Our First Mission Team

The big move is almost here! It's been about 10 months from the time we found out God was calling us to Medicine Hat, and we move this week! It has been a very cold week, with the coldest day being - 50 Celsius (with wind chill), which is about -58 Fahrenheit. All I know is that after -30 it all feels the same. We are supposed to be out of this deep freeze starting tomorrow and am I ever glad that it will be a high of -12 Celsius. Time to bring out the lotion and the flip flops!

Our first mission team will be coming up from Texas on March 15. They are from First Baptist Church Grangerland near Conroe, TX. I got to meet the new pastor, Jay McIntosh, at youth camp last summer and we totally hit it off. He has been to Canada before about 20 years ago and helped build the maintenance building at the seminary which I could be able to see from my office window right now if it wasn't 1:08 in the morning. He told me at youth camp that since his time in Canada, God has given him a heart for the Great White North. Now the ball is rolling and he has locked in the flights for himself and 4 others of his congregation. Please keep the following people in prayer starting today and ending on March 21. Things you can pray for are:

1. Safe flight to Great Falls, MT and back
2. Safe and hassle free border crossing into Canada.
3. God would show them the need for Jesus Christ in Canada.
4. God would help them (and us) see where He is at work in Medicine Hat.
5. They would like to continue to partner with us in reaching Medicine Hat for Jesus Christ

Please pray for these short term missionaries who are paying their own way to Canada to see what God is doing:

Jay McIntosh
Don Gilsdorf
Sarah Gilsdorf
Kevin Marcotte
Pam Marcotte

Please continue to pray for us as we move to Medicine Hat this week. God has proven Himself faithful time and time again, please pray that we have a safe and hassle-free move.