with each person we meet. And continue to pray for myself and the others who are preparing for the training weekend in Sudbury, Ontario Canada. By the time we get back from this trip, it will be only a week and a half before I leave for Sudbury, and there’s much to be done! And three weeks after that, I’m off to Mexico.

Thanks for your prayers and encouragement! I’ll try to keep you up to date as the days and weeks go by. And now…there’s more to pack…

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