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5 September 2015

Yes, we are home!

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Mexican road side Although I announced it on Facebook and Twitter, I didn’t actually mention it before here at Finding direction. But yes, we are home!

Our seven days of driving went mostly without incident. I have to admit we did have an engine light come on – apparently due to a problem with our gas level gauge. The cost of repair that I was quoted was incredibly high, so we haven’t fixed it yet. But we should deal with that one day soon – otherwise we’ll run out of gas with no warning!

In the end, we are amazingly thankful to God for a safe return – having accomplished what we needed to accomplish, with medical issues, paperwork, and of course – a (mostly) working van!

So now we’re unpacking – and trying to control the armies of ants that took over our house while we were gone.

In two days I’ll be on my way to meetings with Camino Global leadership in Guatemala. We would certainly appreciate your prayers as we discuss many critical issues. Also pray for Shari as she starts school with Hannah and Nathanael while I’m away.

Then as soon as I get back, community centre classes will begin! I’ve got an English class (my first time teaching one!) and a Bible study that I need to prepare for. Maybe on the plane?

Thanks again to those who prayed – and also helped in so many ways – before, during and after our road trip. God is good!

20 August 2015

This Sunday in Calgary (again)

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Hi everyone! Just a reminder that you can see us this Sunday in Calgary if you missed us last time. We will be sharing briefly on Sunday morning at the South Chinese Evangelical Free Church at 340 39 Avenue SE.

The service is at 9:30am, and will be a joint service in English and Cantonese.

We’re looking forward to coming back to SCCEFC!

17 August 2015

The Van That Was

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So, today we got our (used) new van! If you know the van we had before, you know which one is the new one and which one is the old one in the picture below:

2 Vans 2015 We still have some work to do on it (which is why we wanted to get it as soon as possible), so we’ll be taking it in for some maintenance and getting a few things for it that it will need before our long trip to Mexico. Hopefully we can finish all that this week.

Thanks so much for your prayers! We pray that this will be a tool that God will use.

Speaking of being thankful, this is a great time to be thankful for our old van. God used it to take us a lot of places, to move a lot of people, to move our things and other people’s things – it was a great vehicle for us and we’re thankful. I hope someone else can get as much use out of it as we did!

16 August 2015

The Van Project: Another Update

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Tomorrow I’ll be looking at some vans again, and we have some in mind, so here’s hoping!

I do have some good news in the mean time. All of the funds for the Van Project have now been promised. Praise the Lord! And thanks so much to all of you who have helped with this project.

So here’s the little chart, just to prove it. Thanks for your prayers! Keep praying, we have a long way to go still . . .

Van Project: Final

11 August 2015

Sunday in Calgary – Come see us!

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I wanted to let you all know that we will be sharing this Sunday (that is the 16th of August 2015) at First Evangelical Free Church in Calgary. The service starts at 10:30am. I will be preaching and also sharing about our ministry in Mexico.

If you miss that, the week after we will be at South Calgary Chinese Evangelical Free Church (23rd of August). We will just be sharing briefly. There will be a joint service at 9:30am, so it will be in both English and Cantonese.

Hope we can see some of you there! 🙂

6 August 2015

Van Project 2015 – Update –

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So we have arrived in Canada and are getting to work on the various tasks we need to accomplish before we drive back to Mexico! As most of you know, one of the key things we’re planning to do is replace our van. For more information on why we need to do this at this time, read The Van Project.

Cottrill Van Project - August Update Because of these particular circumstances, we received permission from our mission agency to do a personal project for the van (I believe this is the only personal project we’ve done during our almost 9 years in Mexico). As of the last report, we now have 10% of the total that we’re raising for the van and related expenses.

If you would like to give to this project, it is open until the end of the month. However, because we are planning to buy the van this month, it would be very helpful for us to know what funds we have available.

So if you are planning to give, it would be great if you could let us know, so that we can make our purchase based on what is actually in the project fund.

To give in Canadian dollars, you can donate toward the Cottrill Van Project, project #082708V. The project will be open until the end of August. Visit our Canadian donations page here.

To give in US dollars, please donate to our general fund and not to the project. In other words, you can just make a special gift as you normally would. For information on how to give in $US, click here.

Thanks so much to those who have given to this project! And thanks for those who have asked for an update and shown interest. As you know, our van has been an important tool in our ministry. Please pray with us that we can find a reliable vehicle which can be used in the work in central Mexico. God knows what we need, and He can provide!

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