Friday 11 May 2012

Commissioning Service


     It is hard to believe that we are less than 24 hours away from heading to Guatemala!  This is an exciting time for all of us!  Sunday past saw us commissioned by Pastor Martin and the Safe Haven family.  What a special, beautiful time!  The team was formally introduced by Pastor Mike.  Heather and Martin shared in Scripture reading, Chrizelle and Ron sharing stirring testimonies of God's work in their lives.  Roy Smyth sang a beautiful song about serving (filling in for Pastor Mike, whose voice had all but disappeared!).  Pastor Martin shared a wonderful message about the four strand rope of missions.  Those who go, those who send, whose who give and those who pray.  All four strands are vital for the success of any mission endeavour.  We were encouraged as a team to be faithful to God's calling.  As the service ended, we as a team were prayed over by Pastor, with our prayer champions and the elders laying hands on us throughout the prayer.  We feel like we are being held up in powerful prayer by so many people, it is wonderful!
     We are so desirous of God working in our lives and to be able to be a blessing to the people we come in  contact with on a daily basis.  We are excited about we are able to bring with us as blessings and to see how God will use these things.  Please keep us in your daily prayers as we know the evil one would like nothing better than to ruin this experience for us.  We are trusting Romans 8:28 and Jeremiah 29:11-13 to be real for us!  Almost time to go!!!!

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