On Account of Weather

Spring is here in all it's greenery and blossom! All that green and color does come at the small cost of rainy days, but it is worth it. It is so beautiful to look outside and see the city all leafed-out (Edmonton has the largest area of urban park land in North America), and we get outside in it often. The mosquitoes haven't even been as bad as we've heard--not yet anyway--which has allowed us to be outside more easily with our children.

People are out and about as we are, and generally everyone is in the famed Canadian mood of easy-going. It makes for fairly easy conversation starting, and we have had the chance to talk more and longer with people than ever before.

For example, on Father's Day, we planned to go to an outdoor free event for dads and their children near to where we live. However, as we were dressing to leave, the sky darkened and the rain started falling. So we changed our plans and went to an indoor event instead. While there, our girls noticed two other girls their ages and started playing while in one of the common areas. 

Eventually we met the mother, who graciously stayed until we could take care of a 10-minute errand, so the girls could play longer. We then ended up in a Gospel-centered conversation for over half an hour and exchanged contacts at the end, before heading outside for the girls to play still more until we left. This would have never happened in the winter (due to darkness and cold), or if we had gone to the other location. On account of the weather, the Lord had us in the right place at the right time.

So no matter what the weather brings our way in the non-winter, please keep praying for us to be directed into just the places we need to be to meet those we can serve in the name of Jesus.