Praise God, a new believer

I just came from a visit with my friends on the reserve Label and Loretta. They have been through some really challenging days and were seperated for close to three weeks. It looked like their marriage was ending. The power of prayer changed things for them and their extended family.
Through the seperation Label realized his true need for God and for His intervention. It has had an effect on his siblings as well. Last night at the native Bible study, Labels sister Freida gave her heart to Christ. She had been resisting the Lord for years but last night she asked for repentance and has begun a relationship with Christ.
Loretta and Label shared with me their desire to have me begin to disciple them and their extended family. I am thrilled to be able to minister in this way.
Though I did not personally pray with Freida to accept Christ in to her life, I know I played a part. I have tried to make an impact in Loretta and Label's lives and in turn they have been able to invite Freida out to the Bible study where she could experience the peace that they have been talking about.
I could not do what I do unless people like you stood behind me. Thanks for your investment in the life of Freida.

Weekend in Syracuse

I know it has been a long time since I have written anything on my blog, so I thought I should send an update.

I spent this past weekend speaking at a missions weekend at a church in Syracuse, NY. It was nice to be able to share about what God has been teaching me through my missions experience.

I was able to share about the missions opportunities that exist within COI and hopefully find some people who would like to do a short term mission trip or serve as summer interns.

The best part for me personally was to be able to spend time with the Grant family. Don, the pastor of the church, and his wife Susan have been friends of ours for a number of years, in fact Don gave Ruth and I our first opportunity to be involved in ministry back in the early 90's.

I was reminded this weekend of how much of an impact hurricane Katrina has had on my life. As I was sharing some of the wonderful lessons I had learned and sharing the stories of some of those we were able to help, my heart was moved again with compassion for the people of the gulf coast. I looked at some of the pictures I had taken during my time in the gulf and I was reminded again to keep the stories and images of the gulf alive in others.

Tonight I head home on a 12 hour bus ride, not too excited about that. I am presently working at Youth For Christ in Montreal, doing some catch up stuff. It has been good to be able to do some planning for the summer trips in Montreal.

Blessings to all...