Good morning from Montreal!
Just a quick post today as we’re in the midst of the French Evangelism Conference at the Church in St. Laurent, QC. Anyone who has taken part in or followed the local FEC knows that the pace is incredible!
Bro. Graham has often used the expression:
“À St. Laurent, le chômage ça n’existe pas!”
(Unemployment doesn’t exist in St. Laurent)
For ministry, this is certainly the case. As an example, this Sunday there will be 5 separate services take place in the church building. And after a 4-day conference, there is a good chance that the 60-80 young people that meet for Bible Study on Monday night will still want to meet. Incredible hunger is breeding incredible revival.
The days run long and late, but are rich in teaching, preaching and zeal-filled worship – also several have been baptized and filled with the Holy Ghost.
It took us roughly 10-hours of driving time to get here but we broke it up with a walk around Old Quebec and supper in Lévis and a short ferry ride across the mighty St. Lawrence River. In Wednesday’s post I’ll share with you a little bit of what took place at the conference and while in Montreal. For now though, the end of a long day has come.
Thank you for your prayers… we are humbled by what the Lord is doing… and will do.
So what’s the connection with Timo’s Great 4 Days?
After hosting the Atlantic District Kids Convention last night and today, we are excited to be heading to Fredericton tonight to hear from Bro. Lee Stoneking. He had a significant influence on my early time in Pentecost and so whenever I get a chance to sit under his ministry, I don’t pass it up.
I’m so grateful for that conversation at the altar. It was both direct and balanced enough that I went home, looked up the 80+ verses that have a derivative of the word “baptize” in them and saw that with the exception of Matthew 28:19, every time we see people being baptized in the Book of Acts – it was either “In the name of Jesus” or “into Christ” etc. …Either the apostles were accomplishing Mt. 28.19 when they baptized in Jesus’ name or they were completely disobedient to it; and if they were disobedient, then the foundation of our faith is severely eroded. There was no doubt in my mind that I needed to be baptized in Jesus’ name. …and I was, on Dec. 14th, 1997.
CCC members gave liberally this weekend and their generous offering put us up to 65% of our required budget.
This weekend is our 7th in a row to be out on the open road… and there are a few more to go! We’re racking up kilometers on our 2007 Ford Freestyle and changing the oil more frequently, but there are a number of benefits that outweigh any cost.
Although pastors frequently see each other at conferences, the contact is often “in passing.” Less frequent are the opportunities to sit across the table from each other, as families, often in the home.
As a kid, I often went on drives with my grandfather. A plastic-wrapped roll of peppermints was on the dash of the 1978 Chevy Suburban and we’d find a country road to follow. Sometimes he’d be headed rabbit or partridge hunting and sometimes it’d just be for the drive… but he always had his eyes open for bottles or cans that could be traded in at the local bottle exchange (that’s how he paid for my first 5-speed bike).
We’re thrilled to take part in Missions Conference at Capital Community Church in Fredericton, NB with Rev. Raymond Woodward and Rev. Jack Leaman. These men were leaders in the Saint John church when we came into Pentecost in the mid 1990’s and both have been important influences in our life and growth. We’re honoured to be with them and with Rev. Bruce Howell, General Director of Global Missions for the UPCI.
I then talk about my kids who will experience much change as they 
When you find them looking out their window… ask them how they can impact the place where they are living, right now.
Something happened. Conviction swept in and many people gave offerings larger than $5,000…without the promise of a trinket. One person was selling a business for $150,000.00 and that money has already been received by Global Missions.
Liz brought back a globe for each of the Kids. They weren’t in that service, but we want them to be connected to that same spirit… to see themselves as Global.
AIM Long 