{"id":11448,"date":"2023-09-13T12:40:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T18:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=11448"},"modified":"2023-09-13T12:40:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T18:40:38","slug":"unusual-summer-or-silent-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2023\/unusual-summer-or-silent-summer.html","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Summer – or Silent Summer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

If you’re on our Support Team, you should be getting our quarterly newsletter soon, with the theme “Unusual Summer”. Well, it’s been unusual all right, for a lot of reasons! But here on Finding direction<\/strong>, it’s also been rather – silent!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But here I am, finally, taking a moment to write. So, yes, as you might guess, it has been pretty busy, in many ways! If you’ve been following on Instagram<\/a> or X<\/a> or Facebook<\/a>, I’ve at least been trying to keep you up to date on our speaking engagements and seminars (which reminds me, I should send out a reminder about this Sunday! *adding to list*<\/em>). Our schedule is also here, of course.<\/a><\/strong> But there have been a lot of other things going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve enjoyed visiting quite a few churches in Alberta. As a bonus, I had the opportunity to teach a seminar on The Environment<\/em> in Glendon<\/a>, taking a look at the Bible’s teaching and how it relates (quite often clashes) with current views on environmentalism. We have a lot to think about and talk about!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tacos<\/figure>\n\n\n\n


We’re thankful that Nathanael has found a job – er – jobs<\/strong><\/em>. So both he and Hannah are keeping busy, and will likely be even busier as fall activities rev up. But this past Saturday we were able to celebrate Independence Day (Mexico) a little early, by going for tacos together! We even had the chance to chat with someone there from our home state. It was a rare time for the four of us to hang out together for a while!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve had a lot of personal things to get done while in Canada, for ourselves and for family, so that means a lot of trips hither and yon. As I mentioned in our newsletter, when you’re missionaries visiting your “passport country”, you’re usually trying to cram a lot into a short period of time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ministry will be continuing in the weeks ahead, in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and back to Alberta, including another Where did the Bible Come From?<\/em> seminar. I have some fun tweaks planned for the seminar, so I’m looking forward to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, I can’t promise I’ll be stopping by here more often, but I’ll try! Meanwhile, if you’re going to be in the neighbourhood during any of our upcoming engagements, it would be great to see you. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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