{"id":215,"date":"2020-10-31T17:22:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T17:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wendycarter.website\/?p=215"},"modified":"2020-10-31T17:22:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T17:22:57","slug":"good-systems-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendycarter.info\/?p=215","title":{"rendered":"Good Systems in Place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Hi there!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It is finally finished and lookin\u2019 great!\u00a0 I have hung up my exterior paint brush after sprucing up our front porch for the past two months which I mentioned in my blog last month. I\u2019m just in time for colder days ahead. \u00a0I really like working systematically or this project would have become too overwhelming since our porch is rather large.\u00a0 How about you and the projects you tackle? \u00a0Most afternoons I was out there first of all painting the two door frames, then the doors, the railings, the window frames and last of all the decking.\u00a0 Numerous people walking by seemed to watch my progress with interest. \u00a0(I don\u2019t think we have ever seen so many walking by during these COVID days!).\u00a0 Maybe my success will inspire me to move on to some indoor painting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I have always been enamored by Old Testament stories that particularly have shown off the Israelites\u2019 organizational skills.\u00a0 Good systems must have been put in place to be able to count the number of soldiers that went off to war, the amazing detail that was needed to build Solomon\u2019s temple, the various positions of governance to take care of so many people\u2019s needs and more.\u00a0 Even though the Israelites were very disobedient too often, they did learn much from a God of order on how to conduct their lives.\u00a0 Check out Job 25:2, \u201cDominion and awe belong to\u00a0God; he establishes\u00a0order\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0heights\u00a0of\u00a0heaven.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gary, along with Scott Lockhart, fully understand the importance of putting good systems in place regarding our outreach program for Hillside Church.\u00a0 Our callers are currently working on a second Milton neighbourhood of about 3000 homes \u2013 the first one consisting of about 3100 homes.\u00a0 Pray for them as this work gets very tedious.\u00a0 We have sent out five letters, a week apart, to the contacts we have made so far.\u00a0 We thought our official launch would take place last Sunday; however, we also thought that Halton would be shut down this week which did not happen.\u00a0 We are on a roller coaster ride for planning.\u00a0 When Toronto reopens then maybe we can reconsider launching again.\u00a0 Please pray that we may discover some solid Christian families that will come along side of our ministry.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We are excited.\u00a0 Several years ago, Gary wrote a systematic study of the Gospel of John called The John Challenge for a period of 20 days which involves reading the section for the day taking about ten minutes.\u00a0 We have discovered that anyone who reads this Gospel several times over will soon become a believer as we are.\u00a0 It is finally published in book form which can be purchased on Amazon or let us know and we can mail you a copy for $15. There is also a free app available \u2013 thejohnchallenge.xyz.\u00a0 Do you have a friend you could do this study with?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>God bless and stay healthy,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wendy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wendy.carter@kainos.org<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there! It is finally finished and lookin\u2019 great!\u00a0 I have hung up my exterior paint brush after sprucing up our front porch for the past two months which I mentioned in my blog last month. 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