Friday, July 24, 2009
10 Hours to Go!
It's almost time to leave. We are meeting at BAC at 3:00am and driving down to Bellingham for our 5:40am flight to Seattle and then on to San Diego. How many of you will be here to see us off? LOL. Here's a list of things we are doing over the next week so you can pray for us. We will also be distributing a newsletter at church on Sunday.
July 25 — Travel to San Quintín, Mexico.
July 26 — Orientation and attend Church service.
July 27 — Begin building house and VBS program.
July 28 — Shop for house family; Continue with building and VBS program.
July 29 — Continue with building and VBS program; Church in the evening.
July 30 — Continue; Migrant camp visit and VBS program.
July 31 — Finish building and Celebration party.
Aug 1 — Return to Burnaby.
July 25 — Travel to San Quintín, Mexico.
July 26 — Orientation and attend Church service.
July 27 — Begin building house and VBS program.
July 28 — Shop for house family; Continue with building and VBS program.
July 29 — Continue with building and VBS program; Church in the evening.
July 30 — Continue; Migrant camp visit and VBS program.
July 31 — Finish building and Celebration party.
Aug 1 — Return to Burnaby.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Four days and counting!
It was a busy week and weekend with another BBQ, buying supplies for the children in Mexico, and getting ready to go.
On Sunday the team was called up on the platform and prayed over by Pastor Tim and the English elders. The church has really blessed us and we are so happy to see God work in people's hearts as they get excited about being a part of the Mexico STM without even leaving Burnaby!
Tonight at prayer meeting we will be emphasising the trip and handing out the first copies of the second issue of our newsletter. Be sure to come out and pick one up! I will post it here in a couple of days.
On Sunday the team was called up on the platform and prayed over by Pastor Tim and the English elders. The church has really blessed us and we are so happy to see God work in people's hearts as they get excited about being a part of the Mexico STM without even leaving Burnaby!
Tonight at prayer meeting we will be emphasising the trip and handing out the first copies of the second issue of our newsletter. Be sure to come out and pick one up! I will post it here in a couple of days.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Dinner a Great Success
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who attended our dinner and the many who helped us put it all together and allowed it to run smoothly. There were about 70 people there and everyone seemed to enjoy the food and the fun with piñatas. We told everyone about ourselves, why we are part of the Mexico team, and what we are hoping God will accomplish through this trip.
Clarence and Nate were amazing and their assistant Maria ensured that everything came together. You guys rock!
Clarence and Nate were amazing and their assistant Maria ensured that everything came together. You guys rock!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Short Team Mission
Please look carefully at the title again! Although no one has yet asked me why the Mexico trip is being called a short team mission instead of a short term mission I hope some noticed. It's not just because we're a Chinese church. We're actually quite a tall team, except my wife ;-))
We want to emphasise that this trip isn't about a short one week term in Mexico but it is about a team engaged in mission. There are seven of us on the team and as we were commenting on Monday evening at our prayer meeting if it wasn't for this trip most of us wouldn't be hanging out together. Jesus chose 12 disciples to train for three years so that they could carry his message to the ends of the earth after he departed. We haven't spent three years together but it has been a process of growing and it is essential that we learn about one another and learn to work together. Our first "big" event was the hot dog BBQ a couple of weeks ago. Tomorrow evening we are putting on our biggest event to date, which is the dinner and presentation. Both those events pale in comparison to travelling down to San Quintin and beginning to work together in building the house and doing VBS for the children. We are building a double sized house which is ambitious for a team of seven but we are confident that we can get it done well. We also want to give our hearts and attention to the children we are doing VBS with.
Many of you have offered to join our team and support us in prayer. Thank you to all our team members both going and staying! We will post a list of prayer requests for you to lift up for us while we are away. Blessings always!
We want to emphasise that this trip isn't about a short one week term in Mexico but it is about a team engaged in mission. There are seven of us on the team and as we were commenting on Monday evening at our prayer meeting if it wasn't for this trip most of us wouldn't be hanging out together. Jesus chose 12 disciples to train for three years so that they could carry his message to the ends of the earth after he departed. We haven't spent three years together but it has been a process of growing and it is essential that we learn about one another and learn to work together. Our first "big" event was the hot dog BBQ a couple of weeks ago. Tomorrow evening we are putting on our biggest event to date, which is the dinner and presentation. Both those events pale in comparison to travelling down to San Quintin and beginning to work together in building the house and doing VBS for the children. We are building a double sized house which is ambitious for a team of seven but we are confident that we can get it done well. We also want to give our hearts and attention to the children we are doing VBS with.
Many of you have offered to join our team and support us in prayer. Thank you to all our team members both going and staying! We will post a list of prayer requests for you to lift up for us while we are away. Blessings always!
Dinner tomorrow night
Many of you are joining us tomorrow night for a Mexico STM dinner and faith raiser. We are calling it a faith raiser because although we hope to raise enough funds for the house before we leave we also want to make sure everyone knows why we are going to Mexico and what we hope to accomplish there. Some have the opinion that a short term mission is nothing more than a sanctified vacation. Others think that a short term mission can change the world in only a week or two. Both of those are extremes and we hope that you will know what we expect to accomplish and who it is we intend to help.
Blessings and see you tomorrow at 6:30pm in the MPR.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Hot dogs, get your hot dogs here!
We are planning on selling hot dogs again this coming Sunday in the empty lot beside the church. Come on out and get your red hots!
$2 hotdog
$1 drink (pop or water)
50 cents for a bag of chips
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