Over the weekend our kids were excited to see the first bit of snow coming down in our yard, confirming that summer is over and Fall is on us! We now have two opposing snow forts in the back yard. After a very cool and wet summer, we are hoping this melts quick!

With Fall here we are back in the full swing of things with the kids at school and other activities. Two of the kids are now involved in quizzing at church, so they are busy doing Scripture memory and getting ready for the first competition. Naomi is teaching a childrens’ Sunday School class and I am leading the adult class this Fall at our church, as well as preaching one Sunday a month at another smaller rural church.

Please pray for our family as we are involved in church, school, and just the busyness of life, that we keep our priorities straight.

Please pray too for additional financial support for our family.

Everybody takes first-day-of-school photos these days, and this year ours coincided with a chapel day, so they were in dress uniform for their small Christian school. We decided to have some fun and take a goofy photo on day two as well, showing life after the excitement of day one, but the teenager didn’t want to be in some silly photo.

Evangelism Partnerships
In the last week I’ve had a few opportunities to talk to people using our evangelism resources in their ministries. I love hearing how people are using these Gospel tools.

A pregnancy care centre here in Alberta re-ordered 7 cases of our children’s book, “The Lamb.” They put one of these evangelism picture books in each gift basket they give to everyone who comes to them for help from their community. This is a wonderful idea for sharing the Good News with those in a challenging time of life.

Yesterday, we shipped 400 copies of “The Story that Matters” to a church in the US that distributes these books annually at a juvenile detention center within their community. Again, a great ministry to those who in need.

Please pray with us for those churches, ministries and individuals using these tools to share the precious Gospel message in their communities.

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.