Fall Tour

Well, tour is here and it's going well. We've had some interesting programs. It's hard to flexible, but we do what we can. It takes a bit of extra effort to do part programs as opposed to full programs because we know how a full program will run because we've done it several times. I'm doint a lot of reading on the road. The Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker is an amazing series. I highly recommend them. This weekend we will end up in Nipawin for 5 days. There will be much catching up with family, old friends, and seeing Dielle. I am very happy about that. I may have a hard time going to bed while staying in the in the dorm though ( I hear that's the plan). It'll be wonderful!

We're visiting some awesome Churches. It's so exciting to see what God is doing in different communities here. It's a privilege to join for one morning or evening. God Bless you all.

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We get a whole day and a half off this week! I'm thrilled beyond imagining. We told Janelle that she can't do any work tomorrow because she'll get burned out. She works very hard. I'm going to break my own rule. It's okay. I take some time to chill everyday. I force my mind off work after 9:30. It's a good rule. Then I can do some work on Monday.

Today was our last Sunday in our home church. I'm gonna miss it. We did a program there and I got to preach. It was cool. I like preaching. Although I do need to do a bit more research on Oliver Cromwell before we get to England (he was English and they'll know all about him). He's one of my sermon illustrations.

I'm excited for fall tour. Partly because I want to get going and partly because we're going to NBI for 4-5 days!!! I get to stay in the dorm, see Dielle... it will be a jolly good time. We leave this Friday. One more week of training camp!

Timely Answers to Prayer

A little while ago, our team had a great answer to prayer. We meet to pray every morning. One of our requests this particular day was for spiritual renewal. We were tired and needed some spiritual and physical rest. At breakfast, we got some great news.

We had been praying for a Christian school in Uganda that was under threat of being shut down. A group of Muslims were planning on buying the land surrounding the school and making the property inaccessible. The missions organization sent out a request for money to buy the land first. VTI responded by contacting some of their alumni and requesting money for this on behalf of the school. As the deadline for purchasing the land approached, the Muslims were celebrating, saying, "Muhammed is greater than Jesus". Two days before the deadline, God proved them wrong. The money made it and the school stayed open. Praise God!

This answer prayer answered the request we made that very morning: spiritual renewal. We had a morning of prayer that day. God is good! He Loves to answer our prayers.

I currently have more than enough support for this month. We'll see what happens in the months to come. God will bring in the money as I need it.

Beauty in insanity

My teammates have discovered a new way to torment me. The other day, while we were doing dishes, I was scrubbing the pots and pans and silverware. I always try to finish the silverware first for no apparent reason and I don't like to miss any because it's easier if we do it all in one bunch. After I wash the silverware, it goes through the sanitizer and then to the dryers. It is this bunch of people who are my tormentors. You see, I missed some silverware and and bemoaned the fact loudly. After taking what I missed to the sanitizer, I came back to discover more silverware in the sink. I KNEW that this silveware had not been there when I had left and, seeing that there was a rack of silverware currently being dried by suspiciously smiling people, I began to make accusations. They were justified and correct, but they didn't help except to seal for myself a fate of silverware randomly appearing in the sink well after I washed the rest of it. I, began freaking out this particular time and drew the attention of a staff member. When he asked what I was ranting about, James replied, "Silverware". I like it here.
BJ

leaving the nest

This has been a big weekend for the team! It was our first weekend away from training camp. We were billeted out to different families in our home church and we led singing on Sunday morning. We did not have a staff member along to guide us. I suppose you could say we were trying our wings or something like that. It was a wonderful weekend and we still love each other. In fact, we're getting tighter every day. God is really blessing us. We had a team day off today. We were told to go into Calgary and have fun together. So we did some shopping for a few necessities and we stopped in at a Christian bookstore (Blessings) and bought some books and cds. It's always so hard for me to look through book stores and only buy one book. However, I was sucessful, as usual, in limiting my spending to $23: a cd and a book. It has a been a jolly good time, but I am tired. Sleep is good.