Rebirth of a Vision

03May, 2017

About twelve years ago I was struggling as I watched First Nations young people in their high school years giving up as they faced the next steps in life. Many dropped out of school, or really struggled if they tried to go on to university. To go to the city and find employment was next to impossible. Anyone finishing grade 12 really found it difficult to go on. I wanted to do something about this and we were in a facility that could have been used to help meet this need. So I began planning, building, and putting together in my mind what we could do to meet this need … then unexpectedly, the facility was closed down. I was so disappointed and struggled greatly over this. I thought that it was all over.
 
Then four years ago, during a missions conference in Wyoming, the keynote speaker was telling a story that ignited in me a very different way to accomplish the same vision, but probably in an even greater way. I came home and talked with our field director. He liked the idea. We talked about it a lot and finally put together a structured plan on paper for the board to look over. They gave a “green light” and I began talking about it while recruiting on campuses.
 
Today we have seven new candidates who have gone through our summer
EnGage! program, have made a commitment to the project, and are all working to do their best to be on the field in 2018. We meet monthly in a “Google Hangout”.  We’ve met annually for a face to face gathering three times, and it is all beginning to take shape. I am so excited and can’t thank the Lord enough for what has taken place over this last little while. A whole-life discipleship ministry is developing in the context of community, in an urban setting for those who are making this difficult transition in life. Want to hear more about it? Join us after the morning service on Sunday May 7th.

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