Ready to Go

I've not been as diligent in keeping up this blog as I would have liked to have been. I'm not sure what makes me think that I will do any better when I'm actually in Nairobi, but hope springs eternal...

We had an excellent service on Sunday. Pastor Bill van de Leur, who will be preaching for me while I'm gone, preached a great sending sermon on Matthew 11, and then Elder Lloyd Vaartstra read a word of blessing and sending on behalf of the Session and they prayed for me. We ended the service singing God Be with You Till We Meet Again.

I preached in the evening on the need for prayer in the Lord's work from 2 Thessalonians 3:1 -- Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you.

I'll be leaving in a few hours on an Air Canada flight out of Edmonton to Montreal. It leaves Tues, Feb. 21 at 8:30 am. Then to London via British Airways and ending up in Nairobi, Lord willing, on Wednesday evening at 9:20 pm, which is about 11:20 am at home.

I have been glad for the assurance of the prayers of the saints, in our own congregation as well as those of friends and family further away. I trust the Lord will bless.