Flight Pictures

An aerial of the Piper home and their plane hanger

Up, up, and away with Nat and the cessna 182!

Road Warriors

Southend or Bust!

The trip is off to a great start!

       Thursday:  

• Left Minneapolis at 6 AM
• We traveled a total of 700 miles today
• Enjoyed lunch in Bismark at Bethel Lutheran church. A wonderful lunch hosted by Vernices parent, sister, and niece. We were happy to have Andrea Urbach(former Messiah member) and her kids join us! Vernices brother and his family also stopped by to visit!
• Cleared customs in 20 minutes(unlike last year!)
• Arrived at the Piper home in Estavan where they are hosting our team of 14. They served us a wonderful meal, and we had fellowship with their family and friends.It was a really fun night.

       Friday :

• Woke up to a beautiful morning and plane rides. Nat was gracious enough this year to give our team plane rides in the cessna. Once again some of our team members got to fly it!
• Our next stop is Prince Albert where we will be having dinner at a church with friends we will billet with on the way home.
• We will spend the night at a Days Inn hotel with pool fun for the kids and restful sleep for the adults:)

Ready, Set, Go!!!!!

In one more sleep we will be heading to southend!! Tonight we will be packin the U-Haul, Eating pizza, and swimming at the Knutsons!! Then tomorrow at 6:00 AM we will be starting our journey to Southend, Saskatchewan!! It is going to be a fun 10 days with this team!



~Angela

Six More Sleeps and We're Southend Bound!

The excitement in our team is building and we are ready to head back to Southend one week from today!   The LAMP theme for VBS this year is JESUS IS THE ROCK!  There are many uncertainties in life and we desperately need the hope and peace found in Jesus alone!  Please pray that God would work mightily through His Word amongst the children of Southend.  ~Brian, Sandy and Kate

                                                                 Team Planning

Gwen and Celia

Hanna, Dominique, Angela, Kate and Bree ~ Craft Preparation

Joy in Preparation

The Lord provides great joy and extra hands to help in preparing VBS materials for the precious children of Southend.  My mom, Sue,  stayed with our family for a while and loved helping out in any way she could.  In this photo, she is preparing the Bible verse booklets the kids will make this summer.  The booklets will help the children remember the Bible verses that we will share with them this summer!  Nothing in this world brings more hope and joy than the Word!  "I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against You."  Psalm 119:11.

~Sandy

What do you see?

When you look at this picture of Southend Saskatchewan you might see different things...maybe a vacation like setting, a fishermans dream, a small village, a track,  or evidence of Gods creation.   What you don't see from this angle is:

• That this is the home of the Cree natives who are the First Nation of Canada
• That the Cree are special people that value relationships over tasks
• That they are a culture that shares everything and are not materialistic
• That the population is about 1000, with half of them being children under the age of 12
• That this in a remote community in northern Canada which provides a challenging climate
• That we need to share the love of Christ and Hope for the future with them

We had the privilege of serving the Cree last year on our first Mission Trip to Southend and learned so much from them and about them.  Our mission is to serve this remote community of Canada for at least five years and this is our second year.  We will be teaching VBS to the children, building relationships in the community, and we will be sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  We are looking forward to sharing His Word and His Love and giving them Hope for the future. 



~Vernice~