Catching up

I haven't been on this blog for some time. I thought I should write and share some of the highlights of our spring and summer.

Most reading my blog would probably already know that we had a second child on April 24,07 - Clara Catherine. She is now 6 months old and doing great.

Life is going well for us. We have had some large decisions to make this year. We believe that we successfully found God's will in these areas.

We are now members of New Testament Baptist Church. We were sent out of our old church, Victory Baptist Church to serve at New Testament. I am serving as the Assistant Pastor there. Our goal is to be there for upwards of 2 years. We have wondered if the Lord would have us start an Independent Baptist Church in St. Albert. I have personally have had a burden for that community for a number of years. The question is - are we the one's called to that town? In the interim period we want to be faithful and "give our best to the Master" at New Testament Baptist Church.

We are involved with the youth group at New Testament. We have floor hockey every Friday night during the school year. This is held at the Winterburn Elementary School Gym. We are very fortunate to have access to this gym right now as there are many sports teams that are struggling to have a place to practice.

We are also active in the neighborhoods around us door knocking and sharing the gospel. Please pray that the Lord will open the hearts of people that we come in contact with and that we might see some souls saved.

We are amazed at how the Lord has provided for our church. We had been planning to grade the field behind the church for a sports field. We had hoped to do it this year but thought that we weren't going to be able to do that as we had other needs that were more pressing. The Lord directed a developer to donate hundreds of dump truck loads of dirt to the church. This developer has also agreed to grade the land after the dirt is moved around.

The Lord also blessed with the donation of a comprehensive sound system that will help the seniors in our congregation hear much better. The Lord saw our need and met it - Praise His name!

Emily and I were blessed to be able to go to the National Pastors Conference hosted by Pembina Valley Baptist Church in Winkler, MB. in Sept of this year. As always, we heard some really good preaching and had our souls stirred for the Lord.

The list of blessings could go on and on but suffice it to say the Lord has been good to us.

Till next time.

Minister Medic