Family camping trip in Jasper

Dear Friends and Family,

Summer has flown by and we have much to update you on.

Both Troy and Naomi have been working on various aspects of a new series we hope to print this fall. Naomi has been editing and proofreading and Troy has been updating some teaching video files to be included with the books. This new series is call the No Ordinary Story Series. It is a series of small, “bite-sized” booklets that give a creation-to-Christ overview similar (but more condensed) to what you find in The Stranger or By This Name. They are easy to read and are geared to a secular viewpoint. They will be ideal to use with those who aren’t great readers who would be intimidated by one big book. These will be a great fit for both teen and adult study groups.

Printing this series will cost $27,000, and currently, we have a donor who has agreed to match donations toward the printing of these books, up to $13,500. Funds that are received over and above this amount will go into an account towards translations of our materials.

In addition to the work on the NOS Series, Troy has been labouring many hours with paperwork, trying to appease various levels of government with their annual requirements. A lot of this paperwork is new to Troy and has been quite challenging to understand and know how to fill out properly.

So two major prayer requests:

1. For us all, as we push hard to get the NOS series ready to print and provision of funds
2. Patience and ability to complete government paperwork to their satisfaction.

Kenya

We are encouraged by various stories that we hear on a regular basis. We were thrilled to send a fellow labourer in Africa some materials and visual aids to help his tremendous ministry in Kenya. He has been using GoodSeed resources for some time and we have been following his adventures on social media as he seeks to share the gospel.

“All the visuals I desired and prayed for plus more visuals. Plus the tabernacle. Plus many books and DVDs. And workbooks and teacher’s guides! Thank you so much GoodSeed ministry. Thank you so much. I will faithfully use these materials to evangelize, make disciples and train disciple makers. All to the glory of God.”

India

Another individual wrote to share how she used The Lamb to teach children in India. She wrote:
“Over the sessions I was amazed to observe how the children were developing an understanding of the truth of the fact that we are sinners and the significance of the sins of the people being placed on the lamb and them coming to the truth of Jesus being our sacrificial lamb. … I was also able to discover how so many of the children believed their good works/behaviour would give them favour with God and so I was able to address this.

“On the last day as they were worshipping the Lord singing ‘Jesus Lamb of God’ some of the children were weeping as it was obvious there had been a revelation of the truth imparted into their hearts. I was so delighted as there were approximately 150 children in each session and I was so encouraged to see the Holy Spirit bring these truths to them and working on individual hearts.”

Thank you so much for partnering with us as we desire to make the precious truths of the gospel clear and easily accessible.

Troy & Naomi

PS Check out our blog for photos of some summer activities.