homeward bound.

well. this is my last full day in canada. this past week has been a little sad. you don't realize how close you have grown to people until you have to leave them. its amazing the connections and relationships we have developed with people here in just 6 weeks (some even less). but its so rewarding to see God moving and working!!

quick story. bernie..the head manager here at sheridan..kinda took a liking towards team habakkuk. we would play phase 10 together and chat every now and then. all week he expressed interest in hanging out with us some before we left. since alyssa was leaving this morning, he wanted to hang out a little last night. apparently he had been putting off alot of work..and ending up having to work the majority of the night and into the wee hours of the morning. but he took a few minutes of his time to come hang out with us a little. then..he told us he had gifts for us. so we were like..ok cool, not really expecting too much. then he pulls out this bag and hoodie that say sheridan on it. and he proceeds to tell us that he never does anything like this, but he just really likes us and wanted to do something special for us. how cool is that!

continue to pray for bernie. especially that God would put other believers in his path to share with him and water the seeds the Lord has planted in his life!!

on a second note, the family from sheridan has been trying to squeeze in every moment possible with us...which is awesome! on wednesday, we all played mini-golf together, had another pizza night and then headed over to a secondary school to watch jennifer's soccer game. we started the wave, had posters for her, and screamed louder there than the argos game and blue jays game combined. it was great! then we headed back to sheridan and stayed up chatting with them until almost midnight. we had several opportunities to share what the Lord has been doing through us this summer! it was wonderful. also, God is opening doors for the allen family to possibly move into the verbeeks basement until their home is ready! how awesome is that!?

so, all in all, God is doing some great things. and its really awesome to see that His work that He begun with us (team habakkuk) is going to continue after we leave, which was ultimately the goal.

thanks again for all your prayers. they mean SOOO much to me! and now i ask that you would pray for me as i head back to "real life," that the missional lifestyle i have taken on would not be put to the side just because i'm back to school and work and all.. pray that the work the Lord has done in my heart will continue to grow and i will be willing to be used in every way.

love you guys so much! see you soon!!