Update Tuesday...a note from West Virginia

I am writing today from the foothills of West Virginia where we are attending a Missions Camp. As a part of our work with the North American Mission Board we have the privilege of periodically traveling to churches or events and sharing about mission work, sharing about church planting and sharing about Canada, Ontario and Hamilton. This week we have the unique opportunity to share at a camp held by the West Virginia Baptist Convention that is based on inspiring and equipping their children and youth for missions. What has made this a real blessing is that being a camp for youth they welcomed our children to attend. Currently my oldest is out hosting a basketball camp in a local community, my daughter is helping to host a block party, our other son is at that block party practicing some of the illusion tricks that he has been working on, and our youngest is swimming after a morning of preparing stuffed animals with care notes to be sent to ailing seniors and children.
Our week began with an opportunity to share at Fairlawn Baptist Church who were kind enough to open their pulpit and music time and allow us to share about our Ministry. It seems quite providential as the pastor shared that their church had been considering partnering with Canada as a Mission opportunity. They had already begun discussions with some of my colleagues in Ontario. Neither of us realized this fact before the folks organizing the camp connected us for Sunday morning. It has been great to share about the work NAMB is doing in Canada and in our region specifically.
We are looking forward to what God has for the rest of the week.