Pleasant Hill


Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you have made my lot secure.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance. Psalm 16:5,6




These were some of the verses that God caused to leap off the pages for us almost two years ago, just before we purchased our home in "Pleasant Hill ." The entire chapter spoke deeply to us and affirmed the journey we'd found ourselves on and the places we felt that we were to go... (not just 'cause of the cool, coincidental wording, either).

My wife, Krista has four years of missions studies and has travelled the world for the sake of Jesus and His kingdom. I've been to northern Alberta and as far south as Seattle. My roots are here in Saskatchewan; born in Prince Albert, raised in Moose Jaw for the most part and my heart yearns for this province and for Canada. Rather than seeing how different our desires were, we've come to see how well we compliment each other, and how we can reach the nations from our own home simply by being willing to extend our hand. We've met a couple from China who were studying at the university and became great friends with them. We just had the honour of attending his commencement ceremony last week. Another time we had an invitation for lunch with an Afghani couple and their four daughters. Amazing! These encounters came about because of the free-flowing, relational way with which Krista interacts with everyone. This is the same way that we've met some of the young women working our corner. Some people want them to move business elsewhere; that would be o.k. I guess. But rather than telling them to shove off, we've felt at times to do the opposite and invite them in.

For the most part our life here is normal; nothing to out of the ordinary. Our time is spent with our 3 growing boys and there's little time for much else. We're expecting our fourth child any day now, so time for us is not going to be freed up in the near future. We'll just keep on sharing our lives with the folks that God brings into our sacred space.

Posted: Thu - November 6, 2003 at 03:09 AM      

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