{"id":9218,"date":"2018-09-15T18:18:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T23:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=9218"},"modified":"2018-09-15T16:37:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T21:37:11","slug":"looking-ahead-canada-and-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2018\/looking-ahead-canada-and-mexico.html","title":{"rendered":"Looking ahead – Canada and Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"That,You see that? That’s snow<\/strong>. In summer. People in Alberta aren’t impressed. The stores don’t have any winter stuff even for sale.<\/p>\n

Hannah is trying to find a winter jacket – but it’s not so easy. There are only a few around, and they’re the pricey ones. \u00f0\u0178\u2019\u00b2\u00f0\u0178\u2019\u00b2\u00f0\u0178\u2019\u00b2 Must be a run on the stores to find something warm!<\/p>\n

Just for the record, last Friday it was 28\u00e2\u201e\u0192<\/strong>. WHAT is up.<\/p>\n

\"2000
2000 Years of Missions<\/figcaption><\/figure>Ok, enough ranting. We’ve had a busy week here. Lots of fun at the 2000 Years of Missions<\/em> seminar on Tuesday. More appointments and errands this week. And tonight we’re celebrating Mexican Independence at Viva Mexico<\/em>, which is actually a dinner to welcome the ABC Daycare burn survivors from Mexico<\/a>. Who, by the way, are searching for donations of warm jackets. Sizes 4-16. Seriously, what is UP with this weather. Oops – how did I get back there?
\"Viva
Actually, on the bright side, it is an unexpected delight for some of our guests from Mexico to experience snow for the first time (warm jackets needed).<\/p>\n

Anyway, I wanted to give a look ahead, that was the original purpose of this post, right?<\/p>\n

In the short term, we would appreciate your prayers as we go to Innisfail tomorrow to share at Innisfail Baptist Church<\/a>. The service is at 10:30am, if you’re in the area.<\/p>\n

We’re a little disappointed that we haven’t been able to see more people here, but everyone is pretty busy. But you’re welcome to join us tomorrow!<\/p>\n

We will hit the ground running when we get back to Mexico.<\/strong> There’s a conference for missionaries in the country, just a few days after we get back. So we’ll be loading up the suitcases again.<\/p>\n

There’s a church in California that is interested in partnering with the ministry in Ixtapaluca, and they’ve invited the church leaders to come join them for the Expositores 2018<\/a> conference (Expositors Conference, in Spanish). So Lord willing I’ll be up in the US for a weekend for some teaching and fellowship. It will be a good time to get to know the church, but also a good time to catch up with what’s been going on in Ixtapaluca while we’ve been gone.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago we found out that our coworkers will be in the US until the end of December, so we’ll be under an extra load when we get back. So we would certainly appreciate your prayers as we hear from everyone about how things are going and what new and old needs there are, and as we seek to shine the Lord’s light in Mexico again.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is Independence Day<\/strong>! So enjoy some Mexican food, and – if you want to be involved – pray for the people of Mexico – especially those we will be serving when we return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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