Winter Tires and a loving God

I know I have promised over and over that I will post my thoughts about moving to Saskatoon and how we made it here and all that God did to get us here, and he did many a miracle, but I am just having such a hard time putting it all down in words, so it will have to continue to wait.

I do want to share a little 'God moment' that happened to us last week. Shortly after we moved to Saskatoon we realized that we would need to be a two car family, so we got on Kijiji and began looking for a car, well we ended up purchasing a 28 year old Volvo station wagon, not the best car in the world but the price was right. Well we hadn't had the car for long when a couple in the church saw Nathan getting into the car and asked where we bought it and how long we had had it for and as it turns out it had been their car, and they had sold it to the man we had gotten it from. So that is a fun story, but it gets better.

With the fall of the first big snow we quickly realized that the Volvo would need new winter tires, not an expense we really cared to purchase, but in Saskatoon you NEED winter tires. Before we even had a chance to price out new tires I received a phone message from the same gentleman from our church who owned the car before us, letting me know that he had a pair of gently used snow tires that they had purchased for the Volvo when they owned it sitting in storage and that we could have them free of charge if we wanted. A gift we very graciously accepted.

Our loving God once again looked after us in a miraculous yet simple way.

God cares about the little things too. 

Pretty Crazy

Fall time is coming

I can't believe how fast time flies! Since my last post there has been many things that have happened. I had a successful week speaking at camp (mostly, long story to come), a second successful week of VBS and a week of holidays in Winnipeg/Niverville visiting with family and friends.
Now with fall coming quickly I am trying to finish up planning and recruiting for children's ministry.
Stay tuned for my funny (and not so funny) camp story and a few posts on what I have been learning about myself. Until then, have a great week!
Enjoy the last of the summer weather!

VBS DAY!

So I am so excited! I received my VBS material today. I am using Standard Publishing's Inside out and Upside down on Mainstreet.
It looks so good. I'll post more when I get a longer chance to look at it!

Week of Prayer

We have started our week of prayer here at EBC. We have had a pretty good turn out so far, small but passionate groups of people who have a heart to see the will of God being done in their church and their city.
If you are from EBC or just from Saskatoon, please come check out our prayer time this week. They are at 7:15 am, 12:15 noon, and 7:15 pm. They are for 30 minutes.
If you are a mom with little ones not yet in school, I would be more than happy to hold a baby during the lunch hour prayer. Just leave a message on this blog or Facebook me to let me know that you need my baby holding services!

¹² In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. (Eph 3:12)

Technology dependent

Here I am sitting at my desk without a computer, because mine was not behaving itself, with little to do. What do you do at work without a computer? I pulled out my phone to check my emails, Facebook, and twitter just to keep up with the world, I ran errands, and cleaned my Sunday school rooms.

Now I guess I wait.

My new computer is suppose to be ready this afternoon.

What would you do if you didn't have your computer at work for a day?

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Location:Taylor St E,Saskatoon,Canada

Playgroup

Every Thursday morning we have a parent supervised playgroup. I think it is pretty fun. We have about 50 children and 30 parents who all come for 1-2 hours and play. We have climbers, wiggle cars, a rice table, costumes and even a bouncer. Of course we have coffee and tea for the parents and juice for the kids. It really is a good program. I love seeing the different groups of people talking and hanging out. Each week it seems like we have people who have been for the first time.

I am looking to add to this program. I am wondering what type of events or programs would be beneficial for young parents. If you are a parent or are in ministry to young families please share any ideas you might have to better my program.

My prayer for this program is that every lady who comes on a regular basis will be intentional at inviting someone from the community.

Mid Week program

I'm looking to start a mid week program here in Saskatoon and I am not sure which one to do. I am leaning towards Christian Service Brigade. I love their focus on male leadership and developing boys into godly men. It is hard to be a boy right now in our society and I think that the mentoring and relationships that are built in a program like this would be great!

one of these things isn't like the other

I was at my denominational pastors' meeting today, meeting the guys for the first time. I had to chuckle at the group I was in. I was the youngest in the room and was 20 years younger that 80% of the attendees. I was one of two women. I know that those numbers shouldn't surprise me but they do. I love what I do and I have come to realize that right now I will stand out in a crowd like that, as the young female children's pastor. I'm ok with it.

Wow What happened

Ok, so I can't believe that this blog is still just sitting here begging to be taken care of. Maybe I should start again. Maybe I should erase my two sad little posts and start clean. But then I would be missing a part of me, (my lack of focus and dedication part, mind you). So I won't start again, I won't delete my past, I will work from now.

So where am I now? I find myself in Saskatoon SK. I am at a new church, with a new job (long story, I'll fill you all in later). I am now and children's pastor at a baptist church and I have to say that I love it. God has performed miracles to get me here (well they seemed like miracles to me) and I know that it is for his GLORY that I am here.

I will post the journey. But not tonight. :)