Update Tuesday 15/11/11

I just got home last night from a six day trip that Kim and I took down to Nova Scotia.  We were really blessed by the invitation from a team at our national convention to lead worship for a pastors and wives retreat for Eastern Canada.  It was a great experience as we had the opportunity to lead worship together, meet and spend some time with colleagues in the Atlantic provinces as well as sneak in a few hours of sight seeing!  Peggy's Cove was quite spectacular as heavy rain and wind the day before made for some incredible waves and spray. 
We made it back last night, just in time to meet with some friends from the North American Mission Board at our home here in Hamilton this morning.  Tony Hudson and Matt King (along with others on their team) have been traveling to cities in North America to produce videos that help to highlight some of the church planting work going on, as well as some of the needs for church planting.  We first got a chance to meet Matt and Tony earlier in the year when they came to take some footage of our family for the upcoming Annie Armstrong Initiative for Easter 2012.  It was a great opportunity for our family to see them again and this time they actually got to see the inside of our house in Hamilton!  We so appreciate all that these guys do to help tell our stories, help people see the need to be involved in church planting and to celebrate all that God is doing.
As I mentioned, we left last Wednesday so in terms of an update there hasn't been too much that we have been able to do in our neighbourhood since last Tuesday.  I can report however, that we had a great meeting last week as a number of us from our old small group in Milton gathered to celebrate the two new groups that have started from that initial small group.  You can read more about it in last week's update but I can report that it was a great celebration, a good time for us to be able to gather again and catch up as well as an inspirational night that helped us look in anticipation to the future as we prayerfully continue on in this path of multiplying fellowships that has begun.
I would also like to take a proud parent moment and share one story from last Tuesday that involves my kids.  While the adults were upstairs meeting, my kids were downstairs with their friend from across the street.   I thought that they were playing games or perhaps watching a movie.  Later in the evening my son came asking about bibles and if I had a printed copy of a study tool that we use.  As it turns out, while we were having a meeting upstairs, they were hosting a bible study downstairs.  They began with some bible charades before leading a bible study with their unchurched friend across the street.  They used the same tools that we have been using for our family devotions each morning (which I also use for our fellowship meetings) to begin a study with their friend who has little exposure if any to the gospel.  It was a proud moment to say the least.  We would invite you to pray for Meg as we continue to meet with her and have opportunities to share with her.