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Source of Light needs a branch office here in Canada, to make it easier to cash checks from
Canada and to promote the use of materials in Canada. Please pray that God will lead me to the
right places to distribute the Mailbox Club lessons.
Last year we were able to send materials to a camp in Winkler, Manitoba for them to use. I tried a
different approach to getting the lessons in the hands of youth. Winkler Bible Camp purchased the
first lessons from me, and during the camp week the campers completed them. The camp then mailed the
completed lessons to us, and we sent the second lessons to the campers at their homes. This was very
successful; we were able to get 11% of the campers to send the second lesson back to us and continue
doing the lessons. With the camping season coming closer, I am trying to contact more camps to do
the same thing. If you know of a camp that would like to do this, please contact the office at
1-306-244-1550 and let me know.
Another way I want to get the lessons to be used more in Canada is by getting churches to use them
as part of their church ministry. Three new churches have begun using the lessons to help their
church grow and to disciple the people in their church. Several churches were already doing this
before we moved up here, but these are new ones that started since we came. These three churches
are using the material in three different ways. One church is using the lessons for younger
children in junior church. Another church covered their whole city door to door, handing out
invitation cards to do lessons. They have a few people that have been doing the lessons through this
approach. The last church is preparing to teach young girls in their church the Love, Dating and
Marriage course as a group. All of these churches are grading the material themselves. I would
rather have the churches grade, because there are lessons that ask them if they are saved and what
they have learned from the lesson. It is better for the churches to see those answers in their area
and be able to work with the people than for us here at WTM. Many churches today are not discipling
their people. This is a way that we can put material in churches, to help people grow and see souls
saved.
Another way we use the material is by getting the churches to use it as curriculum in Vacation Bible
Schools. We had one church do this last year. They did the same thing the camp did: they had the
children do the lesson that week at VBS, and the church sent the lessons to us at WTM. This church
had 75 children attend their VBS. Nearly 25 of the children have continued on with the lessons. As
a result, we have seen some of the children get saved which is very exciting!
If you can give me contacts that would want to use the Mailbox Club lessons in their VBS this
summer, please call me at WTM. It would be greatly appreciated.
I am so excited that God has put us in Canada. I would like to stay up here for a long time.
Please pray for Penny and me as we send paper work in to the government. I am taking my time to make
sure everything is in order before I send anything in. It all costs money, and I want to be careful
how I use the finances that God is sending through our supporters. Thank you for all your prayers
for us.
- Joe Homontowski - Director of Discipleship Training
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