Great is Thy Faithfulness

I am sure we can all see God's hand at work in our lives if we stop long enough to see it.  On Saturday after they read Ruth's name and she walked across the stage and she got her scroll and got "hooded" with her MSN the tears were just flowing.  It was a time of rejoicing and thanking God again for his faithfulness to our daughter.  She worked so incredibly hard however there were some huge challenges as she worked full time and juggled her classes and all of her clinical hours.  Even her getting into the Family Nurse Practitioner program was through the hand of God.  Many people in her program applied to several universities as it is so hard to secure a spot.  She applied to one believing if God wanted her in the program He would work out the details.  Life was so crazy busy for her and at times when she didn't know how she would have the time to get everything done.  Then, all of a sudden a surgery would get canceled and it would free up time in her schedule.  There were times it looked like the school might not find a placement for her to get her clinical hours in.  But each semester something worked out and many times it was with a doctor or nurse pracititioner that really invested in Ruth and it made for a wonderful learning environment. In the middle of the intense 27 months of nontop school she had to change jobs to work weekend hours to get all of her clinical hours in during the week.  Once again God worked out an OR job that worked with her schedule.  So as you face incredible challenges in life remember with GOD all things are possible. He is there for you, lean into Him.  It was a huge privilege that it worked out in our schedule to be able to attend Ruth's graduation and celebrate with her.  YEA GOD!!!!

Through Sunshine and Rain

Rain or Shine we were not going to let it hamper our joy in making some fun memories together as we celebrated Ttus's graduation.

Before Titus's degree ceremony the dean had us all do the wave together.  It was pretty cool!

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology: Data Networking and Security

Although Titus offically completed his degree Dec. 14th, 2018, today was graduation day.  It was very special to be able to celebrate with him.  This morning was the commencement ceremony and this evening was the Degree Presentation Ceremony. (There was rain throughout the day so his Degree Presention Ceremony had to be changed to another time and location.) There have been so many "Yea God Moments" throughout the last 4 1/2 year.  It was so nice that Zachary and Elisha could drive up to join us in celebrating this day with Titus.  Way to Go Titus!  We are so proud of you and all your hard work!

Until We Meet Again

One of the joys of our ministry here at the training center is to meet so many great people.  We greatly enjoy investing in people and building a relationships with them.  Although we are so happy and excited to see our graduates moving on into the next phase of ministry the good-byes are always hard as you never know if and when we will see them again.   A few days ago we said good-bye to our good friends, Megan and Christian and their three boys. We had the priveldge to spending a lot of quality time together.  Our lives have been enriched by their friendship.  After their 20 months here in Canada we made a lot of fun memories and we will really MISS these dear dear people.  Now we will be cheering them on from afar.

Building Blocks for Strengthening Families

Last week I had the privilege of attending an  MK Summit.  This group of people heavily invests in the lives of MK's and the missionary families.  The MK Care Team, the Educational Resource Team, someone representing one of our Bible schools, and overseas consultants attended (some via skype) were in attendance.  Our theme was "Building Blocks for Strengthening Familes".  We heard reports from all the different departments and there was a lot of brainstorming and sharing of ideas.  We also talked about how we can help families who live in isolated situations.  We also had a guest presenter who skyped in to give us a seesion on Building Stronger Emotional Health through art therapy.  She has many years of experience as an art therapist. For the past ten years she has invested her time in helping the missionary family with all the transitions and extra stesses they live under.  Through art therapy she has seen God bring healing, seen relationships restored, seen children's stress level decrease and a host of other things.  I appreciated all her creative ideas to help the missionary family thrive.  It is always an encouragement to hang out with coworkers who are spread out all over the world, but who have the same focus in helping our missionary families.  I have come back with some new resources and ideas that I hope will enhance my ministry.

Chef Vernon

Vern is in the middle of teaching a curriculum development class.  He tries to pull in all sorts of examples while he is teaching.  As is talks about all the prep that goes into writing up lessons he talked about cooking and all the prep you go through.  So as a fun out of class event, he cooks a Chicken Curry meal for the student body.  I help in cutting things up and making naan bread but he is definitely the main cook.  It is always so much fun to hang and connect with out students especially over yummy food.