Team Canada has finished working and is heading home. Tonight we are staying in Saskatoon and will fly back to Houston via Calgary at 6:30AM Texas time. We will arrive home around 1:45PM. This team has been incredible. Changes in scheduling, unseasonal rains, thick mud, head colds and allergies...nothing slowed them down. God used them this week to take His message of salvation to the First Nations people and others around Duck Lake. Though we did not see anyone accept Christ as Lord, we had lots of conversations which have lead people to want to know more about God and His Word. Jason's bible study in Duck Lake will have several new faces tomorrow.
Thursday our team assisted the school in St. Louis with their 5th annual Duck Derby. It is a community event to raise money for the technology needs of the school. People buy a rubber duck with a number on it for $5 and after all 2000 of them are sold they are taken to the bridge and dumped in the river. They race down river to waiting boats and the the first three are pulled out immediately and returned to shore. The winning numbers are called and prizes are given. Our team helped set up for the event and provided and ran a bounce house and face painting booth. It gave us great opportunities to talk to people and allowed the community to see that Christians can be loving normal people. It was a great time.
This morning we prayer walked in Prince Albert despite the rain. A few conversations were had and several tracts were handed out. Afterward, we traveled back to St. Louis and did assemblies with kids in grades 3-6. Since it was during school hours they did not allow us to share the gospel, but many of the kids we were with had joined us for our bible clubs earlier in the week or to play hockey with our guys. We did share the gospel with them during those times so this gave us an opportunity to encourage them before we left. The amazing thing about today was the change in attitude among the teachers. Earlier in the week they were tense and unsure about us. Many of them did not want us there. Today, we were being thanked endlessly for helping with the Duck Derby and for taking time with the kids. There were many smiles and good-byes before we left the school.
Finally, before pulling out of town I had the opportunity to introduce Val to Jason. Val is the bus driver who came to us two days earlier to encourage us in our efforts in St. Louis and who faithfully prayed for us all week since she found a flier about our bible clubs on her bus. She also asked me if we planned on starting a bible study in St. Louis. That is why I introduced her to Jason. She is one of several who are interested in coming to a bible study in that community. As of right now there is not one. This is exactly what we came here to accomplish and the Lord has blessed us with a start up group in the town of St. Louis. Jason assured her that he would be contacting her and letting her know when and where the bible study would be starting. Tonight, our team rejoices in what God has done by adding to Jason's group in Duck Lake and lighting a fire in the hearts of others in St. Louis. Please pray for Jason as he follows up with all the contacts we made this week and as he organizes the new bible study in St. Louis. Pray for our team as we travel home tomorrow. See you all Sunday.
