Psalm 29:11-11
May the Lord give strength to his people!
May the Lord bless his people with peace!
May the Lord bless his people with peace!
This year we embarked on what would turn out to be the most rewarding, refreshing and rejuvenating outreaches in our whole time as a ministry.
On July 4th, a caravan of camping evangelists showed up in our hometown and snuggled into our back yard to enjoy the fellowship of the Gospel while we prayed, praised, ate and talked the things of the Lord, making the most of our time in encouraging and strengthening one another for the daily work to be given us by our King.
This caravan consisted of two families from New Brunswick Canada, along with two brothers from the U.S.A.
The Osborne family: Jerry & Maria with their young men Andy and Alex who blessed us with such humility and love, not to mention the laughs and prayerful concern for their hosts. What a blessed family indeed who poured out blessings on us all at every turn. The desire to grow in Christ was clearly seen in this family and will have lasting impact on us for eternity.
The Sippley family: Chris and Paula with their beautiful children Nathan and Zoe. It was such a delight to be blessed by such a joyous family, who shared their joy in abundance, leaving big smiles on everyone's faces. Not to mention their wisdom, humility, love and the beautiful example of what it is to live out the christian life that was clearly shown through them.
Mike Stockwell: Our family and ministry team will certainly miss the unique blessing that Mike brings with his joyful humor, his evident and tangible love for his Savior along with the continuous outflow of exhortation to be focused on the King.
Robert Gray: Robert's humble character, quiet spirit and the sharp focus of knowing Christ, being like Christ and being an example to all those around him of what modeling Christ should look like with genuine passion has certainly blessed us profoundly.
Backyard Fellowship being enjoyed in the "Open-Air Preacher's Trailer Park"
Friday July 5th we set out to start off our mission by loading up with 10's of thousands of tracts to distribute along the parade route. With several different types of tracts we split up into two teams, Team 1 tackling 9th Ave travelling West, Team 2 on 6th Ave going West from 1st Street S.W. Once completed we met at 9th & 9th for a quick debrief before heading off to Stephen Ave.
Riding the LRT down to 1st Street S.W. at the Stampede Parade
The first person we ran across once arriving onto Stephen Ave was "The Whistler."
After he whistled us a couple hymns which were indeed a blessing, he bragged so pridefully about his talent that we challenged him to examine himself.
Here Robert is asking The Whistler if he has truly repented of his sin before God
The rest of the afternoon and Saturday was spent on Stephen Ave which bore many fruits including speaking to a man named Ron who had "walked away" from his Anglican church. He had just been flooded out of his basement apartment and was virtually starting over in his later portion of life. After being challenged to look at his sin, including forsaking the gathering of the Saints, Ron heard the proclamation of the Gospel. He then exclaimed; "That was so Powerful!" He was then encouraged to be a part of a church and since he lives Downtown was pointed toward Calvary Grace Church.
Kevin speaking with Ron before praying with him for God's help.
As Sunday dawned and we were able to rest and reflect upon the two days spent, it was evident to us that this was just the beginning. God was strengthening us and bringing us together that we might share the Good News to many more thousands of souls, persevering in "contending for the faith."
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