Commissioning Sunday

Today our team was commis-sioned in our various home churches.  Here Victoria, Sarah, Connie, Chelsey and Hank are commis-sioned by Pastor Joel at Island Wesleyan Church.  Brian and Marilyn were commissioned at First Baptist in Charlottetown and Sister Gertrude at St. Peter's in Seven Mile Bay.  

A highlight for me (Hank) this morning was commis-sioning Paul and Betty MacPhee for their three month mission to another area of Malawi in the south, hosted by Iris Ministries.  Paul and Betty were on our 2007 team and after the Sunday service where we all shared in village churches, I vividly remember her saying, "I have found my calling."  So to see them launching out on their own mission trip was incredibly awesome and I am grateful for the part I have been able to play in their lives by introducing them to Africa and in turn helping them find an ideal host for a more extended mission.  Betty is doing children's ministry and Paul will work on the facilities of the orphanage that Iris Ministries oversees.  So we as EMAS Canada Malawi Team 2010 which them God's riches blessing as they leave just a few days after we do.

Tomorrow night we meet to pack!  Time is short now!