On Wednesday, January 23rd, we will be heading to Edmonton. We will be attending a conference called Break Forth on behalf of Pioneers. If any of you will be there, come visit us! :)
For those of you who do not know, Break Forth is the largest equiping and renewal conference in North America. We are looking forward to connecting with many leaders in ministry that will be coming from across Canada. Our hope is to get people excited about what God is doing around the world, and help them see how they can play a part in that.
We will also have a couple of days in Wetaskiwin in hopes to get together with old friends, supporters, and spend sometime with Joe's family. We will be in Wetaskiwin till the 30th, so if you are in the area let us know. We would love to get together!
Please be in prayer for us over the next week, and also all those that will be attending Break Forth! We would really appreaciate that!
Enjoy LIFE!
Monday 21 January 2013
Thursday 17 January 2013
2013 and Married! :)
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone!
I have updated our blog now that we are married, and also thought I would put up a few pictures from the past month!
(I will post more wedding photos later.)
Thursday 14 June 2012
"Lord, I Need You"
Lord I come, I confess
Bowing here I find my rest
Without You I fall apart
You're the one that guides my heart
Lord, I need You, oh I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You
Where sin runs deep, Your grace is more
Where grace is found is where You are
And where You are Lord I am free
Holiness is Christ in me
Yes where You are Lord I am free
Holiness is Christ in me
So teach my song to rise to You
When temptation comes my way
And when I cannot stand I'll fall on You
Jesus You're my hope and stay
And when I cannot stand I'll fall on You
Jesus You're my hope and stay
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Tuesday 12 June 2012
Wednesday 6 June 2012
God is good.
I GOT A JOB!!!
After what seems like forever...I finally have a job working part time at Sears! It has been super exciting to see how God has brought this job together. The owner of this particular Sears is a Christian and has a really amazing vision to make Christ known there. I am really glad to have found a job that looks like it will be better then anything I expected.
Things with Pioneers have been going really well! It was exciting to see 5 people go through our Candidate Orientation this past week. Each of these people are super excited about missions and hope to be on the field sometime soon. It was great to be apart of that through speaking in one of the seasons, building relationships with them, and hanging out with two of the kids whose parents were attending.
Lots of other things have been happening as well! Just yesterday we hosted an MK Workshop. It was a great opportunity to have 25 people come out from a variety of different mission organizations to share resources and ideas of how we can be a better help to MKs (missionary kids). We also had a speaker named Michele Phoenix come out and share, which was really helpful! (http://michelephoenix.com/)
I really encourage you to watch this video that Michele put together....
Something that a lot of mission agency in Canada have begun to notice is the big need for MK care. The USA has done a lot through re entry camps and special programs to help MKs. In Canada though we have very little resources, no re entry camps, and not many people devoting time to caring for MKs.
One of the ways we are hoping to be a better help in Canada is by starting up a re entry camp to happen next summer (2013). This will be a way for kids who are going to be entering university or who are in the first or second year, to process their life as an MK, help make their transition to Canada easier, and really be a support and encouragement to them. These camps have been really helpful to MKs who have done them in the US, and it would be great to start one up in Canada!
On a personal note, life has been going a lot better lately! It was encouraging to be able to meet up with my family in Michigan this last weekend. They have recently left Australia and are on their way to Minnesota to work with a mission agency called City Vision.
It is starting to now feel like I actually live here...not quite "home" yet, but it is getting there! I have been really encouraged by the exciting things I have been able to be apart of at Pioneers and also getting a job at Sears! It is hard though after seeing how much need there is to work with MKs and also in the other areas I am involved in at Pioneers, to really wish I could be there full time! At the moment though finances are still really low, so your continued prayer for funds would be really appreciated!
Thanks so much for your prayers and encouragement!
PS...I will try and put some pictures up of where I live soon!!
After what seems like forever...I finally have a job working part time at Sears! It has been super exciting to see how God has brought this job together. The owner of this particular Sears is a Christian and has a really amazing vision to make Christ known there. I am really glad to have found a job that looks like it will be better then anything I expected.
Things with Pioneers have been going really well! It was exciting to see 5 people go through our Candidate Orientation this past week. Each of these people are super excited about missions and hope to be on the field sometime soon. It was great to be apart of that through speaking in one of the seasons, building relationships with them, and hanging out with two of the kids whose parents were attending.
Lots of other things have been happening as well! Just yesterday we hosted an MK Workshop. It was a great opportunity to have 25 people come out from a variety of different mission organizations to share resources and ideas of how we can be a better help to MKs (missionary kids). We also had a speaker named Michele Phoenix come out and share, which was really helpful! (http://michelephoenix.com/)
I really encourage you to watch this video that Michele put together....
Something that a lot of mission agency in Canada have begun to notice is the big need for MK care. The USA has done a lot through re entry camps and special programs to help MKs. In Canada though we have very little resources, no re entry camps, and not many people devoting time to caring for MKs.
One of the ways we are hoping to be a better help in Canada is by starting up a re entry camp to happen next summer (2013). This will be a way for kids who are going to be entering university or who are in the first or second year, to process their life as an MK, help make their transition to Canada easier, and really be a support and encouragement to them. These camps have been really helpful to MKs who have done them in the US, and it would be great to start one up in Canada!
On a personal note, life has been going a lot better lately! It was encouraging to be able to meet up with my family in Michigan this last weekend. They have recently left Australia and are on their way to Minnesota to work with a mission agency called City Vision.
It is starting to now feel like I actually live here...not quite "home" yet, but it is getting there! I have been really encouraged by the exciting things I have been able to be apart of at Pioneers and also getting a job at Sears! It is hard though after seeing how much need there is to work with MKs and also in the other areas I am involved in at Pioneers, to really wish I could be there full time! At the moment though finances are still really low, so your continued prayer for funds would be really appreciated!
Thanks so much for your prayers and encouragement!
PS...I will try and put some pictures up of where I live soon!!
Monday 7 May 2012
Just keep swimming...
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to
show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
We are afflicted
in every way, but not crushed;
perplexed, but not driven to
despair; persecuted,
but not
forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in
For we who live
are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be
manifested in our mortal flesh.
So death is
at work in us, but life in you”…
“So we do not lose
heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our
inner self is being renewed day by
day.
For this light momentary affliction is
preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
as we look not to the things that are seen but to the
things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4
When life is hard… “Just
keep swimming, Just keep swimming.” :) You know…for the last three years I have
idolized the idea of living in one spot and setting up a place as home, and be
able to really invest where I am. Now that I am finally able to do that…it has
been a whole lot harder than I thought it would be!
It has been stressful
not finding a part time job, finances, making friends, looking for a church…etc.
I don’t usually get homesick but lately I have found myself missing so many
different things! …Wishing this or that.
I even found myself
driving to the airport down the road at
midnight to ease my feeling of homesickness. (Not to go anywhere, just sit in
the car park.)
All these things,…but
not stoping and truly thanking God for what I do have. My dad actually sent me the verses above in 2
Cor., which have really challenged me! So often I think my life is all about
me. But my life is a “treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing
power belongs to God and not us.”!
My life’s purpose is
to reflect the glory of God. I want to be a person who reflects His glory, and
does not butt against it. I have been fighting what God is doing in my life,
instead of being as clay. And though things have been hard…what encouragement
there is in the verses….
“We are afflicted in every way, but not
crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed…”
God is good – in the
good time and in the hard times.
Unending
Love
There's no silver or gold
And no treasure untold
That could draw me away from Your heart
Neither love of myself
Or of anyone else will do
Jesus nothing compares
To this grace that rescues me
Saviour now and forever
Your face is all I seek
Now all I am
I lay at Your feet
I'm humbled by the wonder of Your majesty
One thing I know
I find all I need
In Your unending love
In Your unending love
Letting go of my pride
I lay down my desires
Just to worship in Spirit and truth
More than all of my dreams
More than fame I will seek You Lord
Jesus nothing compares
To this grace that rescued me
Saviour now and forever
Your face is all I seek
And no treasure untold
That could draw me away from Your heart
Neither love of myself
Or of anyone else will do
Jesus nothing compares
To this grace that rescues me
Saviour now and forever
Your face is all I seek
Now all I am
I lay at Your feet
I'm humbled by the wonder of Your majesty
One thing I know
I find all I need
In Your unending love
In Your unending love
Letting go of my pride
I lay down my desires
Just to worship in Spirit and truth
More than all of my dreams
More than fame I will seek You Lord
Jesus nothing compares
To this grace that rescued me
Saviour now and forever
Your face is all I seek
Thursday 3 May 2012
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