Prayer and Praise

26 July 2018

Prayer Opportunity: Big Weekend Ahead!

We’re approaching the half-way mark of our tour of Alberta and Saskatchewan! Right now we’re in SK, and looking forward to being in Prince Albert this weekend. If you’re in the area, check out our weekend activities here (just look for the date), and consider joining us!

Preparing for "2000 Years of Missions"! — Preparing for “2000 Years of Missions”!

If you’re able to come Sunday morning, great! But if you have other commitments, you can join us for one or both parts of the 2000 Years of Missions seminar.

We would appreciate your prayers for the weekend. This is one of those seminars that may look simple, but it does require many hours of prep and setup. And I’ll be going from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon between the seminars and preaching and sharing and so on.

So pray that my voice will hold out! 🙂

But more than that, just pray that God would give us all strength and endurance – and that God’s Spirit would speak through us as we share. May we all grow in Him this weekend!

You could also pray for the vacation Bible school that’s going on in Las Palmas now! The group there needs lots of endurance as well, as they share God’s Word with those kids. Pray that the children would come out, and that God would speak to them through His Word.

Thanks so much! I hope we can see lots of you in Prince Albert on Saturday and Sunday!

12 July 2018

Family and Heritage

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We’ve enjoyed some time with family and friends lately, and a Sunday off (we enjoyed worshipping at Kimberley Baptist Church, but we weren’t on stage at all!). 🙂

We enjoyed some time in Kimberley, BC with Shari’s brother and his family, Shari’s sister and her daughter, and Shari’s parents – the main purpose being to celebrate Shari’s parents’ 50th Anniversary!

So an extra congrats to them. ðŸŽ‰

Wingers in front of The Old Bauernhaus Restaurant, celebrating their 50th!

It was great to spend time with the family, which is spread out between two continents and three countries normally!

Now we’re back in Alberta, and the schedule is picking up again. On Sunday we’ll serving at Mirror Alliance Church, and then on to Glendon and then on back to Saskatchewan for lots more! Remember, you can check out our full schedule here. We hope to see as many of you who are in the area as possible!

Oh, I forgot to mention. We had fun on Tuesday at the Calgary Stampede! The “greatest outdoor show on earth” is certainly a part of Hannah and Nathanael’s heritage. ðŸ¤ Another 102,204 people joined our family at Stampede on Tuesday, meaning well over 1/2 a million people so far – and Stampede isn’t over yet!

We do appreciate your prayers as things will be especially busy over the next three weeks. Let’s do it!

Calgary Stampede 2018

30 June 2018

Prayer Requests for Sunday – Caronport & Mexico

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Hi everyone!

We’re currently in Caronport, Saskatchewan! I’m taking the Sunday school class tomorrow at Caronport Community Church to teach the 2000 Years of Missions seminar (Modern Era). I would appreciate your prayers, as it’s not an easy seminar to teach. But I pray that God will use the material for His glory.

But I also wanted to remind you all to pray for Mexico tomorrow. The 1st of July is the national election. We know that God puts rulers in place, and removes them. But it is still appropriate to pray that His will would be done, and that there would be peaceful voting, and that Mexico would remain a country in which the truth can be shared freely.

Thanks for your prayers!

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.

29 May 2018

Exciting News!

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We are excited to announce that Matheus da Silva, who served with us regularly in 2016/2017, will be joining our team here in Ixtapaluca!

Matheus is a Brazilian who lives in Portugal. He came to school at Word of Life Mexico, and part of his education included his weekend trips with several other interns to serve in Las Palmas.

Rebecca, Hannah, Matheus, Karen Matheus will be crossing the ocean again to join us on a full time basis – basically as an intern for a year.

We very much appreciated Matheus when he was here last. He and the other interns who came played a key role in the beginning of the new church in Las Palmas. He has been serving in Portugal since then, in his local church and also in Word of Life Portugal.

Lord willing, Matheus will be coming through Camino Global and FAMEX (a Mexican mission agency associated with Camino), and we hope to see him in Ixtapaluca before the end of the summer. Rod has been working hard at navigating that paperwork and general bureaucracy involved in getting Matheus from here to there.

Matheus teaching Please pray for Matheus, that God would prepare his heart for the ministry ahead. Also pray that the funds he needs would come in quickly, and that God would raise up more people to commit to pray for him during his time here.

If you’re interested in supporting Matheus through prayer or financially, please contact us.

There’s an interesting family connection between the Frys and Matheus – you can read about that, plus see some more pictures and videos, right here. (By the way, yes, this post has the same title as Rod’s. I wanted to go with something else – but frankly, this is just plain exciting news!)

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