5. 03.
Just over a month ago, I announced that we were making a decision on where I will be going to school this fall. Since then, I have applied and been accepted to Prairie Bible College in Three Hills, Alberta.
By the will of God, we will be selling our house and moving out to Three Hills this summer and living there for at least 3 years while I complete a Bachelor of Ministry – Pastoral degree. We are very excited about this move, but have a lot of work to do before then.
We thank you for your prayers and ask that you continue to pray for the things mentioned in my previous post. Thanks so very much!
30. 01.
13 years ago, I made a commitment to God, and although I stumbled and struggled with my faith along the way, I always knew that one day I would go to Bible College for Christian Ministry. Lynn and I have decided that this Fall is the time for me to do this.
Over the next couple weeks, we will be making a decision to move to one of two communities, depending on which school I choose. Our first choice is Prairie Bible College in Three Hills, Alberta. This is our first choice for many reasons, most of which have to do with family life within the community. Our second choice is Providence, which is closer to home, but not as good for family life.
Please pray for us as we make this decision, and all of the steps that need to happen from now until August: application and acceptance, scholarships, bursaries and students loans, selling our house and arranging housing at the school campus, and our kids as they will have to adjust to a different living arrangement.
We appreciate your prayers and support!
14. 05.
We were doing some yard work, and I had a wheel barrow full of branches and leaves that I needed to bring to the burn pile. No help was needed, but I asked Caleb to help me, and he thought it was the greatest thing ever to help his dad. He worked and worked, grunted and fell and, with my help, he got right back up and continued to work. Although he was absolutely no help to me whatsoever, I was pleased to see him try, and he thought he was doing all the work.
In the same way, our Heavenly Father does not need our help. He is fully capable of doing everything himself. However, that is not the point. The point is to have a relationship with His children, to involve us in His work. We sometimes think we are doing all the work ourselves, we grunt and fall and, with our Fathers help, we get right back up and continue the work he invites us to do.
I am proud of my son, and the enthusiasm he has to help me. I pray that his enthusiasm will one day be directed towards helping his Heavenly Father. But for now, I must be the closest thing to his Heavenly Father I can possibly be, so that when the time comes for the Lord to make Himself known to Caleb, he will have already got to know Him through me.
William Knelsen