Day 7 & 8: You Betcha!

As we wind down our days in Edmonton Canada our hearts are full! We spent Wednesday on Whyte Street which is a part of the city center and is home to a diversity of cultures. It was a rainy day, but a productive day as we heard news of fruit from our Festival Days; Dejan got a call back from a man we talked to, which is highly rare since Canadians don't usually call back! Praise the Lord; please continue to pray for hearts to be stirred. We prayed over the city and had multiple opportunities to witness to people on the streets. Please also pray for a woman name Leah that our little Leah met at the Festival. Julie, Christina, and the children were able to meet, discuss Jesus, and possible opportunities to use her coffee shop for ministry. We had great fellowship over dinner with Dejan and the girls.

Thursday we spent our day relaxing and touring a little through West Edmonton mall. We had our eyes open as even there we had opportunities to talk to a handful of people. It was a fun day as we walked through the ginormous mall of over 800 stores and were able to attend a sea lion show and visit a little aquarium, all of which are in the mall!!! We then had a farewell dinner at Dejan and Julie's. It was definitely bittersweet as our time is ending, but we are so excited to see the work that the Lord is doing in Canada and can't wait to see what is in store next. Keep the Buljoivic family in your prayers as they need the strength from the Lord to continue on in the work He has set before them. We were so blessed by them the entire trip and will truly miss them. We are now getting ready to hit the road. Please pray for safe travels as we will be driving through the night. We are excited to come and share what the Lord has done through this trip, eh! Love- Canada Team 2013

Day 5&6: Around the World in 3 days!

The last two days have been jam packed with activity! Monday was our last day of the Heritage Festival we went down in the morning and then were split as part of our group went to a convalescent home. The rest of the group stayed at the festival all day. It was a very productive day as we talked to many groups of people and shared the love of Christ with them. The convalescent home was a precious time as they had worship and a Bible study and were able to spend time with the people there. We met back up in the evening had dinner in our dorms and then had a meeting with Dejan, Julie, and the girl to discuss the rest of the week and reflect on the festival. We figured out that we talked to over 35 nations in three days!!! The Lord brought the nations to us to spread His name during those three days. What a beautiful and exciting thing it was. We then had a time of prayer and worship as we reflected on the many people that we talked to.

Tuesday we took a different approach as the festival was over. We went into the city center of Edmonton. They had a big square where people gathered, the Lord brought many people to talk to us through out the day.  During the evening we watched the girls as Dejan and Julie had a date :) The girls had fun as we went to dinner and walked around the college campus. They particularly liked when we saw a huge hare in the middle of campus! These days have kept us busy and have been full, but the Lord has provided strength and has been uniting the team. Thank you for your prayers and for following us on our journey! Sending our love and prayer from Canada- Canada Team 2013

So we may boldly say:

“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.What can man do to me?” -Hebrews 13:6 

Christina & Leah

Team in City Hall

Our Youth in City Hall

Jeff & Christina

Team in front of the pool in front of City Hall

Witnessing near City Hall

Street Witnessing (Dejan on right, Naomi and Spencer in background left)

Rick & Christine 

 

Day 4: Service and Festival

Hello again to our faithful followers! Today felt like two days in one. We had another blessed morning together with our breakfast and devotions. We then hit the festival again and were able to continue to talk to people and spread the good news! Pray for the hearts at the festival that the seeds that have been planted would grow and that people would remember our conversations :) We then hit a Costco to stock back up on our food supplies, then headed to Dejan and Julie's for church service. We were able to meet up with a person who attends Dejan and Julie's fellowship; his name is Doug. Continue to pray for him and his wife who actually is in Russia and is still working on her papers to get to Canada. It was a blessing to get into the Word, have communion,  and fellowship together. We then had some treats and more fellowship. Afterwards we headed back to the dorms, got situated and headed back to the festival until it closed. It was a blessed day and we are overwhelmed with what the Lord is doing in Edmonton. Pray for fruit and that we would continue to be strengthened and bless Dejan and Julie.
May the Lord Bless you! Love and Miss you all- 2013 Canada Team

"Do not be afraid of their faces,  

For I am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord." 

-Jeremiah 1:8

Day 3- Heritage Festival

Hello Dear Brothers & Sisters! What a blessed day we had. We had a bit of rest this morning, our breakfast, and devotions. Dejan met us at the dorms and then we walked down to the Heritage Festival. What a sight it was! Tents laid out before us for what seemed like miles. Tons of music and lots of different aromas coming from all of the different ethnic foods. We were able to witness to many people today. We estimated that there were over 80,000 people present today at the Festival. We talked to over 10 nations and had some very interesting and definitely spirit led conversations. It is amazing how the Lord puts people in our paths at the most important of times!  We had the opportunity to try many ethnic foods for lunch and dinner.  Julie and the girls met up with us and enjoyed being with the team. We had an overwhelmingly blessed day and are so excited to go back! Tomorrow we will attend the festival in the morning and then we will attend Sunday service at Dejan and Julie's home. Pray for the many people we talked to, it was an array of backgrounds from Muslims, to Atheists, to very liberal, but ultimately lots of lost souls. We are excited with how the Lord is working and what a glorious day He gave us today!! Sending our love from Canada- Canada Team 2013

Matthew 9:36 "But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd."

Traveling

Entering Canada

The Girls

The Team

Naomi and Leah at the Festival

A Glimpse of the Festival

Nick and Spencer

 

Ready to Serve in Edmonton!

After several inconveniences the first day of travel (miscommunication with van rental, delay at border, Google Map failure in Lethbridge, and misunderstanding with sleeping arrangement), we arrived safely in Edmonton our second day with no new surprises, at approximately 6 in the evening. Everything went smoothly our second day and we had a wonderful evening at Dejan and Julie's home with dinner, prayer, worship, and fellowship. We are excited to start street evangelism tomorrow at the Heritage Festival in Edmonton. Sorry for the lack of pictures, but we wanted to update everyone on our safe arrival before getting some well appreciated sleep in our comfy dorm rooms at the University of Alberta. Hope to update you tomorrow with some pics. Thanks for reading! God Bless!

iREACH Canada

Hello Brothers & Sisters! We are getting ready to send our next team out, this time to Edmonton Canada. The team consists of Spencer Alvarez, Naomi Bossert, Greg Smith, Nick Wade, Rick & Christine Emerson, Jeff, Christina, & Leah Fadness. The team departs at 9 AM tomorrow morning (Thursday August 1st) come join us as we send them off. Please be in prayer for safe travels and for the preparations that Dejan and Julie Buljovcic have in welcoming their first team!

Safely Home

We arrived  back safely to Pocatello Tuesday morning at 4AM. A BIG thank you to Eric and Colleen Anthony for driving to SLC to pick us up after flight delays. It was such a blessing to us! We appreciate all of your prayers and appreciate the comments and followers along the way as we took this journey. Excited to share with everyone about the work that the Lord did through us. Please continue to pray for fruit to come from our labors.

Love,
Your Russia 2013 Team