Give me this mountain . . . if the Lord be with me, . . . then I shall be able. Jos. 14:12
Christmas came early this year as Carol and I rejoiced in seeing Harvey & Margo, and Ron & Elaine come on board with Georgian Native & Outreach Ministries at our annual meeting. Harvey & Margo will continue their work at Dorothy Lake Bible Camp as well as their work pastoring a church congregation at Kirkland Lake. They will assume the responsibilities for the native ministry in the northern area from North Bay to Hearst and points in between. Elaine & Ron will head up the Bible teaching ministry for all camp staff, and the children workers teaching ministry in cooperation with local churches. This is a new and exciting area of ministry for Georgian with the opportunity to partner with local churches for club training and helping with vacation Bible schools. Elaine has a wealth of training experience with churches and Bible clubs. She was formerly with C.E.F. in that capacity. Her area will not only be in the north with Dorothy Lake, but the vast area covered by Georgian Native.
Elaine & Ron, and Harvey & Margo are trusting the Lord for their prayer and financial support so that they may effectively minister in this vital work with a focus on First Nation children and teens. They are available to minister in your local church and in other venues that you might have available. Please pray and support these new missionaries. Their prayer letters will soon be available. Please call us regarding their addresses.
All the workers of Georgian Native are faith missionaries. Georgian is a federally incorporated ministry and all gifts will receive a tax receipt for income tax purposes at year end. Please designate your interest area or individual on a separate note, but not on your cheque. This will avoid any confusion.
This past week Harvey and I travelled (2300KM) from Kirkland Lake to Constance Lake (Hearst) and places in between visiting pastors and distributing gifts from our churches and ladies knitting groups. All the beautiful items were received with gratitude & thanksgiving. We drove two vans and pulled a 16-foot trailer as well. I stopped in to see Elaine at South River and left some of the donations for her to distribute.
Carol & I finished the week with a visit to the Super 60's at First Baptist in Waterloo on Friday and then on Saturday, the Renewal Fellowship Conference at Wellington Sq. United Church in Oakville. This is going to be a very busy year, from new associate missionaries coming on board to trusting the Lord for a location to hold our mid north camp. Ministry partners, your prayers, advice and input are always welcome and appreciated. Please be in contact with us to assist.
At the writing of this letter, yours and our prayers for renting or purchasing a camp property in the Parry Sound-Sudbury corridor have not been answered. Please continue to pray for the board as a meeting is planned very shortly with this as top priority. Any help you may be able to provide in locating a replacement camp property would be much appreciated. Please continue to pray for an understudy for Carol and me. Camp registration forms for Riverview and Dorothy Lake have been given out on our travels in those areas. The sponsorship letters along with a picture of your sponsored child will soon be in the mail.
Good Seed- "Stranger on the Road to Emmaus" material for evangelism and teaching We have a good supply in stock of all publications and videos ready for immediate delivery. Call us to order these materials to assist your teaching and outreach with adults and children. They are now available in many languages.
PRAISE
*gifts for the First Nation communities from our knitter groups and the New Credit Reserve.
*for safety in travel this fall as we have traveled thousands of KM.
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*for support already coming in for Elaine & Ron, and Harvey & Margo.
*for the many campers who are now receiving Bible study follow up.
PRAYER
*for invitations for Carol and I & our new associates to minister this fall and winter..
*for increased personal support for all the ministry members.
*the Board searching for a couple to understudy & guide in the executive director position.
*for our First Nation pastors as they minister to those in various First Nation communities.
*for new members for our Air Miles program. Please request our Georgian collector's card.
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*Awana Landing is for sale. Replacement camp needed for the mid-north for summer 2011.
*for camp staff members for next summer. Please consider serving the Lord! Call now!
*for Scott & Gillian for God's leading as they look for employment.
*for Glenn as he wrote his final pharmacy exam on Saturday and looks for employment.
*for Brent also needing a new position.
*for Alice May a former camp cook with aggressive lymphoma cancer.
*need-Smoky Trail will pay your lifeguard training fees if you join our staff next summer.
Carol and I have three more engagements before flying to Calgary for some ministry exploration and a visit with our family for Christmas. Thank you for being our friends and faithful supporters of the work over this past year, and for some as many as 16 years. May God be with you and bless you and your family as we celebrate God's wonderful gift to each one of us. " For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Isa.9:6
Hugh & Carol
Your Missionaries to Native Children.
