Hey Restoration, I loved being with so many of you at the fall retreat last weekend. Our planning team did a superb job, the weather was perfect, and the content was challenging. As you may know, a couple days after the retreat, Jeff Walton and I went to Singapore for their diocese’s triennial Mission Roundtable. […]
As I was flipping through my images from Cambodia and reflecting on the many good gifts that God gave me while I was there, I was surprised by how comprehensive a review of the trip I saw by holding the arrow key down on my image viewer. Without further ado, here is my RestoCambo2017 Album with […]
Several days ago, as I was preparing for a workshop session that I would be facilitating on the Khmer Pastors’ retreat, Liz reminded me to leave room to be surprised. She was right. The Holy Spirit so often surprises me in the midst of the mundane, and I operate best when I assume a posture […]
As I reflect on my time in Cambodia, I am struck most significantly by the contrast of light and darkness; hope and despair. I see light in so many wonderful people living and working here to better the lives of others – people who are pushing back the darkness of extreme poverty, sexual exploitation and […]
Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, is named for its 600-year-old central pagoda, Wat Phnom (literally “Hill Pagoda”). We visited Wat Phnom on our second day in Cambodia. In addition to being a place of devotion and prayer, its grounds are also used for sex trafficking, sometimes in broad daylight. We silently prayed for each […]
Pentecost Sunday (May 15) is just around the corner and it will be quite a busy day at Restoration Anglican Church! The Easter season has invited us to explore areas in which we need the power of Jesus’ resurrection life. Ascension Day (May 5) reminds us of Christ’s being seated at God’s right hand in glory, far […]
Landing in Cambodia, it was the heat that struck me first. I had read about the sub-tropical climate we’d experience, but reading about the heat and actually feeling its suffocating effects are two entirely different things. That’s just common sense, you say. But I was the little girl who confidently told her mother she knew […]
Cambodia is a place that Restoration has grown to love over the past several years. In 2012 we commissioned Jesse and Sarah Blaine to serve in Phnom Penh with World Orphans and since then our relationship with their new community has blossomed. The Blaines attend Church of Christ our Peace (CCOP) and Restoration has […]
Every three years Anglicans in North America gather for an amazing conference: … and it’s coming up soon: April 7-10, 2016. We would love to see a small team of people attending from Restoration. The Blaines will be there as well as many other folk we are encountering and working with globally. On the last day […]
Want to hear more? Come to the team debrief TODAY – July 27, 7.30pm at the Weimer’s home (address on the calendar or worship guide!) The Lord Equips When my husband, Matt, and I are heard about the Cambodia trip, we jumped at the chance to go for two reasons: it fit within our timeline of […]