February 12: Ryan & Jenneke Schnee, Middle Lake, SK
The past six months have brought a lot of new things. We are new to the Mission (Spring Candidate School 2011), new to full-time ministry (graduated from seminary April 2011), new to this little town, and new to the province of Saskatchewan. Our small town seems to revolve around agriculture, our senior’s home, and Lucien Lake Regional Park that provides swimming, fishing, and camping for the summer months.
We are grateful for: a positive start to relationships within the church family and a strong leadership team at the church; our two oldest children doing well at fitting into a new school; open doors and opportunities to minister in the large seniors’ complex (approx 100 residents) located in town; being able to walk and ride my bike to many of the things that we have been involved in (Around 200 miles on my bike last summer); seeing great things happening in our men’s and ladies’ Bible studies.
Please pray for: opportunities for our church to have a larger role in the school and to be able to establish a good relationship with the staff at the school; provision and patience for ongoing work on the parsonage (a lot has been accomplished already, funds have continued to come in to continue the work, and there is still a lot of work to do to make our family comfortable here); wisdom – there are always more opportunities to be involved in people’s lives and ministry than there is time and energy. Pray that we will be wise, exercise restraint when we need to, and be led to invest ourselves in work that will yield a harvest for the kingdom.
