Quebec Mission Trip Pictures

Jason

OK. I have been able to at least finalize the pictures from our Quebec trip on my flickr account. I plan to do this with all of our trip pictures from the summer, and will announce the completion of those on here. So, keep an eye out. Hopefully they will be done by the end of the week.

Anyway, you can see the completed Quebec trip album by following the link below. I have successfully been able to narrow them down to 300! haha! So, enjoy!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28007240@N08/sets/72157621758374851/

Quebec Trip Update 7.25.09

Jason


Well, it is 5am, we have just completed check-in in the Burlington airport, and we are ready to come home!

We had an INCREDIBLE last day in Rawdon. The weather held out for one more day, and God really blessed as it threatened to rain throughout the morning. I had the opportunity to share the Gospel very clearly to not only the kids, but also several parents who were hanging around. Ron was pretty blown away with the response. I had two adults approach me to talk further after camp, as did Ron. As far as we know now, no one actually placed their faith in Jesus yesterday, but Ron is expecting a few new faces in his congregation on this Sunday. The Holy Spirit's activity was so evident, as several adults shared with Ron and me that the Gospel was presented more clearly than they had ever heard. So, please continue to pray for all those that heard the message on Friday. It really was an amazing day.

Thank you so much for all of the prayers on our behalf this past week. We were all blown away by the weather, the turnout, and the response to devotions each day. We have all made wonderful new friends who we will miss so badly! But, we are also ready to be home. It was an exhausting week, but a great one.

I will post A LOT of pictures later, but here is a link to about 10 more new ones, in addition to all that have already been posted.

Quebec Trip Update 7.23.09

Jason

Hello from Quebec!

We have had a very full day, but an awesome one!! We began with camp where we again had almost 40 kids. God has been so faithful in keeping away the rain, and again our day was filled with great weather! As I shared today during the devotion time, about 6 parents gathered around to hear, as well, which was a huge blessing. Please pray for tomorrow, as I will share the Gospel with the kids, and then Ron will have the same opportunity after camp with the kids and their parents at a cookout. Big day, to say the least.

After camp, we enjoyed an afternoon at Arbraska, which is the high ropes course here in Rawdon. It was incredible, and the ones who participated really had a great time! We did the Tarzan jump, the long zipline, and then the extreme course.

We are really tired after a long week, and really appreciate your prayers tomorrow as we close out the week. I only added a couple new pictures, as not many were taken today. But, you will see some from the day, if you want to follow the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28007240@N08/

I will try to have another update tomorrow night before our departure, as I have finally found a couple of places in the village where I can get internet access.

Quebec Trip Update 7.22.09

Jason

Hello from Canada! We are having an awesome week here. God has really blessed us with the weather so far this week. It was suppose to really rain today, which even almost caused Ron and I to move camp indoors to a gym this morning. But, we decided to just see what happens, and the result was sunshine before the end of camp…and NO rain! So, we have had a great day.

We were able to do some ministry the past couple of days during the afternoon, as well. One Monday and Tuesday, we spent the afternoon painting for the city of Rawdon, touching up some fencing around some of their places in town. This is a big deal, because after the jobs are complete, the mayor will give credit to Ron’s church for the job in the paper, bringing some more notoriety to his congregation.

Today we went to a couple of intersections in town and gave away free bottled water. It really is amazing to watch people respond to grace! The bottles each had a label on them with the church information, Ron’s number and Scripture. In just under 2 hours, we gave away 2,008 bottles of water!! Needless to say, we are tired! It has been a long week already, but an amazing week.
Ron also took us around Rawdon today to tell our team a little more about the big 3 churches here in Rawdon. Some of you will remember me telling about them last year. For those who didn’t get to hear that, I will write a blog a little later just on that topic. Just pray for the people in Rawdon. So many have been in bondage for so long by empty, dark religion.

So, that is a quick update, but hopefully it will tell you about our last couple of days. If you will follow the link, I have posted a little over couple of days. If you will follow the link, I have posted a little over 30 more pictures for you to see. Thanks for the continued prayers!! Pray for the weather tomorrow, as we are expecting rain again.

Link for pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28007240@N08/

Quebec Trip Update

Jason


Here is a quick update from Quebec:

I will only have internet access at Ron's house, so I will try to put up as many updates this week as possible. We had the opportunity to spend our first full day here in Quebec City yesterday. It was a 3 hour drive, but well worth it!! It is a BEAUTIFUL place, and I can't wait till I have more time to upload all of the pictures we have from the day.

We worshiped with Ron and his church, Renaissance this morning, which was a great eperience for us. It is always an incredible experience to worship with people with whom we are partnering.

Well, here are some pictures for you to look at from our first little bit here. Thanks for your continued prayers, especially for the rain to stay away, as we begin baseball camp tomorrow morning. So far we have 30 kids signed up, but there were 55 at basketball camp last week, and Ron expects us to have some show up above the 30 already signed up.

You can see pictures by following this link...http://www.flickr.com/photos/28007240@N08/?saved=1.

Pray for the Canada Team

Jason


Well, one more mission trip for the summer and we will be finished. This time the destination is to our Samaria, which we have labelled North America. It is so hard to even think about that. This year has simply flown by! It has been a hard, tiring summer, but an incredible one as I have had the opportunity to watch our students serve and grow.

Our last stop is to Rawdon, Quebec, Canada. We will be once again partnering with Ron Young, who is a church-planter from Georgia. We will be working with his church, Renaissance, in facilitating a baseball camp for the children in the area. He tells me that 30+ kids are already signed up, with the hopes that the numbers will be well into the 40's by the time camp starts on Monday.

The members of our team are:

Jason Engle
Michelle Dodson
Annie Hoxie
Rachel Creel
Bethany Rauscher
Noelle Hayward
Scott Brooks
Caleb Sharpe

At the end of the week, Annie and Noelle will stay behind and be joined by Sonya Hoxie, Barbara Anderson and Kimmi Anderson in order to help with the soccer camp that takes place the following week. So, please especially pray for Noelle and Annie as they will be in Rawdon for 2 whole weeks!

As for our team, please pray for a couple of specific requests:

1. Of course, travel. On-time planes and safety for our team.
2. Weather! Ron tells me it has been really rainy the past several days, and the forecast calls for rain for 3 of the 5 days we will have camp. Pray that God would send the rain to North Carolina next week, instead!

3. For the children who come and hear the Gospel. Pray that God would continue to work in their hearts as they hear His story. Some of these students will have participated in a basketball camp already. Pray for some new children to show up for our camp.

4. Pray for the parents of the children, as Ron will share the Gospel with them on Friday.

5. Pray for our families as we leave them for 8 days. Selfishly, I ask prayer for my wife. This will be the 4th week that I will be away from her this summer...and the 5th that I will have been away from Emma.

Once again, I will be providing updates as much as possible as we are there, so keep checking back here for those. Thanks in advance for the prayers, as we anticipate a big God doing big things through us as we follow His call!

Momentum Update (Beach Trip)

Jason


I hope you are having a good week. I know it has been good for me to have a full week at home before shoving off once again to Canada this Friday. The team and I appreciate your prayers as we travel and serve from Friday to next Saturday.

Once again, the time will be short between returning from that trip and departing once again for the beach trip. So, before I leave, I want to make sure that we have already set the time for our parent's and student's meeting for that trip. That meeting will take place on Monday night, July 27th, at 6pm in the old sanctuary. I will have general information to give you that night about the trip, but will also be available to answer any questions you might have at that time.

Please be prepared to pay the balance for your student(s) by that night. The total cost for the week is $115. Just about everyone who is signed up so far has paid the down payment of $50, so your remaining balance due would be $65. If you will not be able to make the meeting, please email me ASAP so we can make other arrangements for that. I need to be able to turn in that remaining money to our financial secretary that next morning in preparation for paying the balance owed to the retreat center.

Also, there are STILL SPOTS AVAILABLE for anyone who has not signed up, but would like to go. Remember, though, the stipulation is that everyone who attends the beach trip has been involved in missions over the summer. Please do not let financial issues keep you from going. If you would like to go and cannot make the payment, see me and we will try to work something out. I would love for EVERYONE who participated in missions this summer to be able to go. A BIG part of the week will be each mission team sharing each night about their trip and what they witnessed God do through them in their area of service. So, I want each student to have the opportunity to share.

Well, I will be in Canada, of course, all of next week. But, I will have access to internet, so please shoot me an email with any questions you may have. If not, I will plan on seeing you on that Monday night after we return. Again, if you cannot make the meeting, but your student plans on attending the beach trip, please email me ASAP so I will know.