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Teaching and Trusting: Cecil and Eunice Smith

April 22, 2024 | 13 minute read

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I cannot remember a time when I did not know about missions. Surely I was naive about what “going into all the world” meant, but I understood that the Lord…
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Leaving Their Legacy Among the Vietnamese: George and Harriette Irwin

April 8, 2024 | 13 minute read

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My Dad, George Irwin, simplified life. He took complex issues and made them simple, practical. To him, missionary work was not all about strategizing with designs and master plans. He…
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Spoiled for the Ordinary: David and Brenda Petrescue

April 1, 2024 | 13 minute read

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“I’m afraid she’s too girly and fragile to be trekking around the world with a 30-pound backpack for the next nine months!” Dave’s dad exclaimed. He was trying to reason…
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Chaplaincy: Lessons from Lazarus (John 11:38-44)

March 20, 2024 | 13 minute read

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“Take away the stone” When Jesus asked the bystanders, family members, and community to roll away the stone, what was asked seemed wrong, shocking and offensive. As a prison chaplain,…
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Encounters with God: Craig and Mora Bundy

March 18, 2024 | 13 minute read

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Our Early Years Mora: My parents came from farming backgrounds in Nova Scotia. Their parents followed Jesus, and one of my grandmothers led the missionary society at her Presbyterian church.…
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Following His Will is So Worth It: Anne Stephens

March 11, 2024 | 13 minute read

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Just before coming home on home assignment in June 2013, a man came to see me. “Mama Anne, I’m your disciple. I have burden for the people in my village.…
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Redemption on the Range

March 6, 2024 | 13 minute read

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        Located twenty-four kilometres from Winnipeg near the community of Stony Mountain is a Canadian heritage building, surrounded by a stone wall made from on-site quarry. Opening…
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From the Prairies to Peru: Donald and Faith Scarrow

March 4, 2024 | 13 minute read

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A powerful sense of God’s presence pervades the Lince Alliance Church’s lower auditorium in Lima, Peru. Four hundred and fifty chairs are occupied while people stand shoulder to shoulder against…
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Miracles in Ministry: Don and Elma Dirks

February 26, 2024 | 13 minute read

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It happened on the last Sunday of October 2019. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I missed my flight out of Vancouver for Montreal on Thursday, from where I was planning to fly…
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Preparing for Conflict in Community: Paula Jones

February 12, 2024 | 13 minute read

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Along the journey called life, there are a plethora of challenges and opportunities that come our way. Whether presenting to us in forms of intrigue, demand, necessity, or the ordinary,…
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