Joyska's Journal: The road less traveled











Tuesday, November 28, 2006

The road less traveled

Well, I am home...

6 airplanes, 1300 Kilometers driving, 4 communites, 7 presentations, 3 dances, 1 snow storm that followed us, much wildlife, 1 province, 1 territory, 3 states, 6 different beds, all in 7 days.

That is my trip in a nutshell!

Our first adventure took us to Norman Wells, NWT where we were almost snowed in, but faithful Canada North airlines flies "as long as we can see the runway". So the snow plow went first, then we went. We then returned to Edmonton and drove 4 hours north to Trout Lake, and headed to Wabasca (Big Stone). In each place we did a multi media presentation (all on a slick computer complete with movie clips, commercials, music videos and interviews with the likes of Ted Nolan- NFL coach)

It truly was a great trip and I was glad to go. I was too busy to miss the prayer room or Hope City, but by Saturday (day 7) I was ready for the plane ride home.

Sunday night, Suzanne was back at my house as she prepared for her bus ride home. We sent her back to her family. She is very ill, with cancer all through her body, and the street is the last place she should be... so she is on her way west as we speak.

The "kids" (Stephanie, Will, and Puck) are doing well. They are getting a place in the beginning of the month and have for the last two weeks been in a hotel and in the homes of some of the Hope City team. It is so much our heart to have a place to do this with so many more. So to date, Ron, the "kids" and Suzanne are all OFF the street and finding warm places to sleep that they can call home... just in time too... winter is set to hit with a vengence tomorrow.

Today was a humbling experience for me. We were at the prayer meeting... Will, Puck, Stephanie, Barbara and Marsha as well as the rest of us... and all of us praying and with our Bibles open. Will found Psalm 6:8 through 7:5 and reads it out loud. Take a minute and read that scripture in the context of an 18 year old brand new Christian who is working hard to leave a life of drugs, crime, and perversion behind. It was so powerful, as he read it and prayed, thanking God that He hears his cries. It was another moment where I was sure that I was created to do what I am doing. The Lord has saved these one from the edge, and is doing a mighty work in all of them. Will is reading the Word for the first time in his life and is finding LIFE and COMFORT there.

Please continue to pray with us for these ones and many others. We know and are not niave to the fact that the journey is just beginning for them, and the hard part is still in front of them... but they are on the path, and they have found community, love, and acceptance as they fight to regain their destiny and dignigty. And all I can do is sit back and watch in wonder, praising God along the way!

Please also pray for Pat Bickle once again. He went into the hospital (ICU) this past weekend with no blood pressure and turning white. He is still in the hospital, doing better, but today was a rough day for him. His spirits are low, and he is not saying a lot, but he is alive, and they are working to figure out what the issues are. God, come and heal! We are longing for you to break in!

All right, I better go, the line is forming behind me.

I ordered my new computer yesterday and hopefully will have it in hand on Friday! WOO HOO!
Joyska at 6:14 PM

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