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Merry Christmas 2008!

By Darren on December 26, 2008

It’s that time of year again where I get woken early by my kids and mumble, “just 5 more minutes” while they are bouncing up and down on their Daddy’s tortured body.   It’s that time of year again when I finally roll out of bed and half fall down to the stairs with a big smile on my face as I look forward to seeing my children gleefully shred wrapping paper with wonder in their eyes at the gifts they’ve received.  It’s that time of year again when my wife and I look at each other with that understanding and gratitude for the blessing of sharing this moment with our children and just the wonder of being together.  It’s that time of year again when I’m reminded that if it weren’t for the incarnation, the most extravagant gift of God in Jesus Christ - that none of this would be possible.

Hope you had a great day today folks with family and friends!

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A New Adventure

By Darren on April 20, 2008

Well it’s official (and I can announce now). I’m going to be starting a new ministry as the Assistant Pastor of Waterloo Pentecostal Church. I’m really looking forward to this new position and working with the leadership team there. It’s absolutely incredible (and I confess a bit of a whirlwind too!) the journey God has been bringing my family and I through this past two months. I’ve posted more information and thoughts about this change on my family blog. You can read more there.

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Something else to Remember…

By Darren on June 30, 2007

This entry is part 26 of 27 in the series Zimbabwe 2007 Project

Hi folks, Well we’ve been back for a couple of days and have had a chance to begin showing some pictures and sharing about our experiences with our families. It’s nice that it hasn’t been too hot - it’s given us a chance to adapt back to the Canadian Summer after being in the Zimbabwe Winter ;).
One more thing you all can keep in prayer if possible. Scott’s camera went missing while on the trip and there were quite a few picture on it that he would have liked to be able to share with his family. If you can pray that it’ll turn up at the village that’d be much appreciated!

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Back on Canadian Soil and a Great Surprise!

By Darren on June 28, 2007

This entry is part 20 of 27 in the series Zimbabwe 2007 Project

We’re back on Canadian Soil! It’s good to be home and we were greeted with a pleasant surprise when some of our family members showed up to welcome us at the airport!
Now comes the difficult part of getting back into life as a Canadian without losing what we’ve learned from our time in Zimbabwe. Our team has already been talking about what we are doing now that we are home and in the coming months you’ll hear more from us. In the meantime we’re just going to take a month to think through what we’ve learned and enjoy our families. In the near future we’ll be announcing when we’ll have a presentation night of pictures and stories of our experiences - and where the Zimbabwe Project goes from here. There’s so much we have to share over and above these reports we’ve been giving you.
One more thing. Alex Pendergast’s bag didn’t arrive with us in Toronto. He’s been told there wasn’t enough room on the plane and they had to leave the bag in London. Keep this in prayer that the bag will arrive safely.
Tatenda! (Thank you)

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Arrival safely in London

By Darren on June 27, 2007

This entry is part 19 of 27 in the series Zimbabwe 2007 Project

Hi folks - just a quick update that we’ve arrived safely in London and have checked into the hotel for overnight. It was a pretty emotional goodbye in Harare this morning. All of us are looking forward to getting home ;)
To our families…if you want to send an email to any of us feel free to do so. We have internet access while we’re at the hotel so we will receive the emails and can reply. Just keep in mind that it is currently 9:00pm here in London (we’re 5 hours ahead of EST).

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