Summer Update

We are so thankful that we have had a great summer so far! The church has fluctuated in numbers, as it usually does due to people going on holidays, but we have actually seen some new people come for the first time and keep coming, including children! This has been an unusual experience for us, but it is also, of course, a wonderful blessing. We are so grateful for your prayers concerning this issue specifically. The Lord has answered!

Secondly, Dejan has started a 6-week Apologetics class that will run through the early part of September. It is running mid-week, and people from the church have invited friends and relatives. The turnout has been pretty good, too. The heart behind the class is to give people a greater foundation in the basic issues that come up when talking to people about Christianity and how to both engage in these conversations effectively and address the specifics (God, Jesus, the Bible, etc).

Last, a group of five is taking their first ever church missions trip to Mexico this week! They are serving at the CCBCE in Ensenada doing construction, orphanage ministry and other projects to help the missionaries there that we support. They are a family from Edmonton who got connected with Calvary Chapel, whom we met in our very first weeks here. Please pray for the team--for safety, health, to be a blessing, and for their journey home, as they are returning Saturday night. We are so thankful that the Lord has opened this opportunity, which we hope will be the first of many.

We hope your summer is a blessing, and that you are finding many occasions to be renewed in your faith, encouraged in your walk with the Lord, and to be a light in your world.

Thanks for holding us in prayer,
Dejan and Julie <><