Dayspring and Silent Auction

Thank you so much for your prayers for the weekend!! We had a fantastic weekend at Dayspring ministries. We arrived Friday and enjoyed an evening of games, teaching and worship. It was wonderful to spend relaxed time together as a team :) Ben Peterson traveled all the way from Quebec to help us with team building activities that encouraged us to forge a stronger sense of community and trust in our team. These activities started at 5:15am!!! It was an incredibly full day of outdoor activities that challenged our minds, bodies and sense of patience :) We were very thankful for Ben's leadership throughout the day, as well as the awesome facilities at Dayspring. Rhonda Peterson even prepared and served the supper for our group at the end of this full day. What a blessing!!

Sunday was a hot dog lunch and Servant Auction at the Church of the Resurrection. One of the LIFE small groups in our church volunteered to bless the Belize mission by sponsoring and preparing this lunch. Brent Harris organized and ran the servant auction whereby people in the parish were encouraged to bid on the various team members. Each team member had a list of gifts and skills that they would use to serve the highest bidder for an afternoon. A huge thank you to the LIFE group for their generosity and support. Also, thank you to everyone for your donations and bids!!

Thank you for your on-going prayer support. It is an essential part of this mission.

Update November 15

The away team has been meeting every two weeks since September, and we have done a lot of solid learning together on the nature of mission, God's heart in mission, and trusting God for the road ahead. This weekend will be an important time of team building. The team is going to Dayspring Ministries. This ministry centre is located outside of Saint John and they have an excellent facility for hosting groups. We have invited Ben Peterson, a trained instructor in Christian outdoor team building, to come from Quebec for this weekend. He is going to be leading our group through a wide range of challenging outdoor events to help us come together and work as a team. We will be spending the night at Dayspring and committing all of Saturday to these activities. Please pray for good weather and safety during this weekend. Also, please pray that this weekend will help us strengthen our trust in each other, and strengthen our sense of unity as a team.

Following this action packed weekend, we are having lunch and a servant auction after church this Sunday. One of the LIFE small groups in our church has generously offered to host a lunch for the Belize mission team. Following the lunch, people will have the opportunity to bid on various team members. Each team member has a list of skills and gifts that they can offer up for an afternoon to the highest bidder. For example, many of us can do yard work, household chores, babysitting, cooking and other useful activities. The money raised by this group fundraiser will be going to bless the people in Belize as well as potentially off-setting the cost for team members who are working hard and yet still need some support in their personal fundraising.

Please help spread the word about the servant auction this Sunday! Furthermore, please join us in prayer this weekend as we experience some intense team building.

Blessings!