Acts 28:31
"Lord my God, you have done many things – your wondrous works and your plans for us; none can compare with you. If I were to report and speak of them, they are more than can be told." Psalm 40:5 CSB Hey y'all, thank you for your prayers and support! Thank you for your patience as well! After my last post I needed to buckle down on the semester to finish strong. I finished with 3 B's and one C. After the semester, I began working more hours at Rexall to prepare for a trip with Sara back to North Carolina to spend New Years with my parents. This post marks a full year since moving to Canada. I've enjoyed my time, learned a lot, and experienced the Lord's providence, and favor in many ways. I look forward to year two and will dive into that later in the post. Christmas and New YearsThis was my first Christmas away from North Carolina and family. While I missed my family and friends, a little extra time time of year, I enjoyed beginning new traditions with Sara and her family. For starters, her parents surprised her for Christmas! They drove 36 hours almost nonstop to spend Christmas with as a family. The weather was a whole different type of cold, -25˚F from the middle of December until mid January. It was rough! After Christmas, Sara and I took a trip to North Carolina. We went to so that she could meet my family and closest friends. Obviously we tried some good ole NC and stateside staples, Chick-Fil-A, Cookout, Biscuitville, Bojangles, you name it we had it, almost. My family loved her, Sara and my mom clicked very well. They went shopping together and just had a ball. Overall the trip showed me how much she clicked with my family. When we got back, it was a back to the grind but not before a special moment. January 14, 2022 after a long day of work for the both of us, I got down on one knee and asked Sara to be my wife and she said "YES!" Sara and I are engaged now and planning a wedding for July 8, 2022. For all of my partners on here, I intend to supply a zoom link for those that wish to see it. Spring Semester Starting upBy this point, I'm three weeks into the new semester. The courses I'm taking are: Old Testament II (a survey of the prophets, Psalms/Wisdom Lit), Biblical Interpretation, Missiology, and a Biblical Archeology Lectureship. I'm learning a lot just through these three weeks, and again seeing how I'm able to use this in my daily life both in Hope Church and through personal life engagements. Between two classes, I have to write 40 pages, so it's definitely a Master's course haha, but I look forward to writing these papers and coming out on the other side of it all. Life at Hope ChurchAs I'm writing this post now, I'm preparing a sermon to preach this Sunday. To which I will upload it here once it's available. the passage is on a series through 1 John, where we parallel the epistle with the Gospel of John. It's been amazing to open God's word and see how the Lord used John to not only record his eye witness account of the Messiah, but also how that eyewitness account influenced his writing of this letter. For the foreseeable future I'll have more opportunity to preach. Some more good news is that, I've met with two of the denominational leaders who are praying with me through a possible community to consider planting in. Nothing serious yet, there's no identified area yet, but just the beginning of that process. There's a community in Calgary, the northernmost community in the city about 20 minutes from Cochrane called "Tuscany" that doesn't have a church, that could be a possible community to begin a work in. This is going to be a process over the next 2-3 years I'll keep you all updated on this end as the Lord reveals where and provides the means. Prayer Requests
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AuthorMy name is Nokomis Gregory. I'm a native of Winston-Salem, NC. After graduating from Piedmont International University I moved Calgary, Alberta as a church planting team member, with the hopes of planting a church in Calgary. Archives
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