A Letter from
Andy Powell
| Greetings from the land of snow and ice. After an exciting and busy several months I am way past due writing ya'll and letting you have a glimpse of what is going on up here. The first part of January a group of guys from Pennsylvania came for a week to cut next year’s fire wood. In two days we had twenty cords of wood cut and ready for hauling. We were then able to haul in ten cords and do some remodeling of two cabins before they left. Thank you, Jesus! That weekend we had a teen camp for the Pik. teens. It was put on by a team from B.C. The camp went very well from what I saw. Not being involved, I'm sure I missed some good stuff. The following week we had three guys from Virginia. that came to bless us with prophesy training and other work. They did the same training in Pik. as well. It was amazing to find out just how much God wants to talk to us and through us; we just need to listen. It was definitely a growing and encouraging week. The last weekend of January we had a camp for the 6th graders of Pik. It was a good, fun weekend of singing songs and playing hockey and dodge ball. The kids really got into the songs, especially "Jesus is My Best Friend." We pray the songs stay with the kids, and as they sing them at home, the songs will become real for them as well as their families. Then this weekend we had the 7th graders. Quite a few of the kids were at a camp last year so it was fun to make contact with them again. They were very attentive in chapel, especially to the salvation plan. It was very encouraging to see the kids singing as well. One cabin of girls even got up in front of everyone and sang a song in four languages (English, German, Chinese, and Objiwa). Half of the counselors were from Germany which made things interesting. It was neat to see three cultures come together and worship one God. So this is a tiny glimpse of what God has going on at Stormer Lake, Ontario. May God bless you all as ya'll have surely blessed me by making it possible to experience this moving of God in the Objiwa nation. |