Well family and friends. It has been about 2 months since the last official update and there have been something’s to update indeed.
I have been working at the group home with at risk youth the last 2 months. I average about 2 shifts a week and depending sometimes more. I am working quite a bit over Christmas because I told them I was available.
As for the line painting job, it has been quite a time since I worked there given the rainy weather. I hope to be able to get some shifts there if this weather would cooperate.
All and all God is good and providing what we need each month in terms of rent and bills and everyday living, including some fun things. It has been an interesting season just sometimes not knowing how much work I will have and where that work will be.
Some of you have known Meryl has been looking at trying to move on from her job at Zookaz café and of recently she is moving on to be working with the YMCA and working in a before and after school program with young aged kids. She will go from 700-9 and then again from 230-6. It is about a 30 min. commute from our place so she will be able to come home in between shifts. She is hoping this will be an opportunity to work with kids and the other staff and to be a positive addition to the environment as well adding some great experience and opportunities to her resume. She will officially kick off on the 9th of January so we will trust God will provide in our sporadic work schedules.
Regarding Mission Burnaby we have had some opportunities this month to be a part of hosting dinner parties for 2 different groups of people. The first group was the nurses that Darlene Wall works with at the BC Childrens Hospital. There were about 15 ladies that came out for an evening of fun and a wonderful meal just for them.
From what I saw they were amazed that we would do this, invite them over to the house, prepare a gourmet 5 course meal for them and simply bless and appreciate them for what they do day in and day out.
Jonathan had the opportunity to share some of the reason we believe God brought us out to Burnaby. That God has called us to be in relationship and to serve people and often we get some caught up in the busyness of life that relationship gets lost and forgotten about. As he shared this passionately some of the ladies had tears in their eyes.
The next group we got to share with was a handful of Church of God pastors from the Vancouver area. We were able to share with them in the same way with an amazing meal and fellowship and showing them we appreciate what they do as well, and often not seen. It was great to meet some new people and reconnect with some people again.
As for our Christmas plans it will definitely be a different experience in many ways.
I will be working at the home from the 22-26th the 4pm-midnight shift. So we will try to spend the morning of the 24 and 25 together and maybe one day go help serve in a shelter downtown. The next weekend we will go to a Beauty and the Beast musicale which should be great too. The thing that keeps us going is knowing that we will see most of you in February in Estevan.
Bless you all in this Christmas season and we will be thinking of you guys.
Love Brian and Meryl
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