Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Deputation is in full swing

Now that most of our missionary letters have been mailed out (we still have about 20 to send) we have been focusing our attention on the visa process and deputation. This past weekend we travelled to Bridgewater and Lunenburg Nova Scotia. We spent the morning at Cary's home church as a teen, Bridgewater Open Bible Church. We had a lovely time reconnecting with people; some of which we hadn't seen in nearly a decade. The evening service was at Faith Baptist Chapel where again Cary was able to relive days gone by with old friends. Both churches expressed a desire to take us on as missionaries and we left each church feeling greatly encouraged.

The only negative of the trip was the fact that my Powerpoint presentation wasn't able to be shown. BOBC doesn't have the technology to show Powerpoint yet (that wasn't a surprise) but Lunenburg is able. We were all set to go, the laptop was showing the slideshow but we couldn't get the picture on the wall. It was pretty frustrating, but things went along fine without it.

We were really excited about renting a car. While on deputation, the mission (FEBInternational) pays for all expenses. They actually told us to rent a car, since it's cheaper to do that than to pay us mileage. This was great for us, since our car was (once again) at the garage to be repaired. We rented a PT Cruiser, which we got at no extra cost. The kids thought it was great, but after 900 kms, I really don't have any desire to drive one again. They look nice, but they're not a great car to drive. I'll give further reports on rental cars as we go along. :)