“For we are laborers together with God.” 1 Corinthians 3:9

Dear Praying Partners,

Thank you again for praying for us! May and June were interesting months. Happiness, sadness, pain, excitement and blessings are words that come to mind when thinking about these last two months.

Happiness, because our son David and his wife were able to come up for a few days. It was so good to see them again and to show them where we live and work. Rachel had never been here before, and it had been almost 8 years since David had been up here. It was a whirlwind of a few days trying to show them all the neat places to go and fun things to do in and near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Sadness, because the whole time they were here it was rainy, cloudy, and cold. Also, Penny began to have muscle spasms in her back when we had planned to fish and stay at Poplar Point near Big River for a couple of days. Joe was still able to go back and fish with them, but he had to bring Penny home first.

Pain, because those spasms are NO fun! The pain is intense and has often lasted up to a week. This time they lasted a week and a half! She had to miss two Wednesdays, the biggest days at the office, but praise the Lord one of the ladies was able to fill in for her so she wasn’t so far behind on Friday June 27th when she was finally able to return to work. She stayed all afternoon, which was probably too much and had spasms again on Saturday morning.

Excitement, because through this sadness God has allowed us to find a Doctor that is willing to check out Penny’s back and really find the cause instead of just treating the symptoms which have been happening periodically for the last 33 years.

Blessings, because The Mailbox Club had 371 graded lessons this past month and 37 new students were added to the club! Also a big blessing is that Joe was able to preach 3 times this past month; June 1 at a church in Saskatoon, June 22 at our church, and again on the 29th in Middle Lake, Saskatchewan, filling the pulpit for a pastor friend.

AWANA camp is coming up in July! Don’t forget to pray for the campers grades 3 through 12 as they attend 7 days of great preaching and studying God’s Word. Pray that each of them will go back home a different person, having grown closer to God and wanting to please only HIM!

Prayer:

• Please keep our family in prayer.
• Pray also for the many campers who come to AWANA camp July 13-20.

Praises:

• Praise the Lord for all of the students in the Mailbox Club!
• Praise the Lord for each of you who pray for us!

Serving God in Canada,

Joe & Penny

1 Thessalonians 5:24, 25 Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us.