Hello all!
Thanks so much for your continued prayer for me over these last four months while I've been in the Chicago area in training. You are all so much appreciated.
As some of you know, I'm almost done this phase of my ministry. I'll be driving back to Canada next Tuesday May 20. My first stop will be in the Waterloo area, and then I'll be heading up to Ottawa a few weeks after that.
It's interesting how things don't always work out as we expect. Many of you know that I was expecting to be leading a team beginning at the end of August. Unfortunately, it's kinda difficult to lead a team that doesn't exist. The deadline to sign up had been set for the end of April. At that point there were a few considering the team, but no one had signed up yet, so the deadline was pushed out a few weeks. However, that too has passed, so the August team has been postponed.
That means that we're gonna need to make a bunch of decisions both about what shape Encounter Teams will take in the future, and what I'll be doing in the meantime. Many of the key decision makers have been thinking and praying about this, but there's still lots of decisions to be made, and some other people to be brought into the process as well. Could you be praying for all those involved in this, that we would have wisdom, and that above all, God would be glorified. In particular, please be praying for the International Teams Canada leadership, leaders from the Met (my sending church), myself, and others who may be playing some role in this process. Thanks so much!
Once I'm back, I'll be looking forward to connecting with those of you that I haven't seen in a while. Be sure to keep a spot on your calendar open for me! Also, be praying for me as I try to balance all the many things that will be vying for my time when I get back.
In the next couple of weeks, be looking out for another update, when I'll try to give you a bit more of an update on what's been happening since my last letter, and hopefully more info on what's to come.
Thanks again for all your prayer. It is so valued, and necessary.
For His glory,
Steve.
