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Report from Rev. Debbie Hogeboom, Kenya Africa

Coming Out on the Other Side – Debbie Hogeboom

Posted on December 7, 2015by Debbie
I experienced a wonderful sense of peace and comfort as I worshipped this morning with my church family at Whitby Free Methodist Church.   I wrote down the first two lines of a chorus we were singing which seemed to sum up what has been happening in my life for the last year.
“All through the storm,
Your  love is the anchor.”
Let me explain.
I returned to Canada in May 2014, to attend FMCiC General Conference and to begin 6 months of connection with my supporting churches in ministry as a missionary in Kenya.  God enabled me to travel across Canada and in the fall I was within a month of returning to Kenya when my sister, Marilyn, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Thanksgiving (Canada) 2014
My suitcase was being packed to return to Kenya in November but plans were put on hold so that I could spend time with Marilyn.  Details were worked out for me to work remotely from Canada,  writing curriculum (Bible Studies, VBS materials and Membership material) with a couple of planned consultation trips to Kenya as the situation at home allowed.
To read the rest of her report go to BFMC Sermons/messages- link below.
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SPECIAL MINISTRIES AT HOME AND ABROAD

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CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL - pray for:

  • Sok Em (Cambodia) - teaching in Bible school

  • Germain and Inge Coulombe (Taiwan)

  • Chris and Terry Payk (Taiwan)

  • Dave and Jennifer Wright (formerly of Niger) - are in transition as of January 2020. Pray for them as they seek God's will for future ministry.

CANADIAN CHAPLAINS

  • Armed Forces: Michael Allen, Stephen An, Robert Lay, Andrew Klinger

  • Corrections: Abraham Yonas

  • Health Care: Jacki Barbour, Lorraine Buffam, David Gifford, Brenda Haggett

SERVING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

  • Dean and Stephenie Babcock (Malawi) – agriculture and community development

  • Dave and Kathy Casement – GALCOM – missionary radio


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