We're back!

We arrived safely back in Canada, after a 44 hour trip! Back in our house at 4:30 a.m. Some very kind and thoughtful people had come to clean our house and turn the hot water back on! You know who you are! May God bless you richly! All we had to do was shower and fall into bed for a couple of hours.

Sunday was -42C (with the wind chill factor) and as I mentioned, the Sunday before was +42C!! Isn't life so interesting?

Can't wait to see all of you and share our experiences!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Today.....

We are leaving +35 and even +42 to return to Canada.....

Wonder what we will be landing in?

trying to have courage.....

CELEBRATE!

We had a really GREAT celebration today of the first ever, New Life English Class! It was a full house with many guests, great worship, and unforgettable fellowship!

From the book 'Dangerous' by Caleb Bislow & Ted Kluck

"Missions isn't a trip to the zoo. It's not a check list of how many fascinating pictures you took. It's not about seeing places and meeting interesting people. Missions is a hospital. It's about loving, helping, and rescuing people in their deepest areas of need."

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someone else...sorry.....I forget where I got this;

"let it be our deepest desire in life to know God, to hear His voice, and to follow Him!

there will undeniably be moments when you look like a fool as you try to follow God’s voice. Noah didn’t receive the world’s applause when he followed the Lord’s voice. He was rejected and laughed at, but that did not stop him from being faithful to God’s calling.

I’m not ministering in my own inadequate strength.

many of us have  full resumes of what we did for God, I would rather have a resume full of what God did through me!"

breaks my heart......

"Nearly half the world I see is living on less than two dollars a day ........ I see a world where eight million people will die this year alone due to diseases related to their poverty.".....Kyle Idleman

There are many children growing up in this area, with no knowledge or hope of a better life. This is a huge settlement, with literally thousands of cardboard homes. 

This Christmas when you enjoy your family supper, would you please remember to pray for them?

Also join us in praying that God will put us in a place to affectively address the needs of widows and orphans. Thank you!

May the presence of our great God fill your homes and hearts this Christmas and in the New Year!

Dear friends.....

Here are a few of our dear friends from the New Life  Church plant, here in Kinshasa!

As the poster behind declares....we have all this because of JESUS!

This is a BEAUTIFUL country!!  On our way out to a rural area, we travelled on this wonderful road. It was so enjoyable, I wanted to share it with you.