Tuesday, October 5, 2021

On Sunday morning our French meeting was interrupted with everyone going up to the auditorium for Pastor Eastwood to be able to share with the whole church what the church was facing in the way of new C-d restrictions, some of which had just come out Saturday afternoon.  We pray the Lord will continue to give His protection and guidance and the church will be a bright beacon of light to those in darkness.  

That evening, our family accompanied the students of EBBI and the family of the EBBI administrator as they ministered across town in an EBBI day at Jones Lake Baptist Church.  We appreciated the opportunity to minister with them and get to meet those in another church here in Moncton.  It was encouraging to meet a young man in his senior year of high school who is already planning to attend EBBI next year.   

Some other special opportunities the Lord gave us this past week included joining our friends at Plainfield Baptist Church at the men’s missions breakfast over zoom Saturday morning, helping out here at Emmanuel Baptist for a church workday and delivering a fresh apple pie from Cherith’s kitchen to the youth pastor’s family who just welcomed their third child. One of the week’s blessings was having a dental filling repaired that had broken the week before our move to Canada in July.  

We appreciate your prayers for our kids, Adrianna far away at BJU and our boys here with us.  Hockey is big (huge!) up here and the church started a new season of Monday evening ball hockey last week, which Caleb attended.  It is an outreach with a devotional halfway through the evening, and some come from outside the church. Caleb and Josiah enjoyed their first field trip with the homeschool co-op on Thursday as they went to an apple orchard outside of town and picked 20 lbs of delicious apples.

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” (Ps. 46:1).  As many of our family members are going through difficult days, we are grateful for God’s presence and help for each one.  He is answering prayer for my cousin Randy’s family as they prepare to leave SA for the US this week for the funeral and burial of their son Kaleb, scheduled for October 12 in Kokomo, IN.  Another cousin, Michael, was hospitalized on Saturday with C-vd and blood clots.  He is receiving good care but is on a ventilator and in critical condition. We have several family members that are battling cancer.  Pastor and Mrs. Friesen remain in critical condition in the hospital in Saskatchewan.  We covet your prayers for God’s help and care for these precious loved ones.