Christmas Party Volunteers

We are praising the Lord for the 5 Christmas Parties that were held in the public schools in Orillia, plus the Christmas Party at our Good News Club. 8 children made confessions of salvation. It was so exciting because these children all clearly knew that they wanted to have their sins forgiven! Some of the volunteers are pictured here.

CYIA Retreat

It was neat to join the 19 young people that gathered from Friday to Sunday for the "CYIA" (Christian Youth in Action) Retreat. Once again I was so impressed and encouraged by the desire of these young people to love the Lord and praise Him even when it is tough.

One of the fun things that happened was a time of drama exercises. Some of them were quite hilarious. The picture shows a restaurant scene. They also acted out the Christmas story. It was really neat to see them get involved in personalizing it.

Montreal!

Arret (stop) sign to prove it was Quebec! It was so neat to be in the midst of a French speaking "country within a country". Although most of our time was spent in meetings, we did get to have fun and see a few things over the five days. The sad part was that David had to stay back at home to keep all the work going there, while Debbie and I got to represent Ontario.

Overview from Mont Royal over Montreal.

Sarah and Naomi (from Manitoba) sharing a dessert.

Summer Planning Meetings with 11 CEF workers from British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.