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A funny thing happened January 24, 1919

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Here in Sackville, NB there was a bit of rain. That is nothing unusual right now as it has rained every day since we started our vacation last week. The rain I am talking about was on January 24, 1919. The winter rain must have been unusual enough that someone painted it on the wall in the paint room at the Campbell Carriage Factory Museum here in Sackville.

This is a fascinating little museum right here in my home town. Apparently the factory ran for over 100 years before it was closed. It seems that the employees locked to door on the way out and nobody disturbed the facility for many years. The tools and patterns for cutting, a few unfinished carriages and sleighs were all left inside. Be sure to check it out if you are in the area.

The Campbell family also started a funeral business and there were a number of casket materials in the factory as well.

Doh! The problem with hand engraving.. there is no eraser to fix it with.

The hubs for the wagon wheels were cut in advance and allowed to dry for at least a year before being used. These never got taken off the shelf.

Spindles get banged into the hubs.

Spindle ends getting shaped.

The wheel assembly table.

Wood Point

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On Sunday June 11 I had the priveledge of speaking at Wood Point Baptist Church. This is a small church just outside Sackville that has been faithfully supporting Noami and I since we started at WOL. This is also the first church that I ever preached at.

Staff

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Naomi and I are now in Sackville after a refreshing and fun time at our semi-annual national staff conference. Together with our co-workers from both the English and French divisions of Word of Life Canada, we were in Schroon Lake for a few days. We had many challenging messages from the Word of God and the theme for the conference was “Serving with Excellence in a World of Mediocrity”. Naomi and I both really enjoyed all the Bible sessions.

Word of Life and Parole de Vie staff

Weddings

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This past weekend I was the photographer for the wedding of Peter Zimmerman and Heather Evison. Heather is the daughter of one of my coworkers. We had a great day and the forecasted thunderstorms and all day rain didn’t crash the party. You can see some of the photos on my photography page: www.TroyAndNaomi.com/photography

Later this summer I will be doing the photography for some of our alumni who are getting married. It is very exciting to be a part of these special events, to see the bride and groom and their love and joy on their special day.

Ministry Update – June 2

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Year four is done. Today was the last day of classes at the Bible Institute. The students are dispersing across the province and have a couple of weeks off before returning for their summer ministry.

Students writing their last exam.

Dave is bursting with anticipation of going home for a few weeks.

We will be dispersing too. Next week we leave for our national staff conference with the rest of Word of Life Canada’s staff from both the French and English sides of the ministry. The conference will be at the Word of Life Inn located in Schroon Lake. While there, we will be having departmental planning meetings and having numerous Bible sessions. From there we will be traveling on to New Brunswick to spend some time with family and visit supporters and churches. We are both looking forward to having some relaxing time down there, but not nearly as much as my family is looking forward to having Ellie come.

We are so thankful to have gotten to know these students and watch them grow spiritually as they studied the Word of God here at WOLBI. We thank God for those who pray for us and those who support us and allow us to be a part of this ministry.

  • Please pray for safety for us and the rest of the staff as we travel to and from the conference.

  • Please pray for our students as they are home over break. They have important jobs this summer as counselors and staff at our summer camp. Pray that their hearts will be prepared for sharing the gospel with many kids.

Troy, Naomi, and Ellie