Ministry glimpses
Orientation and Disorientation
Today I went to visit Julian and Malu here in Calgary to continue their information orientation (or is that disorientation?) as new appointees with CAM International of Canada (yes, soon the be Camino Global).
We had a good time – Julian and Malu love the Lord, love His Word, and love Mexican food. So guess what we ended up talking about for a lot of the time? That’s right – the Lord, His Word, and Mexican food. Which does rather lead me to believe that Mexican food will still feature prominently in the new heavens and new earth. 😉
Seriously, do pray for this couple as they start out preparing for ministry in Ixtapaluca. They have been involved in ministry in Mexico before in various ways, and because he is Canadian and she is Mexican they’re used to living in two (or more!) worlds. So we appreciate their experience an insight, and also realize that in many ways this will be another new journey for them.
Malu and Julian were very gracious as I was in a LOT of pain today – the migraine meter hitting a higher point than it has for a while. It’s been a difficult week, and we as a family have been short on sleep (for various reasons – mostly kids up in the night!), so we would appreciate your prayers that we can get some rest and be feeling better.
And tomorrow – we’re off to Innisfail and looking forward to serving in the worship service and seeing old friends and new. 🙂
Maximizing Your Short-Term Mission Trip (video)
This past Sunday we enjoyed spending the day in Mirror, Alberta. In the evening I presented the Maximizing Your Short-Term Mission Trip seminar. Below I’ve shared some clips from the first half hour of the seminar, so you can hear a little of what we talked about.
For more on some of the seminars we’ve offered, see our seminars page.
Mandarin and More (podcast)
So this past Sunday we shared in English and Mandarin. A little about that, and a little about what’s coming up, in this podcast…
A quick hello
Hi everyone!
I’m just stopping by again to catch you up on the news. First of all – all of you in the Calgary area that we haven’t seen yet, don’t forget we will be in Calgary this Sunday! We’ll be at the South Calgary Chinese Evangelical Free Church at 11am. It will be a special Thanksgiving service – I’ll be sharing about Mexico and preaching as well. Don’t worry, the service is in English (if you want to go to the Mandarin service, I’ll be sharing about Mexico through a translator – 9:30am).
By the way, I remember one time when we were at the SCCEFC and I lost my song… ah the memories!
For details on our other events in Alberta, check out our Tour 2011 page. There may be another event or two added in the next week or two.
The search for a van continues. I looked at one possibility, but it just wouldn’t fit into our price range no matter how hard I pushed and shoved and crammed. I’ve searched out some other possibilities in person and online, but nothing yet. Thanks so much to those who are praying!
We had a great time up in Glendon last weekend – thanks to everyone there for your encouragement and fellowship! I hope we can do it again! 🙂
So that’s the story for now. From here on in we’re going to be doing more travelling around – continuing, of course, with travel all the way to Mexico! But not yet…
Sunday in Provost (video)
Yesterday we were at New Hope Gospel Church, enjoying fellowship (and great food) with our friends there.
Normally I don’t take a lot of pictures or video when we’re leading something at a church, but this time I took just a few clips during our Children’s Ministry Seminar, which we gave in the afternoon.
First, here’s a picture from the road on the way to Provost:
And here’s a very brief (about 2 minutes) video. I didn’t take any video of the more interactive times, so you’re missing out on all the fun parts. Still, it will show you a little of what we’re up to. 😉
Thanks to all the enthusiastic people who took the seminar this time! If you’d like this or another seminar at your church, find out more about them here.