RADICAL – A Great Read

Posted by: Jacob Friesen
Church: Gospel Mennonite Winnipeg
Date: January 31st, 2011

If you have not yet read David Platt’s book on “taking back your faith from the American dream” then I suggest you do this soon.  He articulates the key concepts we have been wrestling with in the “rethink process”.  I appreciate his view of every one of us being called, his focus on “going” and his view of living out our faith in community.

If you are within driving distance of the home office, I will lend you a book and promise you a coffee when you return it.

Click here for the video introduction

Manitoba Car Pooling for Gathering in Belize

Posted by: Jacob Friesen
Church: Gospel Mennonite Winnipeg
Date: January 26th, 2011

Many of us from Manitoba will be driving to Grand Forks or Fargo in order to get cheaper flights.  No need to drive with empty seats.  Let’s use this space to do some car pooling.  Tell us when you are going, how many seats you have or need.

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Bolivia, friendships and pizza

Posted by: Lil Goertzen
Church:
Date: January 21st, 2011

It was all Darrell Kehler’s idea! What started off as a debriefing time ended up being a party! But that’s OK … we love to host people here at the Go Mission! office.

Carol and Kevin Hiebert

Kevin and Carol Hiebert returned from Bolivia in December after a one-year assignment. Carol was a teacher at the Villa Nueva school. They had an appointment today with Darrell and Elaine Kehler to talk about their time in Bolivia.

Lisa and Ben Friesen

Ben and Lisa Friesen are going back to Bolivia on January 27, where Lisa will resume her responsibilities as administrative assistant and teacher at the school in Villa Nueva. Ben is active in the economic development projects, providing assistance wherever he is needed.

When Ben and Lisa heard that Hieberts would be here for a pizza lunch, it didn’t take much convincing and they too arrived with their family.

The Bolivian reunion in Winnipeg was off to a great start!

Natasha and Julianna were best friends in Bolivia. You could tell by the way they sat side-by-side on the couch and spoke quietly to each other. The five boys between the two families seemed to have picked up their friendships where they left off in Bolivia.

What a joy to sit and hear the adults tell stories about adjusting to life in Bolivia and now, life in Canada. Expectations, ministry struggles, God’s faithfulness, laughter and pizza. It was a great lunch.

mmmm .... pizza

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