Christmas Eve
Here are 2 more pictures of our family. Anty Beth with baby Duric and Beth's children Kaci and Brody playing high above Coleman on one of the few volcanic fidges found in the Crowsnest Pass.

Thinking about adjusting to life in Guatemala. They tell me that I will have to speak baby talk and will loose most of my personality. I am working hard to come up with some small jokes in Spanish to counter this.
Separation from friends and family will also affect us in that we will be lonely. Hmmmm how does one deal with lonelines. I know the obvious that is abiding in Christ however there is a kind of peace that each must come to grips with.

Well those are some of my thoughts as we move into Christmas day our last in Canada.

May you all have a Blessed day keeping the significance of Christ the baby in perspective as the Christ who died a lamb for the sins of the world.

The picture of 4 men below was that of Me my son Dan, my Dad and my newest grandeson Duric.

Hi Everyone

Life continutes to move full speed ahead. I am very busy at work trying to finish up on an Aboriginal Consultation. In the evenings I sort through files and drawers improtant stuff into the plastic container for Guatemala other neet stuff into a box for storage, and then there is the garbage, several bags so far!

We have a new Grande Child and were able to see our Fort McMurry Grande kids down here in the Crowsnest, we fished, dug snow caves and climbed mountains. A good last visit before the big flight south!

We took a 4 generation picture of our Grande Child Duric, my dad and son Dan. Has anyone ever heard of the name Duric. A one of!.

We are having our criminal check done which we will need in Guatemala and I still need to review my will. The list is large but time is short so some things are just not going to get done.

We have a new address in Guatemala:
Apartado #216
Pieriferico
Guatemala City
C.A. 01011

It would be nice if a few people would send us some snail mail so that we could see if it actually works. Do not send a million dollars because I here that nothing of value makes it past Florida.

Well I am off on another long week but Christmas is coming and our chance to reconnect with the Birth of Christ in preparation for the death, burial and resurrection. I trust you will have a blessed Christmas.

Remaining Faithful in Christ
Tim

Well it is November 21, 2006. Yesterday I sent in my notice of resignation to SRD effective in early January 2007. Finally, the process is started for our move to Guatemala. The number of items requiring attention is troublesome. They include the renewing our Passports (which we received this week), dental and doctor appointments, ordering a spare set of eye glasses, buying extra shoes & clothes (nothing down there if you are taller than 5'4" and that's the men!), updating our wills, setting up American funds bank accounts and money transfer protocols, signing forms of all sorts, the purchase of airline tickets and making decisions on what goes and what stays.We have budgeted $500 dollars for extra baggage. In the midst of all this I am working full time on an Aboriginal consultation process and to top it off the elk are too ellusive to allow me to successfully bag one! I did take some time with our son Adam to try hunting out on the prairies for deer and we were successful. Should keep insurance claims for deer collisions down in the New Dayton area.

We visited Harvest Life Community Church in Sherwood Park where we presented an update on our journey to Guatemala, and I preached a sermon. During the potluck that followed, 2 precious souls accepted Christ! Always good to see that the Lord is working on hearts even despite our preaching!

This next Sunday we will be out of town again across the province to Medicine Hat where we will give an update and I will again deliver a sermon.

We must begin developing our Christmas Newsletter and would like that completed well before Christmas so that we can focus on family and final packing arrangements.Oh yes, and there is the new grandchild due to arrive next week! That will keep Sheila busy helping out the new parents. I will probably try another video and we hope to place more pictures on this site.

Well, that is about it for now. May the Lord bless you with an ongoing revelation of his love.
Tim

Hi Everyone

October has been a busy month of planning and preparation.

During the Thanksgiving weekend we attended the 25th anniversary and mortgage burning celebration in Grande Cache at the Cornerstone Mountain Assembly. It was wonderful to visit with old and new friends! While there, we were able to make a presentation on our mission to Guatemala.

We are in the process of renewing our passports and obtaining some additional immunization shots. It is our intention to purchase tickets for Guatemala in November and we expect to fly there in January of 2007. Additional monthly commitments are needed and we are trusting the Lord that by the time we leave, additional commitments will be in place. Please pray for us regarding additional churches to present in and for individuals in my work field to step up and consider supporting our efforts in helping the underpriviledegd and marginalized in Guatemala.

Our church is sponsoring another short term missions team to Guatemala and Sheila has been busy working with others to coordinate the supplies that will be carried down with the team. We will not be accompanying the team, however hope that some of our supplies can be transported with them.

We hope all is well at your end.

Tim & Sheila

Hi Everyone- We now have a budget line to capture donations for a vehicle. We have a personal account set up in American funds also, so beteen donations and our private funds we hope to pick up a vehicle in March. We have been told that for safety reasons we need to purchase a vehicle as soon as possible after landing. We have set a budget that allows us 2 months to look around. In any event if you are considering one time donations then directing them to our vehicle fund would be appreciated.

We are struggling with our emotions off and on at this time and covet your prayers for us as we move into the final months of preparation.

Tim

Hi Friends

This site is being prepared so that we can communicate better with you while in Guatemala. It is our hope to travel there to begin a 4 year term during the first week in January of 2007. We had a funding setback that forced us into cancelling our October 20th travel date. However are hopeful that sufficient long term commitments will come through this fall to allow us to Move in January. We tried to send a video a few days ago and the file was too big so we are defaulting to a blog site to make it a little easier for you to keep up to speed on what we are doing.

Here are some key points for Sept. 2006:

1) Our move has been posponed from October 20th to January 4th of 2007.

2) If you are considering supporting us now is the time to commit to sustained monthly amounts. Call us at 1-403-563-5199 for details.

3) Opening cerimonies for the William Cornelius Vocational Training Center are during the second week in January and on January 14th the English ceremony will take place. We hope to video tape this for "the record"

4) Thank you for your support which will help the Children of Guatemala.

Blessings

Tim & Sheila