Thursday, July 31, 2008

And so it Begins!

The Niagara Falls team has safely arrived in Windsor! They successfully made it to dinner on time for 6pm where we enjoyed a fantastically catered meal hosted by Lynne Stenlund and Larry and Janet Masse (thanks guys!).

After dinner we spent time in worship together and looked at God's priority in missions. We looked into God's Word and saw how God's primary concern is His Glory. From beginning to end it is about His Name, His Character and His Renown. Our time together tonight was excellent for our team.
Around 9pm the Niagara Falls half of our team went with HPAC 'ers to their homes for a good night's rest. Tomorrow (today) will be one of the longest days of our lives :)

Pastor Jeff Enns and I are currently at my place (Ray) doing some last minute planning and of course blogging. We are thankful for the opportunity to serve God in this way through leading this team. We are looking forward to all that He will do in and through each member of our team over the course of the next 10 days.

Please pray for our travels tomorrow, specifically that we would find favor at the border crossing in Detroit and that we would have smooth transitions for lay-overs. But please also pray that God would grant us opportunities even in our travels to Peru to reflect His Glory.

It is now time for bed.

Consumed by the call...
Pastor Ray Jones

3 comments:

Kar said...

Hi Team:

Praying for you all this morning, in approximately an hour you will reach your destination (if all has gone well). May you be blessed with some time for relaxation, sleep, and maybe some fun mixed in there too! Hope to hear from you soon, sending love to Doug especially, but all the rest too!

Mom Baert

DDC said...

Greetings from NFO.

We hope all went well on your fantastic trip! God bless all of you. Please get some sleep tho!!!

Chad, Laura and Dan
Oops and Truffles and Rico.

Posted Aug 2 at 11:53 EST

Megg said...

hey there,

i'm just gunna shout out to one of my friends on this trip to peru right now.

I miss you Carissa! <3
Hope your having a good time.

=]