Gifts of Glory

Packing up four lives, moving across the world and hoping for the best seems to make sense to this mama when all other areas of life swing in the pendulum of change. However we could not have predicted the spiritual rebuttal that would unfold in the wake of saying “yes” to God yet again. Following our decision to go as a family to Thailand, the weeks days and hours preceding our departure, felt like a battle of epic proportions in staying the course. Rosyn experienced her first grand mal seizure as well as a change in medication, we packed up all of our belongings into storage (we will continue searching for Vancouver housing while in Thailand), and we packed suitcases and made preparations to venture off into the unknown on our first missions trip outside Canada and to a developing Nation.

Vancouver YVR; the big adventure awaits!!

Thai friends with gifts to give!

Among each of these unfolding events this last month, the health of our child seemed the centre of what I'll call a spiritual tug of war. I cannot begin to wrap my head around the spiritual realm in which we live – but I do know God tells us; for our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (paraphrased Ephesians 6:12). It would make sense that a threat upon our highly cherished gift, our child, would be easily used to cloud our vision of truth and certainty in trusting God. Satan set out to destroy our hope in our Father's goodness and instil fear in place of trust. There were days/hours/moments when the fear crept in all around and I believed that going to Thailand was crazy and that I would be putting Rosyn at risk, but Christ's perfect love cast out all fear, and I chose to believe in The Truth instead of the lies. These trials have tested our faith immensely and as such we have built perseverance, and been gifted a depth in our love of Christ.  Practically God has shown us that we will be uniquely equipped to share God's love as a fellow YWAMer pointed out; you have been given the gift now to connect with parents in Thailand who may feel they have no control over what is happening to their child. God's plan is always for His glory!

Fun and games

"shoulder shoulder, head" leading Compassion International Children's Day 

And out of these ashes will come tears of joy. Our arrival to the Elisha Children Home (ECH) in North East Thailand has been exceedingly more than we could have ever asked or imagined. Christ reigns in this place and His spirit lives in the abundant service of the people He has placed to live and work at ECH. Not only have we been blessed by the people at ECH, our portion only multiplies as we walk along side our team paying witness to God at work in their lives; it is yet another gift to partake in the journey of those who are seeking to know God and make Him known. Three fold; our little ladies have experienced a connection with the other children and the workers here at ECH that has come so naturally we again find Gods insurmountable gifts of grace sprinkled throughout our time here. It is unlikely I could even begin to do justice in expressing the beauty and wonder of our experience here so far and so my words of our time boast in nothing but goodness from Jesus Christ alone - there is nothing better!

Tears of Joy:)

The Lord provides, Jehovah Jirah

As I sit back and ask myself why, why do I, the least deserving, get any of these gifts at all? Why would I cross the world and find God, and His good glory here waiting for me to unwrap? This is God, this is the centre of His character; to give love. And so the story seems fitting; as I unwrap the seemingly endless gifts of His glory here in Thailand that we celebrate the birth of our Saviour; the greatest gift of all.

May you find all the glorious gifts Christ has come to offer you this season!

Ma Pon and Pa Don who oversee ECH

Compassion International games!

Jenny (N, R & P)

Giving Joy

It's been two weeks since we were home to Alberta for the “Go Conference” and I can't shake the words spoken from Brad Stanley, “Jesus is worth losing your life for”.

Who is that Jesus and do I love Him enough to give up my life? Mathew 16:25 says, “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it". Jesus poses the paradox that losing one’s life bodes the finding of a different one. This promise from Christ appears to claim there is infinitely greater life to be found when we die to ourselves through the wholehearted love of God. And so I found myself asking, do I love God wholeheartedly and I am willing to die to myself?

Brad Stanley proposed that to love God and serve Him wholeheartedly we must become addicted to what brings Him Joy. He visited The Parable of the Lost Coin, and highlighted Luke 15:10, “just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Brad suggested the joy in this passage is coming from God who sits before the angels. With that in mind, what would it be like to witness God getting joy from one sinner who repents or even from the heart that searches to wholeheartedly know God!  Imagine that even while I may not yet know the fullness of Christ, He get's joy when I desire to change my selfish ways! As Brad Stanley said, the Greek translation of the word joy in Luke 15:10 means under the influence of violent emotion, meaning God throws Himself into a demonstrative celebration when we desire to change for him! We bring God joy when we love Him, when we simply love him!

Go Conference 2013

Rosy and Niki

Brad Stanley challenged us to ask God to reveal to us each day what brings Him joy. When we stop to hear God tell us what brings Him joy, we will be so overwhelmed with fullness of life that we will want to live to bring God joy over and over again.

Who knew our street was famous - coined "Fall on Fire"    

Shortly before the Go Conference it happened that Nathan and I were contemplating whether or not to go on outreach with the DTS as a family or if it would be easier for him to go alone. God and I had been talking extensively about what it would mean for our entire family to go on outreach. I was heavily on the fence as the trip was far outside my comfortable and familiar world with the girls. During the way home from the Go Conference I decided to put into practice Brad Stanley’s challenge and ask God what would bring Him joy, the answer was not surprising; one word came to mind, Thailand. He never told me we all should go but He spoke clearly and revealed to me that He would do far more than I could ever ask or imagine if I granted Him my trust to take care of us. Given the choice to give God joy, knowing he would be celebrating under the influence of violent emotion before the angels in heaven my decision became so clear and simple – give God joy! Wholehearted love is not a feeling but a choice, one choice at a time and my choice was to trust. The joy of the Lord is my strength and dying to myself, is life abundant!!

Life Abundant!

Ephesians 3

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us.

Blessings,

Jenny

Destiny

When I think of the word destiny, and immediately ward off any urge to belt out bootylicous, its connotation seems to shout of life’s far off and intangible dreams. Destiny was the first topic to find its way into the DTS classroom where the staff and students learned God’s destiny for their lives is not achieving the ultimate goal but rather finding identity as sons and daughters of the Great King.

At Mt. Seymour getting aquainted opening week of DTS

high fives on her own two feet!

As the first week unfolded, teacher Joseph Watson taught that the world gets their identity from four places: what they do, what they look like, what they have and what they know. And I find common ground in all four parameters; in my parenting, my appearance, my possessions and my education. What does it even mean to find my identity as a daughter of the Great King? And how do Nathan and I begin to live out our true identity?

Monday morning worship at West Coast Christian Fellowship church

It was something of an old epiphany that surfaced in my bible study this week; at times I find my identity in the pleasant/unpleasant illusions in who I’ve created rather than who I am created to be in Christ. The Israelites turned to these false illusions repeatedly as found in Isaiah 30 “they said to the seers, ‘See no more visions’ and to the prophets, ‘Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions. Leave this way, get off this path, and stop confronting us with the Holy one of Israel!’” How often do I portray this attitude of the Israelites, irritated that God would care to interrupt my plans! Isaiah 30 continues, “The Lord longs to be gracious to you, he rises to show you compassions. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!” Even when we push God away he longs for us to know His loving character, that we may embrace his compassion and walk as His chosen child. The disciple Peter wrote, “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light”. These God breathed words are affirmation that I am not an orphan in darkness; I am Gods daughter, His precious creation.

Busy worker bee

Hanging out after class!

As DTS is just barely two weeks underway, we’ve been blessed as sons and daughters of God to pay witness to God in operation! He has miraculously provided housing for the students, provided a Canadian visa for a student from Argentina in a day when it should have taken weeks, shown the power of his Holy Spirit through the sharing of testimonies, and begun a work in the hearts of the staff and students alike. He pursues each one of us with His love and compassion and I want to pursue waiting on Him for therein lies my true destiny.

The journey continues...thank you for holding us up!

Jenny

The Winding Road

Thirty one days can pack a lot of change! Literally I have never packed and unpacked this much ever.  Our loaded up Toyota took us to Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC and Washington State, and we pulled up the covers in nine different locations! With much anticipation we heard back about Rosyn’s most recent medical tests (the 48hr EEG and the MRI) and absorbed God’s grace as we were told both test results are clear. The notorious house hunt kept us guessing right to the very end it seemed! We signed a lease August 24^th, moved in September 1^st and Nathan started work September 3^rd! The wonder of God’s timing never ceases to amaze us.

Along the road we travelled this past month, the order of these events and their outcomes shadows in comparison to the substance of change brought to our hearts. We fell to our knees in praise to learn of Rosyn’s hopeful prognosis; we were humbled and overwhelmed to be provided for financially and repeatedly received into the open homes of so many; and the last big mountain moved was the provision of a home for us to live, nestled in the exact neighborhood we hoped and prayed for, with plenty of room to run and jump and play. Mrs. Jackie Bishop, whose family lays claim to hosting us for two weeks during the months of August, wrote in our house warming card a quote by Augustine, “faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of faith is to see what we believe”. It seems these words of wisdom cover far more than the finding of our house.

We said goodbye to our Wilkinson Circle home, Sylvan Lake, AB

It’s been a little more than a week and life is taking the shape of comfortable once again. I’ve been wondering after life goes back to “normal”, how does a family cling to God with as much fervor as they did when a road of unknowns lay before them and continue on in faith, hoping for that which they do not see? Hebrews 1 says, “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see”.  Nathan and I were talking yesterday about the arrival of the twelve Discipleship Training School (DTS) students next Tuesday (September 17^th) and how they have been unable to secure housing as of yet. If I’ve learned anything living out of a van for a month it is this; we stay zealous for God and in the moving of more mountains by taking a look around at the grace of each and every gift we owe to him. Our faith is renewed in knowing that everything we have comes from the God of the universe. Housing for the DTS students is not a discussion filled with doubt but an opportunity to pray and live by faith that is certain in that which we do not see, certain in Jesus Christ.

I’m wistfully hoping that the five weeks we spent packing and living out of our van will equate to the time it takes to unpack our life, make a home and transition into a new “normal” (whatever that means) – not a bad hope. I am so thankful to be able to testify to His goodness to us this last month! We praise Him and offer Him every ounce of fame for sustaining us on our journey. And praise him in advance for the mountains he will move as we prepare to start disciplining the hearts of a group of individuals eager to know Jesus Christ and make Him known.

Jenny

Faith Heals

In January Nathan and I were officially accepted to work with YWAM, and it was around this time we began noticing the first signs of Rosyn’s seizures. Over the next months the seizures came and went and so it wasn't until May when they had increased in frequency that we saw our doctor. On May 31^st she had her first EEG, and since has had another EEG, an appointment with a pediatric neurologist, and been started on the anti seizure drug Clobazam.  Rosyn appears to be having two different types of seizures, one type is known as an absence seizure and the other is unknown. So she is currently scheduled for an MRI on August 12^th at the Calgary Children’s Hospital to thoroughly investigate the second type. She will then follow up with her new neurologist in Vancouver on August 20^th.  To date we have not witnessed any seizures since shortly before she started medication and we are so thankful to Jesus for this. Although because her EEG’s have shown she has ongoing seizures while sleeping, Rosyn will have another at home EEG for 48 hours next week to ensure the medication has taken affect during her sleeping hours as well.

Shortly after my doctor shared the news that Rosyn’s seizure case was more urgent than first perceived, I was asked a question by a good friend, “do you believe God could love you this much that he would use this situation to show you His love? Do you believe God would use your own child to show you how much he loves you?” My response was pensive and uncertain as she proceeded to say, “Do you believe that God would use this situation to draw you deeper into Him through praying for your child?”

These question could not have been more apt in a time where all I could ask was, why now God?  I was so thankful God used these questions to clearly speak to me. Entering into this journey of full time ministry God knows He must equip Nathan and I to trust Him with everything in our lives, even the very little ones we hold closest. God wants to strengthen us more than ever, to draw us closer to Him, so that He may reveal himself more deeply to us, and through this we may see his steadfast love and provision in everything.  As I learn to become more prayerful for Rosyn, God has revealed Himself more already, and not only beckoned me to intercede with great intent for my sweet child but to pray 
without ceasing as the Spirit leads.

Every day we pray in a mighty way for the healing of our sweet Rosyn and not so coincidentally twice this last week I have encountered the story of how Jesus heals the bleeding woman.  

^{Mark 27} When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, ²⁸ because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” ²⁹ Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. ³⁴ He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

I shared this story with my mom and we discussed what a gift it is to read the words, that it was the woman’s faith which healed her, as she reached out in response to her faith to touch the cloak of Jesus. And so in faith I believe God will heal Rosyn and in response I will live that out in prayer and love for Christ. I know His work in her little life will be used to bring Him alone glory. Angie Smith writes, “our Father has given us so many gifts, so many promises, and so many reasons to 
remain steadfast as we wait”.

And so we continue to wait on Him. We are moving out of our Sylvan Lake house July 31^st, and have yet to find a place to call home in Vancouver. Although it seems tiring to look for that which you cannot find, we’re certain God’s timing is perfect and we know He cares for the birds in the sky and cares that much more for these small details to fall into place.

Thank-you for all your prayers and commitment to journey with us!

Jenny

There and back again...

We may not have pinned down a place to call home but our trip was definitely a success. For starters, our 9 month old Penelope miraculously cooperated the total of 26 hours in the vehicle! Second Nathan and I left with a clearer idea of where we would like to live. And third and likely most important we were able to spend some meaningful time connecting with some of my family and fellow YWAM staffers/students during our two days in Vancouver.

We are praying to find a home located on or near-by Trinity street, which is located in the Sunrise Hastings area of East Van. Why this street you may ask, well...

A good number of YWAM staff are located in or around this area, it is an established neighborhood (built in the 1930's) and has walkable access to parks and shopping.We're hoping now that we've scoped out the landscape and know more specifically what we're looking for that we could have a Vancouver contact do a walk through if we see something that looks like "the one".

I'm reminded of the story from Numbers 13, when God sends out the twelve spies to survey the Promised Land. The twelve return home, and Joshua and Caleb are the only ones to return with true testaments of what they witnessed in their 40 day journey. The other 10 scouts gave clouded over reports of the truth and let their fear of Giants and fortified cities overwhelm their trust in God. The Israelites had to decide based on these reports to either enter the Promised Land or retreat, and as they chose to retreat they were exiled to wander the wilderness for 40 years! Joshua and Caleb were the only two men from that generation permitted to go to the Promised Land. There have been so many circumstances along this journey we're on that have cause us to question moving forward and although we were unable to find a place, we are not discouraged. Just the opposite we have been encouraged! Our faith has even been strengthened to trust God deeper and rely heavily on His provision. We want more than ever to see this plan unfold exactly how God intends for it to, and if that means nailing down a house hours before we leave, then so it shall be! Our calling to follow God on this journey to Vancouver is still the same. We know God has just the perfect home in mind for us, and so we continue to pray for His perfect timing.

Blessings!
Jenny

House Hunt!

Just a quick update...
Praise the Lord! He does indeed take care of the smallest and biggest of needs. Today we found a renter for our upstairs suite and last week we filled the vacancy of our basement suite. Thank-you to everyone who diligently prayed for the Lord to not only provide but to provide reputable renters for our house.
This week (June 10- 13) we will be in Vancouver searching for a place to call home. Please pray that we would have wisdom and discernment as we seek out a home for our family to live over the next two years. Pray that we would find a place that is safe and clean and with a price suitable to fit  into our support income. THANKS!
Jenny

The Mark of a Great Church is not it's Seating Capacity but it's Sending Capacity...

This is the written version of what we shared at the Sylvan Lake Community Church, our home church on May 26th. I hope you enjoy! 

Nathan and I have been married for four years but have memories together dating back about 22 years thanks to our parents who remain great friends to this day. Fast-forward five years ago when we started dating we found our testimonies quite similar, Nathan and I were both raised in Christian homes, that strongly participated in church and taught the word of God. Like so many, we eventually came to the crossroads of making our faith our own. We both rebelled from our parents faith and sought life with the world, as time would have it we came to the realization that Christ’s offering of grace is the only way to true freedom. As young adults we began living out a true faith marked by the genuine desire to follow Jesus and a heart open to be changed and transformed by the life and resurrecting power of God and the Holy Spirit. And so as individuals, the Lord began planting a seed of desire to serve His kingdom.

Nathan and I were married in April of 2009.  We decided that summer to put into motion a call God had placed on both our hearts during our engagement to grow deeper with God and stronger as His followers. So four months into our new marriage we started our Discipleship Training School or DTS with Youth with a Mission.  Our six month DTS was located in Vancouver. It consisted of a three month lecture phase and a three month outreach phase which we spent in Montreal and back in Vancouver at the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. Our hearts were strongly affected during this 6 month time and we grew to know Jesus more through this discipleship experience.

Over the last three years God's hand has continued his work in our hearts and through our lives right here in Sylvan Lake. We've been so blessed and impacted to share in the community of this Church. In this body of believers we have felt surrounded, loved, supported, challenged and encouraged. We thank the leadership and the members of this Church for supporting our decision to go and for offering your hand of partnership in this ministry.

Since we started sharing with people about our plans to return to Vancouver to enter into full time ministry work, one of the most significant questions I've been asked is: why or what led you to make this choice? I think this is a critical question to testify for you how God works in the everyday ordinary life. We've both had unique and individual journeys in coming to this decision. And since Nathan came to the decision first he gets to share first. 

For me I first felt God’s call on my heart when I was 19 working at a Christian summer camp in Saskatchewan. Before that time, as Jenny said earlier, I was trying to live life on my own terms, without God. If you had asked me I would have told you that I was a Christian but only because I had “prayed the prayer” when I was a child. Looking back I wonder, can you really ask Jesus to come into your heart, but then tell him to stay out of your life? Because that’s basically what I had done.

Working at camp included leading bible studies with the kids and teaching them what it meant to make a decision to follow Jesus. This made me really start to question my life and if I really was a follower of Christ. I knew that I believed in God but as we read in James 2:19 “Even the demons believe that – and shudder”. My faith was shallow, I was a lukewarm Christian. Thankfully, God got my attention that summer and for the first time I made a true commitment to the Lord. This was about more than just the forgiveness of my sins, it was a commitment to turn from the way I had been living and whole heartedly follow Jesus wherever he wanted to lead me. From that point on I knew that I wanted to work in full time ministry serving God but I didn't know where or what that looked like.

Fast forward to the end of our DTS in 2010 and I felt God calling me back to work full time with YWAM, helping other Christians find what it means to be true Disciples of Christ. I was married by this time and really wanted Jenny to feel called as strongly as I did so that we could be partners in this ministry. I brought it up a few times with her but she wasn't ready yet and God needed to do some work in her heart first so I started praying that when the time was right for us to go, that she would be the one to bring it up again.

As I shared with you earlier God had put on our hearts as an engaged couple, a desire to work in full time ministry. As Nathan shared with you just now, our hearts were not yet in sync. In my heart I had been given peace following our DTS to process what God had done in our lives. I was waiting on the Holy Spirit until further notice was given to start thinking about going back to Vancouver. So when notice came, it first came as a gentle whisper in my heart, but at times I have selective hearing and so God spoke a little louder! It was shortly after Penelope, my second daughter was born that I found a breast lump, which after a biopsy was found to be benign. This event was definitely the pinch God used for me to open my eyes and evaluate if I was in step with His plan for my life! Between the time of finding the lump and the biopsy,  I was given great mortal perspective, and I was contemplating questions like if I were to die am I ready to meet God face to face and say to him I did my best Father and made the most out of the time you gave me to impact your kingdom?  Mathew 25:23 flooded my heart, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!” I did not know if I could answer that question in all honestly or claim the words of Mathew 25:23. This realization propelled me to think further about what it was God really wanted me doing with my life. One of my life verses, Mathew 16:25, played over in my head, ^“For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.”  I didn't have to search my heart long before I knew what God was speaking; it was time for me to respond in obedience to his call to return with my family to Vancouver.  A part of me knew Nathan was simply waiting on my heart to be ready and once I said the word, we would jump both feet in. It was on a drive home one night from Edmonton I blurted out before I could stop long enough to change my mind “why don't we go back to Vancouver”.  My spontaneous confession was all it took. I thank the Lord; he had joined our hearts and minds for his good and perfect purpose.

This entire experience has been a great reminder of what I truly want; I want an abundant life with Christ. With a heart of gratitude for the grace he freely offered me I want to offer him my commitment to use me in whatever way he can.  His grace is just unimaginable, underserved and in this life I live I want to see other hearts so inspired by Christ’s love, that they must live their lives radically for His glory.

Youth With A Mission is an international volunteer movement of Christians from many backgrounds, cultures and Christian traditions, dedicated to serving Jesus throughout the world. Their purpose is simply to know God and make Him known. YWAM began in 1960 with a focus on giving young people opportunities to demonstrate the love of Jesus to the whole world through training and missions trips. Today they still focus on youth but also have members of every age and many of their short-term efforts have grown into long-term endeavors that have impacted lives and nations. They operate in more than 1000 locations in over 180 countries with a staff of over 18,000 people.

We have made a two year commitment to serve with YWAM and will be starting in mid-August. We will be serving at the Vancouver base and will be primarily focused on running a Discipleship Training School or DTS. The school is six months long and includes an overseas missions trip. It’s designed to help students know God more deeply, live more like Jesus and identify their unique gifts and purpose to use in missions. The best way I've heard DTS described is as a honeymoon with God. Pastor Kevin often talks about his trip to Uganda and jokes about how no one there is in a hurry; they’re on “Africa time”. Well, we aren't like that here. We're so busy that we can easily put our relationship with God on the back burner as we get caught up in our daily lives. Lukewarm Christianity becomes an epidemic in a culture like ours. DTS is not like that, it’s counter cultural. Its six months of your life that you dedicate to focusing solely on God. Our hope and passion in helping to lead this school is that the students would fall in love with their Creator. That they would realize that to be a Christian isn't just to say a prayer and hope to someday meet Christ in heaven. It means meeting Jesus right now, and every day as you follow His way and seek His will for your life.

So that’s what we’re going to be doing but where are we at now? Right now we’re still working out the logistics of moving our family to Vancouver. There’s still a lot to do before we go but God has been faithful and is working everything out in His time. Our main focus right now is building up a strong support team which includes prayer partners and financial partners. There is a quote from Hudson Taylor that I like; he says “It is possible to move men, through God, by prayer alone.” We truly believe this and know that in order for our work to be fruitful in Vancouver, we will need strong prayer support. We are counting on this Church, our church, to continually lift us up in prayer and to pray for the hearts of those we are trying to influence for the Kingdom. We are also trusting that God has put it on some of your hearts to support us financially in this mission. We know that God calls some of us to Go and others to Send and that both calls are equally important to further His Kingdom.

In conclusion, we would like to ask you to prayerfully consider if God is asking you to partner with us.  Let us know if you’re interested in supporting us financially or if you would like to be added to our monthly newsletter to get prayer updates. Also, if you are thinking that God might be calling you into ministry we would be more than happy to talk to you about that as well. 

Mike Stachura from Operation Mobilization says “The mark of a great church is not its seating capacity, but its sending capacity.”

I know that this is a great church and I am certain that you will do a great job not only sending us, but continuing to send others into all the world to make disciples of all nations. Thank you for your time, your prayers and your support.

Our Story

Nathan and I were married on April 25^th of 2009.  We decided that summer to put into motion a call to ministry we felt God had placed on both our hearts during our engagement. So in September of 2009 we started our Discipleship Training School (DTS) with the non-denominational Christian organization Youth with a Mission (YWAM).  Our six month DTS was located in Vancouver. It consisted of a three month lecture phase on topics such as hearing the voice of God, identity in Christ and Biblical view of justice. Next was a 40 day outreach in Montreal followed by a unique chance to put our faith into action during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and Paralympics. We left our DTS with hearts changed for the Kingdom of God and a desire to serve Jesus with all of our lives. We returned home in the spring of 2010 to start a family. Nathan resumed work as a Realtor and I as a Public Health Nurse. Rosyn was born March 12^th of 2011 and Penelope September 3^rd of 2012. Shortly after Penelope’s birth Nathan and I felt the tug on our hearts to return to Vancouver, this time as staff with YWAM NEXIA. Our passion is to see hearts so inspired by Christ’s love, that they must live their lives recklessly and radically for His glory. In August of 2013 we will move to Vancouver and begin our two year commitment to work full time with YWAM.

What We'll Be Doing

Nathan will be staffing Discipleship Training Schools with the role of facilitating and mentoring students during their 3 month lecture phase and leading a 3 month outreach phase. The outreach phase will involve going overseas with DTS students.

Nathan will also help facilitate YWAM NEXIA’s School of Ministry and Leadership Development. 

Nathan will collaborate with members of the leadership team in teaching, organizing schools, and contributing to the organizations growth and development.

Jenny will stay home with the girls and contribute with facilitating and mentoring when possible as well as maintain casual employment as a Registered Nurse.  

Coming soon...

We are currently raising a support team and will be heading to Vancouver in August. More to come...