February Letter

                                                                                    February 2011

“It was totally a God thing”!

That’s probably the best way to describe a meeting between strangers that had very good reasons for never happening. But God chose to use the horrible experience of personal pain, and the weakness of battling illness, to bring consolation to this stranger who had lost a son. It sure brings to mind the truth of 2 Corinthians 1:3-4:

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

 God has been doing some exciting things in our midst!

-Reaching down with a special touch for a long time Christian brother who has wandered,

-Coming powerfully into our midst as we cried and prayed with a grieving woman

bemoaning the murder of her son and the devastation of so many young lives

caught up in the web of drugs and gangs, 

-Showing me little glimpses of his desire for unity and oneness in the church, and proving

that he is still drawing his children together, even those that have been estranged

for far too long,

-Reminding me how diligently our staff members are applying themselves to serving the

 King of Kings,

-Encouraging me with the prayers and passion of the local “pastors prayer group” for the

physical and spiritual needs of people in Thompson and area

-Showing me in multiple ways that there are many of you who really do pray for and

support the kingdom work we are involved in here in the North,

-Teaching me what a privilege I have to be a part of what Jesus called “building my

Church”, as I follow paths blazed by pioneers and also look to a future that is “as

bright as the promises of God,”

-Encouraging me daily with the desire that so many of you have to be a part of the great

work that God is doing. 

            On behalf of Continental Mission, thank you so much for your prayers and gifts that fuel the work that we have the privilege to be involved in.

                                                Wishing you God’s blessing,

                                                Ferlin Abrahamson

                                                    General Manager