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Dear Sister,
It is dark in my kitchen as I type
this-- I reluctantly flip on the overhead light to spare
my eyes since I rather enjoy the peaceful-early-Sunday-
morning-overcast quality of the light. I trained
yesterday and rain is forecast for today as well. What
a pity that our garden space has not yet been worked or
planted.... I guess we are the "grasshoppers" of our
community, because I have seen and heard several of our
neighbours out putting in gardens. Ed has been away
running his half-marathon and golfing with his brother,
and I have been twisting myself into knots (double
right brain lead that I am) attempting to finish up the
volunteer roster for next week's Canadian Association of
Social Workers national conference here in Saskatoon.
Sometime after the Conference we will revisit the garden
idea.
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Finding Waldo:
When I became an Adventist, back in the early 90s, I
watched a series of videos to gain a quickie
understanding of Adventist history. Most fascinating to
me was the story of the Waldensians in the valleys of
the Italian Alps who were hunted down and killed by
three hundred years of persecutors. This dedicated band
of Christians worshiped on the Sabbath, and studied the
Bible together at a time when the only Bibles were
chained in Monasteries for the use of the privileged few
who could read. They vigorously defended their faith,
hiding in caves to worship, and secreting the Word in
fresh-baked loaves of bread that they delivered to their
hungry neighbours.
Harold Burden, one of our CHIP
trainers, emails that this coming week Dr. George and
Dena Guthrie leave for a
three-week itinerary in Europe with health lectures in
Rome and in the Waldensian Valleys as part of a
health-training seminar. Dena was also one of our
trainers in Saskatoon. You can read her testimonial by
clicking on
Trapped In A Vacation
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Blogging a Dead Horse?
For the past couple of newsletters I have been inviting
readers to become part of our Angel Co-op web log (blog)
site....only Carla has taken up the offer, so far.
The offer is still out there for any of you who might
want to take us up..... If you have questions, just
CONTACT US .
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When Two or More are
Gathered in My Name: Please remember
to click into our
PRAYER AND PRAISE page...
lift the burdens of those who have posted, and post your
own requests and reports. God bless you!
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Summertime and the
Books do Beckon... If you would like to
sink into a good book this summer, check out our
BOOK
REVIEWS.
The latest
review (Woman: The Full Story) is
provided with the kind permission of the site of
Christians for Biblical Equality from which we have
reprinted it.
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Women's Ministries Day
of Emphasis (this coming Sabbath at SDA
Churches across North America) Our Church (Saskatoon
Central) will be having a day set aside to honour and
acknowledge women who have experienced abuse, and to
look at how the faith community can prevent, protect,
and promote healing of women and children. We will have
a candlelit vigil for all committed and compassionate
persons to participate in. In the afternoon, after our
fellowship lunch, we will have a facilitated screening
of the excellent video "Broken Vows: Religious
Perspectives on Domestic Abuse." All adults will be
invited to this screening, with child care available.
Go to the Faith Trust site to check out this and other
related videos:
http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/index.html
Please share with us what your WM
committee is doing for Day of Emphasis. We'll have a
review of the events in a future newsletter. CONTACT
US
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Yesterday I met the very lovely
new (?) girlfriend of one of our adopted Kenyan sons.
Eliud was visiting Saskatoon to attend the graduation of
his Kenyan "little brother" Josiah-- Josiah's parents
traveled all the way from Kenya to attend, as well.
Eliud is studying for a PhD in bio-chemistry at the
University of Calgary. Carolyn is completing work for
an MA in English literature, particularly looking at
contemporary Canadian children's literature and how
Aboriginals are portrayed. This is so fascinating to
me-- I will be sure to pass on whatever information is
forthcoming. Eliud is a fine young man and Carolyn
seems a good match.
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We spoke to our son Phil (via
Instant Messenger) last night and heard about his recent
week spent on the island of Capul with his fiancée Malyn
and her family. They traveled from Manila to Malyn's
family home to ask the parents' blessing on their
upcoming marriage. Besides seeing family, they
connected with some of Malyn's long-time friends,
checked out bat caves, ate succulent young coconuts (buko),
and Phil saw a snake or two. On the way back in the
motorboat they got thoroughly drenched. Phil says that
Capul is a very beautiful island. I would expect that,
since my future daughter-in-law has all the signs of
having come from somewhere soul-nurturing and
beautiful. We feel so blessed.
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So, have a wonderful week!
In Christ,
Cynthia
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