Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Day 1

I just finished my first official morning as George's gopher - his previous gopher having left at 5am this morning.

I had a safe and peace-filled trip over from Georgia on Friday night. Thanks for your prayers.

It was good to overlap a few days with the previous gopher, Nathan Smith (see blog at right). Nathan is an easy-going guy with a real sense of humour. Last night he tallied all of the countries he'd been to over the course of the year, and the total came to 30.

I'll be in London for the next few days - learning the role, doing a driving lesson/evaluation (on Friday), etc. Then off to Germany August 16 (see itinerary below).

I offered some prayer requests in a previous blog, but I now have three keywords for this year. They are love, humility, and wisdom. Please ask God to grant me these three things in abundance. Please also pray for a real unity among the small team at the office here in London (where I'll be roughly half the year).
ar TORONTO, CANADA | 2023+

APRIL


MAY

27 Sat (1) 11am Commencement speaker at R. University, (2) ~3pm+ time w/ V/AR+
29 Mon (1) 9:30am VT prayer, (2) 3pm mtg DerCh - Mississauga
30 Tue (1) 10am ph call (AA), (2) 5:30pm video mtg (IsTan), (3) 8pm neighbourhood prayer mtg

JUNE
1 Thu (1) 11:30am Zoom mtg (LM), (2) 4pm mtg (VS,KBr)
2 Fri (1) 10:30am ph call (PVDW; SL w/ boys; ~J working)
3 Sat SL w/ boys and MG
5 Mon (1) 9:30am VT prayer mtg, (2) 2pm Europe call, (3) 4pm mtg/walk (YM)
6 Tue 7:30pm worship night
9 Fri ~J's b'day
10 Sat North Bay trip
13 Tue ~J school trip w/ ~Co | (text BD)
14 Thu 11am mtg (DAy) - Unionville
16 Fri (1) 9am video med appt, (2) 15-km run (Prayer Journey "warm-up")
17 Sat Prayer Journey (my own: 50km GTA bike-ride) and GTA after-party
29 ... July 7 Thu-Fri poss. holiday in Arkansas

JULY
... 7 Thu-Fri poss. holiday in Arkansas
~8-17 SA+ in Toronto; P/H Bell likely visiting too
17-21 Mon-Fri Kids Kapers camp
24 Mon 2:45pm med. appt
26 Wed (1) 3pm Zoom mtg (SMa,SB), (2) 7pm ~J speaking at Greenhouse/Zoe - UofT downtown
27 Thu 10am video MVT board mtg
31 Mon 3:05pm med. appt
July/Aug CCWM board mtg / AGM

AUGUST
6-12 Sun-Fri Cottage w/ O/DN+ and UB/AC - Windermere; plus Muskoka
19 Sat poss. ~J fam beach day - Brighton area
25-29 Fri-Tue MoveIn staff retreat - southern Ontario

2023+
Sep 21 Thu - MVT board mtg
Sep 23 Sat poss. date of GV memorial
Sep 24 Sun ~Ch's b'day
Sep ~26-28 Poss. time in Lushnjë, Albania
Sep 29 - Oct 6 MoveIn Europe Conference+ - Durrës, Albania
Oct 21 Sat poss./unlikely date of GV memorial
Oct 21-27 Dollar-a-Day week
Early Nov Poss. fundraising event - Niagara
Nov-Jan Poss. time in India - Goa; Philippines - Manila+; Indonesia - Jakarta/Bali; LA/San Diego