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5 June 2018

Calgary: Upcoming Ministry

For those of you in the Calgary area, I want to make sure you know where we’ll be and when this month. Plus, you can click the graphics below for a larger version to share on social media or in an email if you’d like.

â˜ž First of all, we’re hoping that as many of you as possible can come to the Where did the Bible Come From? seminar. We really want to pack this seminar full because I think it will be very useful to you, both personally and as you share with others. It’s a very interactive and practical seminar.

So please come and invite your family and friends!

You do need to register ahead of time (but it is 100% free!). The link is on the graphic, but I’ll include a live link here. You have to register for both days separately, which are the evening of Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th morning/early afternoon. Here you go: Register for Where did the Bible Come from?

Don’t miss it – and be sure to share the graphic!

Also, we’ll be giving a Mexico Report and in some cases preaching on the 10th and 17th:

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At SCCEFC I’m sharing in all three services, but only preaching in the Cantonese and Mandarin services.

Finally, if you’re in the Three Hills area you can come for a Mexico Report, and a time of prayer:

For a complete schedule, updated as I have information, go here. Hope to see you soon!

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!

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!)

23 May 2018

Summer Activities!

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Just because we won’t be in Mexico this summer, doesn’t mean we can’t be involved in what’s going on. And so can you – through prayer!

Well, it’s going to be a fun summer. The first team arrives on the 8th of June, and the last team leaves at the end of July. Our friend Samuel (and elder at the church in JesÃºs MarÃa) came up with a logo for the summer teams:

pickleball outreach — (Spanish speakers, please ignore the typo. Let’s just say we like pickle juice.)

Apparently, visitors can experience the popular game of pickleball in the second week of June (a game which apparently celebrated it’s 50th anniversary three years ago. Who knew?). One of many community centre outreach events.

The church in Las Palmas will be working together with a team from Pennsylvania (Hope Community Church) to put on a VBS during the fourth week of July. Please pray that this international cooperation will reach a lot of the kids in the community!

The youth of our church are also raising money to go to a summer camp put on by Word of Life Mexico. The theme will be … er … how would you translate that? I guess you could say, Get Passionate! Although in English that sounds a little too passionate for a summer camp! 🙂 Looks like it’s a soccer theme – can’t imagine why.

Oh! And how about this tempting looking baking class, which will take place in the community centre in JesÃºs MarÃa with the help of one of the teams.

Of course, this is all on top of the regular activities and ministry going on. That includes a series on the book of Philippians on Sunday mornings – sorry to miss that! And a continuing series in Sunday school on the heroes of the faith in the Bible.

It all sounds like fun, but remember – it’s all with a purpose! To serve the community, and most of all to share God’s Word! So pray for the events of the summer, and all the many many who will be involved!

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)

26 April 2018

Do You Receive Our Newsletter?

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We send our a quarterly newsletter, called “Notes from the Cottrills”.

Do you receive it? Great! If you’re in doubt whether or not we have your current address, be sure to let us know. We’re getting a special letter ready for you now!

By the way, if you are wondering if we have your address, just check if you received our last letter. It would have been around the beginning of February, and it featured art by Hannah. The theme was the love of God, and it contained news about earthquake relief, our upcoming time in Canada, health issues, and other ministry updates.

If you don’t receive our newsletter, you can! Just go here to sign up.

Now this is a little confusing, but everyone who receives our newsletter is a part of our “Support Team”. (Confusing because some people equate “support” with money, but we use it in a broader sense. Maybe I should change the name to something catchier. Or maybe we should keep bucking the trend.) Those on the team are considered special partners with the ministry.

So everyone on our Support Team receives our newsletter. If they like, they can also receive our “email update”, which is sent out a little more frequently, sometimes in the case of an urgent prayer request. About 40% of those who receive our newsletter also receive our email update.

About once a year, we send out a paper newsletter to everyone (even those who usually receive the newsletter by email). This allows us to share more private news that we don’t put online, or include special goodies. 🙂

So if you’d like to be a part of the team, go here!

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