This was a bit of an experiment, attempting to record a few clips from the missions conference and weave them into an audio blog. I’m afraid the audio quality isn’t great. I could improve it, but that would take time I don’t have! 🙂 So, for what it’s worth, here’s a brief report on the Prairie Missions Conference 2005…
I’m just about to go out the door to travel to Three Hills, Alberta (about an hour and a half from our house). I’ll be at Prairie Bible Institute for their Mission Conference, where I’ll be representing CAM.
We’re also looking forward to getting together with some friends while we’re there. Shari, Hannah and Nathanael will just be there today, and I’ll be there until Saturday.
Yesterday I was accosted with a major migraine attack. Now normally I try to plan for these things, so I was somewhat prepared for the shortened week. However, it’s been so busy that I admit I was put a bit behind. So I’d appreciate your prayers, that I’ll be able to collect my thoughts and be ready for the conference, and for Sunday, when I’m speaking at our home church (First Evangelical Free Church) in Calgary. This is our opportunity to share about our visit to Mexico in July. I’m looking forward to it all, but I want to be ready!
I’d better run and load the van. Talk to you later! 😎
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If you’d like a bit more of an in-depth look at who we are and our ministry, you can see our “BioPak” in pdf format. We’ve had this online for a long time, but it was all in separate pages. We now have it all in one ebook (we have the technology!), that you can download.
Our BioPak is the material that we give to churches so that they have a good overview. Looking at the ministry ahead this month, I made sure they were all updated, so it’s hot off the press, and you’re the first to know!
By the way, I had forgotten where that little quote came from – we have the technology. Do you know? Think 1970s. Think Col. Steve Austin.
Anyway, enough of that. Go to the BioPak page.
Are you looking for something new and fresh for your small group, or Sunday School class? For the past few years we’ve been offering certain services to churches and groups in North America. We’ve had information here on the website in pdf format for quite some time, but I just added it as a normal web page to make it a little more accessible.
So if we can help your church or group, give us a call! This new page will give you an idea of what types of things we offer, including seminars and training sessions. Be sure to contact us if you have any questions. 🙂
Good morning! I’m just stopping by to let you know what we’ve been up to lately. But first, I wanted to share this cool picture from fellow bloggers at MexiText of a Mexican wedding with a mariachi band. You can click the photo to see more pictures of theirs on Flickr.
As you may know we’ve been sick, and I’m afraid we still are – Shari and I, anyway. So it’s been pretty hard to get the work done we need to. We’ve been trying to get done what we can.
I’ve been trying finish my course. This week I sent in my first (smaller) paper. It was on Open Theism (“Does God know the future?”). So now I’m working on the thesis and outline of my last (bigger) paper. After the paper I just have an exam, and I can start on the last course (please pray that the other 44% can be raised for the tuition – see Prefield Training).
We’ve also been trying to get our presentations together from our trip. We’re working on a new set of information mainly for individuals, as well as church presentations. Our next church event is in just over 2 weeks.
On top of that is all the other paperwork that goes along with the job. There’s always lots to do.
Tonight we’re going to try to go to a little Mexican fiesta – this time to see fellow Mexico missionaries, the Neufelds, who are in Canada for a few weeks.
After my earlier optimism, we just found out that September was the lowest month of donations for our ministry since January 2004 (and probably the 3rd lowest month since we started with CAM)! With the rising expenses that I recently mentioned in our prayer requests, we’re finding that we need more wisdom and faith from the Spirit in the weeks ahead. Please continue praying that more people would catch the vision for the work in Mexico.
Still, pledges continue to come in. I know I have at least two more to add to the list. Praise the Lord for each of these people! 😎
In our last newsletter, we mentioned that we needed about 57 more financial partners before we could leave for Mexico (some of the later newsletters said 54). In a month’s time, that number has dropped by 13, to 44 – praise the Lord!
As many of you know, we’re preparing to move to Mexico. Before we leave, we need 100% of our monthly “financial support” pledged, so that we can cover things like rent, insurance and ministry expenses in Mexico. Individuals, families, churches and other groups have been pledging monthly, bimonthly, yearly, etc, amounts toward this 100%. These pledges help pay the bills now and bring us one step closer to our move.
So why do we say we need 44 more partners? Well, this number is based on a calculation that takes into consideration things like the current exchange rate, the number of financial partners we have now, and the average amount of a pledge.
Please pray with us that the Lord would bring more people to be a part of this ministry. If that number keeps dropping at this rate, we’ll be in Mexico in no time! And that will be cause for more praise. 🙂