Behind the Camera

 In case you have never seen this perspective before, it is what it looks like behind the camera on a TV set.

 While at our Staff Conference, I was able to accompany my good friend and director,

Karen Schenk to a live TV Program.

 She was being interviewed on 100 Huntley Street and asked me to come along.

 It was so neat to be part of the entire process, to see how it all works from behind the scenes, but even more to be there to hear her powerful story...

 ...of being the 'Perfect Anorexic' and how that almost killed her.

 She was also able to share about our newest website, www.issuesiface.com ...

 ...where her story can also be read.

 I had to smile when she shared about the team of mentors that we have that are there to walk alongside of people on their spiritual journey since this is what I have poured my heart into these past years.

 And there she was, on the TV set, telling everyone about our new mentoring site, tmm.io

Before I knew it, the program was a wrap but as I walked off the set, I marveled at the fact that I had been there, behind the camera, and seen it all happen!

A Step Back in Time

 Last week we found ourselves flying across Canada to a city that we actually moved to 35 years ago - Hamilton, Ontario. What a strange feeling it was, like we were taking a step back in time.

 But here we were, at Redeemer University College ...

 ...where we would be meeting together with all the Canadian Power to Change staff from across the Canada for our biannual conference.

 It was exciting to think that we would all be meeting together here on this campus...

 ...staying right here in the college dorms.

 In this setting that was so beautiful...

 ...there was time for quiet reflection...

...and inspiring corporate worship led by Greg Sykes.

 But a personal highlight for me was seeing my wonderful husband honored for his 40+ years of service with the ministry(he actually completed 40 years last summer but since we didn't meet this was the year for the celebration)

 This banner hung by the door as we entered the auditorium every day...

 ...and on the final evening they were honored.

Of course my eyes were on the man in orange.

We left Hamilton just 10 months after we moved there

to the West Coast where we have spent the last 34 years,

and I couldn't help but think that although we had taken a step back in time

we were celebrating all that God had done

and the faithful service of this amazing man -

God's gift to me!