SUNSETS & SNOW!

What a beautiful sunset we had this past week. Doesn't it look like the woods are on fire? It was just breath taking! God loves to leave us speechless! Last Sunday it was 70 and this Sunday {10/28} it was in the 30's when we got up. We were quite excited to get a picture of our first snow in Canada.

Sunday Drive!

What a beautiful day for a Sunday drive. The weather was sunny and the countryside is always picture perfect. As we were leaving church today we went on a tour of the church and are looking forward to having Garrett and Jake get involved with their youth group Wednesday evenings and all of us getting into Sunday School. What a blessing the service was, today we knew every song, {up until today we didn't recognize any worship songs in the churches we visited} and there was a visiting missionary from West Africa. How exciting to hear how the Lord is building His church there. I have posted another photo album below of the pictures I took today as we drove around...I hope you enjoy them!

Canoe Trip, Visit to New York, & a Festival!

So much goes on here in a week that it's hard to keep up! Wednesday the 3rd we went on a canoe trip down the Saugeen River. It was a beautiful trip and lots of fun.
Then on Friday the 5th we packed a suitcase and headed to New York where we we be staying with my {Jen} parents. We had a three day weekend where we packed every second of it, believe it or not it was very relaxing and a lot of fun. We were able to spend time with family and friends. Bill & the boys were able to get an afternoon of paintball in while I shopped and spent time with my mom and sister, Shelly. Saturday evening had us all relaxing and catching up with close friends, Pastor Len, Hope and the Rector family. Sunday we were up and at our home church where we were able to share briefly of our time in Canada and see our dear friends at Seneca Community. Sunday afternoon Bill's mother cooked an entire Thanksgiving dinner for us seeing we won't be home for our traditional Thanksgiving in November. What a great time we had with his family, sharing and catching up. Monday we started packing up to head home! My mom and brother, Bob gave us generously from their gardens. {some was fresh, canned, and frozen}, a dear lady from church sent us home with two boxes of food, and another family sent us on our way with a cooler full of "treats". There are somethings that we were going to learn to live without and beef and butter were on the list...thank you to all who blessed us "above and beyond."
We made it back after a long wait getting to the border...2 miles took 2 1/2 hours. God is so good to us...He blessed us with an amazing weekend, safety in travel, and being with our loved ones. We were ready to get back to our training and lives here. We had a Festival on Friday, the 12th. We ate hot dogs, enjoyed some games and laughing with our classmates and teachers.
There are pictures of the canoe trip, our trip to NY and the festival...Enjoy!

New Tribes Mission History

We have the privilege this week to listen to one of New Tribes first missionaries. Les & Lorraine have been with New Tribes since 1942 when they started. Listening to the history and God's faithfulness throughout the years is truly a blessing. Les shared that there were seven men who stepped out in faith and organized what we know today as New Tribes Mission...one of these men is 96 years old and continues to have a vision to reach the lost and a desire to go. Yes, I said go. He still wants to go back to Indonesia! God Bless him! We want to thank you all for your prayers last week as we went through some special training, it all went very well and we are grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of it.