For Such A Time As This

September and October proved to be incredibly busy months!  Three times each year I visit or touch base with all of the 17 communities in my area (spring, summer and fall).  During these visits I establish and build relationships with the community leadership so that they can be served in the most effective manner.  Additionally, in the spring I make arrangements for the summer ministry; in the summer I visit the teams as they conduct their various programs; and in the fall I check with the community to see how everything went during the summer and begin making arrangements for the following year. It was unanimous!   As I was doing the autumn follow-up, it became very apparent that the leadership in each community were thrilled with their team's ministry and are looking forward to seeing them again next year.  All of the teams were fantastic! Gift of Jackets for the North -  Samsonite Canada graciously donated around 900 new jackets to be distribute

MINISTRY UPDATE – OCTOBER 2017 GORDON GILBEY SERVING IN NORTH-WESTERN MANITOBA and NORTH-EASTERN SASKATCHEWAN Welcome to my next season of serving Christ through LAMP!  After faithfully serving as the Executive Director of Missionfest Manitoba for fourteen years, the Lord chose to shake up my life and called me to northern missions through LAMP.  My duties include building relationships with seventeen communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.  This entails the recruitment and positioning of teams in each of these communities who will provide a number of programs which will proclaim the hope of the Gospel and strengthen the Christian presence in the Canadian North.  SUMMER 2017 -  My first summer was absolutely amazing!  I felt the Lord smiling as each of the teams soared as they conducted their summer ministry programs.  There were many, many fantastic moments during the summer.  The teams conducted a Vacation Bible School (VBS) in each of the seventeen