It’s Finished!

Hello from shivery Churchville!

Aren’t you happy with yourself when you have finally finished a project you have been working on for quite a while?  Gary and I have been co-authoring a book for over a year.  All the writing is done with a little more formatting needed. Then we can send it off to be printed.  Our dear friend, Dr. Warwick Cooper, from Peoples Church commented in his forward that this is our best so far.  And Gary and I didn’t do much arguing over the whole production which is amazing for any old married couple. We have named the book Bubble Up Church! That’s all the information I will give you until next month when it will be available to purchase.  Everyone must buy a copy for their own personal Christian growth and development and for much needed improvement in relationship building in the local church.  It will change your thinking.  I sound like a salesperson but really, we are very excited from the response of a few that have read a draft copy.

Another life is finished.  Dr. Gordon Freeland, long-time pastor in the Fellowship denomination unexpectedly got promoted to heaven this past week.  He and Gary had become good friends over the past recent years as Gordon and his wife, who is still living with dementia, have been residing in the seniors’ complex not too far from our home.  As a matter of fact, Gary took him to the bank just last week.  He will be sorely missed by his large family and many friends and acquaintances he knew all over Ontario and Quebec.

Gary mentioned in this month’s letter to our donors for our charity, Kainos International Ministries, that two orphanages we have been supporting are now self-sustaining.  Our financial commitment with “Richard” and “William” is finished which is a good thing.  However, there is another person, “Thomas” who used to run “Richard’s” orphanage.  He is interested in starting up his own orphanage through the establishment of a pig farm along with beginning a new church in the area where he and his family will be living.  We are planning to help him raise $30,000 over this year.  We will gladly talk with anyone taken by this new endeavour to reach needy children and adults in Myanmar.

The ongoing saga of struggles for Aaron and Sara Bouchard and our Milton church start is not finished.  Actually, the rental place where they just moved to in December is finished.  Sadly, it didn’t work out with the landlord and them. Happily, with an answer to much prayer, they have been able to quickly find another place. Moving date is tomorrow!  Oh boy!  Too bad all their boxes had just gotten unpacked.

Do you wonder what Jesus meant when he declared, “It is finished!” found in John 19:30 as he hung on the cross?  With his human nature was he glad for some relief of the pain he had experienced by human hands or did he have a huge sense of accomplishment?  We surely have lots of questions to ask him.  At least Gordon has his many questions answered now.

I trust you will be able to get many of your own worthwhile projects finished this year.

Wendy

Wendy.carter@kainos.org