You may or may not have heard about my recent trip to Manitoba's North. SBC does this missions trip to Native communities and I just arrived home from that. We were gone for 8 days and we have tons of stories to tell. I will be posting a few of my journal entries from my time there.
I went to a community of 2,500 people known as Split Lake Cree Nation. My team consisted of myself, Niki Dyck, Corrina Dyck, and Jeff Schalla. I'll post a few pictures of our team and our trip as I get them. In the meantime enjoy the journal articles. Thanks for your prayers while I was up there and feel free to ask questions if you have such. Hopefully you are encouraged by what God is doing among His people in Manitoba's true North!
Journal Entry #1. Pre-trip Thoughts.
Today we traveled
by bus up to Thompson. It’s officially the furthest North I’ve ever been in
Manitoba and I’m already feeling more Canadian and we’ve only just arrived.
Bring on the adventures.
Looking at our team as we prepare
for ministry in Split Lake I’ve noticed some great team unity and I’ve been
blessed already by the sense of one-ness and excitement that is brewing there.
We’ve been blessed with a large variety of spiritual gifts and passions and I’m
excited to see what this team will look like in action. I’m sure that God has
some great adventures in store for us.
Within the team we have been praying
for sensitivity to Northern culture. We have also been trying to pray less
selfishly, praying instead for others around us and for the needs of Split Lake
rather than focusing our prayer times exclusively on ourselves. This has
brought neat perspective to our preparation I think.
Personally, in the days leading up
to this trip I have been quite nervous and afraid. There may even have been a
sense of dread floating around. Leaving my comfort zone is never easy. However,
I know in my heart that this is exactly the adventure that God wants in my life
and that this is going to be a great step towards growth in my life. As we
traveled up and heard from some of the people here already my nervousness has
been dissipating quickly and is being replaced with excitement. I’m looking
forward to reporting the adventures and lessons God has taught me at the end of
this trip.
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