The Trip Continued

Day 4

We made it through the border (Praise God!!)! We decided to take another route through Saskatchewan instead. While the highways were only 2 lane, there was almost noone on them so we could cruise along them at about 75mph the whole way. We made great time and crossed the border easily and made our way to Martensville early enough in the evening. We had a great visit with the Macoohs. Interestingly enough, our boys connected really well with the 10 and 8 year old Macooh girls (Courtney and Alex) and played and played and played all weekend long!

Day 5

Shar and I went to Saskatoon Saturday morning to speak with the the missions committee of Diefenbaker Drive Community Church. We had a great breakfast and visit and a good time to Share what God is doing in Mexico with us and through us.

We visited in the afternoon with friends of ours from Langham while watching the Saskatchewan Roughriders lay an egg in the CFL West Semi-final. I recovered from the pain soon after and we enoyed the rest of our visit with the Macoohs in Martensville again!

Day 6

We spoke at the Martensville Baptist Church and reconnected with lots of folks there. It is a growing church! When we left they were averaging around 150 folks and after a building program, they had 236 in church on Sunday! Lots of new believers and new attenders! It was a blessing to reconnect with them!

Day 7 was spent running errands in S'toon and then going to Timber Bay, SK. We visited with friends of ours- the Langendoens- for a few hours in Timber Bay. They have 6 kids from 2 1/2 -13 years old so our kids had a blast playing there.

Day 8-

We are in LaRonge, SK- about 400km north of Saskatoon in da bush. There was a mini-blizzard on the way up and it has been snowing today. The boys have been playing with the Karstad kids in the snow. Shar and Wendy have been preparing supper for tonight's Mexican Supper at the Lutheran Church. We're expecting maybe 60 folks from different churches to come by and see what God is doing in Mexico. We are also hoping to raise enough money to build a casita for a family in Tijuana who lost theirs to fire.

God bless, thanks for praying!