Ministry glimpses

4 August 2018

A Quick Update About What We’re Up To In Canada

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Thanks so much for your prayers for us during our time of ministry in Prince Albert! Yes, my voice did hold out – a little painful by the end, but I think everyone could hear me. 🙂

2000 Years of Missions (just a glimpse!) We very much enjoyed our time at Community Bible Church – and it was great to see those of you who came even from other churches to visit!

Thanks also for your prayers for the VBS in Las Palmas. We have gotten lots of good reports – many children who attended were from outside the church, and there have been some new people coming to worship on Sunday mornings.
ReBoot Alberta 2018
Today, Hannah will be heading to ReBoot Alberta, a week-long camp for MKs who are transitioning to life in Canada! I’m sure Hannah would appreciate your prayers as she goes. It looks like it will be a fun time!

On top of that, we have lots of work to do. We’ve been dealing with various medical appointments, getting errands done, getting other work done, preparing for upcoming ministry, and so on.

On the 12th we’ll be at Penhold Church of Hope, just south of Red Deer. If you’re in the area, it would be great to see you! The service starts at 10:30am.

For more on our upcoming schedule, just check our summery itinerary here.

Thanks again for your prayers! I hope we can see many of you soon.

5 July 2018

Family, Friends, and Missions History

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We’re keeping busy here in Canada, and enjoying Canada Day Month (I just made that up, but that’s ok)!

We’ve been enjoying some time with family and friends along with continuing ministry. We enjoyed some time with friends in Caronport, doing such very patriotic things as visiting the Canadian Forces base in Moose Jaw, a key base for the Royal Canadian Air Force. We had an excellent tour. (You know you’re in Canada when the military personnel passing you in the hallway apologize.)

CFB Moose Jaw On the 1st I taught a Sunday School class in Caronport on the modern era of missions history, which was fun. It’s been a while since I taught it, and I learned a few more things about history and the current state of world missions this time around. I look forward to learning more as I repeat the seminar again later this month.

Now we’re celebrating my in-laws 50th anniversary by spending some time together as a family in BC.

During this time the Mexico election happened, which many of you have been hearing about on the news. As you have probably noticed, there’s a lot of speculation – news that isn’t really news – and so we will wait to see what happens. But we are thankful that the Lord is the sovereign King of all nations.

19 June 2018

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 Grace Then 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.

14 June 2018

The First Week in Canada

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We were stopping by my nephew Jevon’s school to see a (very cool) project that he had been working on. We were walking through the halls when another student asked Jevon if we were all his family. Hearing an affirmative, she swore in amazement.

Seriously, girl? In Mexico, we bring more family members just to go grocery shopping.

Well, we’re obviously not in Mexico anymore.

So just a week in, we’re still adjusting to life here. The way our schedule here works, the very beginning and very end of the trip are probably the busiest, so we’ve hit the ground running. Or, I should say, sprinting.

We very much enjoyed our time at First Evangelical Free Church, and then at Prairie Tabernacle, meeting a few new friends and reconnecting with old friends. We’ve also had business to take care of, sometimes expected and sometimes unexpected.

We had a tour of Hannah’s new school and dorm this week, which was pretty cool.

We’re gearing up now for the Where did the Bible Come From? seminar on Friday and Saturday. By the way, there is still time to register (until 7pm tonight) if you’re in the area! We really want to fill it up, and there’s still space left. Just click the link above. Invite your friends!

On Sunday we’ll be at the South Calgary Chinese Evangelical Free Church, before ending our first very quick visit to Calgary. We’ll be back later in the summer.

Well, gotta run!

Playing a game with cousins — Hannah and Nathanael try a new game with their cousins.

2 June 2018

An Eclectic Friday Night

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Yesterday we enjoyed a brief Bible study (and a little party! – because it’s our last study for a while) with some friends in Las Palmas. We talked about Romans 12:1-2 (cool passage – I know it’s a familiar one, but always worth another look), and some other interesting topics. 🙂

Then we headed up to the church in JesÃºs MarÃa (yes, it’s literally up), where the youth group there and some other friends had a goodbye party for Hannah. Everyone had a chance to ask Hannah some questions, we prayed for her, and then we chatted over hot dogs for a while. 🙂 Always interesting conversations with that group too!

Fun with friends!

11 May 2018

FusiÃ³n and other Ministry in April/May

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I’ve been slow to report on recent ministry, because it’s just so crazy around here right now! May is traditionally our busiest month, and this year is no exception.

Word of Life in Las Palmas — The Word of Life team with some of the Las Palmas congregation.

Anyway, we did indeed have a great time with FusiÃ³n, the group from Word of Life Mexico. They were here for the Children’s Day weekend at the end of April. They put on events at all three churches, presenting the gospel and connecting us with new people in our communities.

A moment from “The Great Escape” with the Word of Life team

Between the team and those here, we had some great conversations with people and several people made confessions of faith. Please continue to pray for those who heard God’s Word through these events.

The team also participated in our morning service, teaching Sunday school and sharing from God’s Word in the service.

We had more visitors last weekend, from a church in California, who came to see what all the excitement is about here. 🙂

We have a busy weekend coming up, where all four of us will be serving during the morning service – fun fun fun! AND, it’s “birthday month”, so there are some parties coming up.

If you want to hear more about the Word of Life team, check out Rod’s blog – he has a video there if you can view it in your area: Word of Life/Palabra de Vida Mexico for Kids Day 2018 (video)

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