Home Services – Kamloops and North Thompson Valley in British Columbia
I’ve written this update two times. Both times it disappeared. Very strange. I’m sending this one without verses, formatting, or much detail.
We leave tomorrow. God has overwhelmingly led us to depart. Hope to arrive to Mexico on November 28th. Asking for travel mercies and sweet fellowship on the road,
t.
“Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 19:14
When I met Elendie and heard him sing, I was really touched as I could sense the Lord using him. His music was so moving and meaningful and theologically deep. During one of our conversations, he told me he felt like God had called him to use his music to reach children and that he has a ministry with them teaching them to sing. As I reflect back on my initial subconscious thought, I am rebuked and refreshed as that subconscious thought went something like this: “hmmm, with talent like that he should be reaching adults”.
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How wrong our thinking can be. How precious is this calling to reach the children with the love, truth and music of God. Elendie recently sent me this recording of him singing a song in P with the children. I assume he wrote it. I assume he just used a cell phone to record it. See if it doesn’t touch your own heart and see if Jesus wasn’t indeed so right when He said, “of such is the kingdom of heaven“. What an amazing time to plant seeds in the hearts of people, when they are children and when they have believing hearts.
The words to the main chorus say, “Father, I so rejoice in you at this time and my Lord Jesus I will see you in heaven“.
t.
EFRAÍN
I got a phone call yesterday from Efraín. He was again so grateful and filled with joy because they had taken the feeding tube out of his throat. He could now talk effortlessly and I noticed instantly his normal speech. On top of that, he’s now able eat food normally! Wow, the simple things of life, to be able to taste your food!
I don’t see a lot of improvement with his bodily movements, like his arms and legs, but he’s still hopeful. Just wanted to pass on his thanks to you and ask you might say a prayer for him today, as you also take time to give thanks to God for the blessings in your own life. I think of that a lot… To be able to walk, work with your hands, even play sports. How blessed we are. Remember Efraín.
TIM & ROBIN
Robin and I have been waiting on the Lord’s leading regarding our typical missions trip to Mexico and Colombia this year. In light of insufficient funding, we considered not going this year as costs continue to rise. Having prayed and given it to the Lord, we sense the Lord is leading us to go anyway. So we will trust him and go as far as we can. Whether I make it to Colombia remains to be seen. I appreciate your prayers for us in these things. We plan to depart mid November and drive to Mexico.
MUSIC
I have been given the opportunity to professionally record all my P songs which I wrote and composed over the past year. There are 6 of them. I’m scheduled to record on October 28th. Also the Lord blessed Elendie with a new guitar and amp. Last year we had some funding designated specifically for this project and so Russel used it to purchase him new guitar and amp in Bogota. He’s so pumped and he continues to create music in P. It’s beautiful. I am putting it into my radio programs which air 30 minutes per day. The P’s are loving the radio program.
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RADIOS
The Lord provided for 1,000 more radios which are being produced right now! These radio devices are solar powered and also have a huge memory chip inside them. We have included the entire P audio NT so they will be able to listen even when there is nothing on the air. Pray they make it to Colombia in time for the next conference in January. We may be able to produce more than 1,000 as Galcom just let me know that they may have some extra funding for more.
BOOK
I have been co-authoring a small book together with my brother Brent. The book consolidates the imperative sayings of Jesus in his sermon on the mount. It is meant to provide a brief commentary on each saying and promote a time to meditate and pray each day about how to apply these sayings to your own life. The book is nearing completion. When it’s done, it will be available to purchase on Amazon.
BIBLE STUDY
My son Jared and his wife Natalie started a Bible study with another young couple and asked me to teach it while here in Canada. We are going through an overview of the Bible. It’s refreshing to see the hunger they have. If you would like to pray for us that the Lord would open our eyes together as we learn from him, it is appreciated much.
Much love to you, grace and peace from our heavenly Father,
t.
Praise the Lord! I received news today that we have at this time collected $20,000 USD in the P radio fund. This is enough to order the first batch of 1,000 radios! I sent an email to Galcom International today to start the process.
Thank you for praying and giving. We want to continue to trust the Lord to raise the full amount to produce another 9,000 radios but logistically 1,000 radios at a time works well, so this is exciting. I don’t know when these radios will be completed and shipped, but if it were at all possible to get them to Colombia in time for our next P conference in January 2025, that would be the icing on the cake.
Thank you for your prayers for all this. May God do what He want’s and in His timing.
I have some more things to share regarding potential upcoming projects for our next trip to Mexico but I will save that for another email.
All for now,
t.
Greetings from Clearwater BC!
Just to thank you for your prayers. I had a wonderful trip home, though it was lonely in the car without Robin, it was a rich time of reflection. I listened to “Practicing the Way” by John Mark Comer (phenomenal book), several Louie L’Amour books and C.S. Lewis’s masterpiece “Mere Christianity” as well as a lot of music and quiet times of prayer on my journey home. I would highly recommend any believer or non-believer to read Mere Christianity. I enjoyed many scenic landscapes and a few great night sleeps in hotels.
God is so good. Fernando is working now on all the songs that I composed in P and I’m gearing up to hit more radio programs as soon as I get settled in again. We have received $10,000 USD so far for the radios which is enough for 500 new radios, for 500 new homes in the jungle which will greatly impact thousands of Ps! PTL. Keep the prayers coming! One $20 radio will have a huge impact on many lives so don’t think that any gift amount is too small.
Love to all with thanks,
t.