MARTIN, TREVOR & HANNAH (Waterloo, ON; Power to Change) PRAISE: For a good and healthy first couple of months with our new baby Avery. For many meals, gifts and prayers in support of us adjusting to being a family of 4. PRAY: For Trevor as he has finished his parental leave, returned to work and pray for wisdom in which priorities to take on. For wisdom as we plan for a trip to BC this summer for our national staff conference and to meet some supporters we have out there.
Russ & Meredith - March 2022
MARTIN, RUSS & MEREDITH (Singapore; Power to Change / Lausanne Movement) PRAISE: Good opportunities for ministry with N. Successful meetings in 6 US cities in February. Gwenyth recovered from a mild bout with COVID-19. PRAY: For continued outreach opportunities with N, J, V, CS. For wisdom in making the right hires for 2 key roles on Russ' team. That the right partners would surface to expand our global hackathon to 200 cities this year in October.
Robert & Susan - March 2022
MARTIN, ROBERT & SUSAN (Kingston, ON; Kingston Prison Ministry; MSC) PRAISE: B is staying connected with his church on the street and seeking to give spiritual direction and support to his children. Y was deported to Moldova a year ago and is actively working with the pastor of the church he is attending to assist refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. Susan’s Mom is settled into her apartment. PRAY: J is struggling to understand how his offense against his family has hurt them; he wants it quickly resolved and does not understand this will not happen easily. B has a parole hearing in a week; pray that his faith will grow whether parole is granted or denied. Men are battling discouragement with overall uncertainty that Covid has placed on their correctional plans.
Gord & Heather - March 2022
MARTIN, GORD & HEATHER (Waterloo, ON; Vision Ministries) PRAISE/PRAY: Please continue to pray or Indy’s recovery from a serious case of COVID-19 and for his safe return to Canada. Praise! Water continues to flow at the prayer centre in the arid Maasai district of Kenya. They are over the moon about it! Imagine, a prayer centre called “the well”, now has water! Still looking for worship space for a new Persian church plant in Ottawa.
Charlotte Martin - March 2022
MARTIN, CHARLOTTE (Guelph, ON; Power to Change) PRAISE: The borders for our Desert Rain mission trip are opened and the borders for our Vietnam mission are opening this month. We have just under 40 students accepted for 2022 mission trips. We have a new staff member who just finished his fundraising and will leave this month to join our team working in Desert Rain. PRAY: We need more students to sign up for our mission trip in Guelph that will be reaching out to international students. We are on a tight timeline this year as mission trips start in less than 2 months. In the next two months students need to start and finish raising funds, flights need to be booked, and the rest of the logistics and training need to be confirmed. This month we start setting goals and making plans for the next ministry year.