H.E.A.T. Worship House is starting tonight...

How do I feel about it?   To be honest I don't know.  I think I have butterflies in my stomach.   I wish that it will be a success and that people will love it.   I hope that God will bless us beyond what we can imagine.  I dream of many people coming through the doors and enjoy a new way of doing church.

I hope we will have an impact on the young adult generation.  That they will be drawn to God like we can't imagine or even dream off.  

I pray my kids will be accepted by the people coming.   That drugs and alcool will stay out of the building.  That the neighbours won't complain of the music.   That the venue where we will meet will see the good we are doing for the unreached.

I will stand and support my husband in this adventure.   I'm scared... I'm honest about it.   I still don't know what God wants me to do in this ministry.   Tonight, I will really become a pastor's wife...  Mind you I am already being a mentor I think to the young women in the group - well I hope so...  

So if you don't mind... please pray for H.E.A.T. and for my husband, Rob, my kids and for me!

Oh and if you want to read about H.E.A.T. check out the link to our website and the blog on the right side...  It's worth reading about it!

God bless!

25.   All his life in front of him...   Accepted Christ a week ago today.   Then sickness.   Got an infection in DR while on a mission trip with our church.   In hospital since then.  His heart is affected.  Coded twice.   Brought back twice by the doctors.   In isolation since Monday.   Waiting for blood results... 

But great news...  He is now in a room!

See the update I got this afternoon.

Matt was moved from CCU late last night to a room in the Heart Institute.  He is still in isolation, but is now on a portable heart monitor which is allowing him to get out of bed and move about the room.  His spirit are greatly improved.  He is now on IV anti-biotics and heart medication to keep his heart rythm stable.  There should be some more info following blood and test results later this afternoon or tomorrow.   Continue to keep him in your prayers.  He is very grateful for all the care and prayers on his behalf.  Pray for healing, no heart damage and restoration to complete health.   Pray that the Lord would reveal His plan for Matt's life and that his faith would be made stronger through this experience.

God is amazing!   I'm sure he has great plans for Matt.   Matt doesn't know it yet.   Talk about a testimony!

• that there be no damage to the heart
• that God will heal and take away the chest pain
• that Matt will remain calm and cooperative with the hospital staff. He is confused and frustrated and doesn't want to be there.
• Matt accepted the Lord into his heart on the DR trip and is confused as to why this is happening to him. Please pray that God will speak to him and will give him a peace that surpasses all understanding
• that Donna and Mike will feel God's comforting presence
• for rest for Donna and Mike as they have not slept yet

Thanks to everyone who is praying!

Whoever read this, please pray for the son of the counsellor at our church.  Matt went to a Mission trip to DR with our church.  His mom and step-father were there as well.   We have a partnership with a chuch in Monte Llallo through Compassion Canada.

Anyhow,  this was the second trip in DR our church made.   Both times, Matt was there.   This time though, on Friday February 22nd, it seems that he accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior.   They came back on Saturday.

During the week-end he wasn't feeling well.   At first they thought of a possible virus.   His mom brought him to the hospital and he got transferred to the Heart Institute.  Looks like he has a condition caused by a virus in his heart.   There is heart problems in the family.   Because he was in a foreign country and because of the virus, he is in a isolation area which means that whoever visits must wear gown and mask...

Today in the early afternoon he coded.   Doctors were able to bring him back.

At 530pm he coded again....  Again the doctors werre able to bring him back.

Please bring for him.  Pray also for his mom, Donna, and her husband, Mike.  Pray for healing and comfort.  Pray for a miracle for this brand new christian.

He is in his mid-twenties from what I understand.

God can heal.   I know he can.   Either way, it will be an amazing testimony.   Personally, I would prefer having him telling this testimony.  But it is in God's hands.

Thank you for praying.

My brother-in-law and his wife would like to adopt a little girl.   They had learned that there will be a pre-trial next week and that there is a possibility that the judge will make a final decision regarding this case at the pre-trial...

They really hope to have that little girl.   Even their son is quite attached to her.  Actually, everyone in both families like her a lot.

Please pray that we will have good news...   Personally I would like a niece in the family as we have a bunch of boys.   Don't take me wrong, I love the boys in the family but some feminine touch is missing...

A small prayer request for my friends.

Dominic's has a lazy eye (left side).  What is a lazy eye? you might asked.  Well it has a tendency to go inward (ie toward the nose).  So we need to see a specialist for this and I won't get an appointment until mid-october.   My family doctor said it could be either glasses or a patch.   We shall see.   In the meantime, I pray that it will correct itself or at least not get worse.

Thanks for praying for him!