Thanks a ton Cheryl and Len for hosting our party. Thanks to Shawn, Brett, Pastor Harry, Laurel, Brent, Charlotte, Matt Allen, Stacy & Graham Young for coming out to see us. Appreciate your support and love for us. We will for sure miss ya guys and we still have a month so whenever ya want/can get together if we are available that would be awesome. We thank God for the opportunity we have had to be His hand extended out here. We know God has changed many lives in and through us and we pray His blessings on you all. Pray that the things we said and did that inspired you, taught you, encouraged you, etc that you would always remember that and most importantly that God desires all of you for his service and kingdom. Never give up, no matter what people do or say. (we have learned the hard way many times) God is ALWAYS there. Sometimes we don’t feel him, see him, etc and we get discouraged when the enemy press us between a rock and a hard place, but in due time somehow God is there. He will never leave nor forsake us. Hard to understand and believe sometimes, but the Word says it. It MUST be true.

We will be unveiling a website very soon, along with a more detailed plan of where we feel God is leading us in our lives and our ministry. We feel and know that there will be a season of repairing our hearts, spirits, lives, etc and building our finances, paying off debt, studying under a couple pastors in Sarnia at the church we will be involved with and growing the areas which need growth and nurturing the areas which we are growing in. We appreciate your prayers and support and look forward to partnering with some of you in the near future. Pray that God will lead and direct the ones he desires to be in partnership with us prayerfully, financially and with your support.

God Bless.

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This is it! Trial-by-FIRE. This is a new ministry that Tara and I are starting. Our mission and goal is to number one, spread the gospel of Jesus Christ in a new, relevant and Spirit-filled way. Our desire is to see our generation and those who are younger grow into a right relationship with Christ, stay pure and true to their identity in Christ and above all, serve Christ, each other and the world by living according to the most important commandment which is ~ Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength and love your neighbour as yourself ~

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hey just want to know where you are in your life with God..? I… Well, lets just say if you want to hear where I am with my walk or Tara with hers… message us… lol we would love to tell you one on one… but only those of you who really want to know. Those of you who are struggling with your faith and your walk… those of you who think there is no one else out there… we want to talk with you… we want to hear your story and share ours with you… life really sucks sometimes. Christians really fail sometimes. God seems like he is non existant sometimes… right? if any of you were to say no you would be a liar. The truth and reality is… we are human and our minds get so overwelmed with every day life itself that to just try to take some time out to comprehend the love of this guy we call Jesus and serve people we call christians who are our brothers and sisters who are the very ones that hurt us like nothing ever could… Does it all make sense? Why? If these are just a little of what you are thinking, we want to talk with you? WHY? you might ask… lol because those are the very things that we BATTLE through every day… our failures as humans, husbands, wives, children, parents, pastors, elders, run of the mill christians, HUMANS!!! lol It is such a struggle, BUT the one and only thing that is for sure and that we can ALWAYS fall back on and COUNT on is the love of Christ which obviously passes all of our understanding… how? I don’t know. Why? Don’t have a clue. But I believe!!!

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Does that statement mean anything to you? Have you ever had that moment where whatever it is is just plain freakin hard. Everything in you wants to scream and yell. You just feel like this is so stupid. Why me?

Why do we always make things so hard? Ya know, I’m going through something right now myself and it’s like, “AHHHhhhhhhhhhh this is soooo hard God, why is this so hard?” You know you have to do something, say something or go somewhere… but you just FIGHT like there is no tomorrow with it and you say,”God I just need direction” or “God I don’t know what to do, where to go, how to live”… Ya know I kinda wonder if that is the “resounding gong” that the Bible talks about.

I heard something today that really nailed home… TD Jakes was saying how the Israelites had been in captivity for 400 years and now they were leaving and they came to the Red Sea…. They could hear the POUNDING HOOF BEATS of Pharoh’s army coming after them. They had no where to go, and all of a sudden they started to cry out against Moses and say things like, “We should never have left” or “Let’s go back”….

Do you feel like that sometimes… You step out and everything starts to get a little “risky” and “unsafe” and all of a sudden you start running back… DON’T LISTEN TO THE “HOOFBEATS OF YOUR PAST” It doesn’t matter what you have done, where you have been, what happened… Let it go… If you were hurt, stabbed, laughed at, scorned, alone, and on and on the list goes… Leave it behind… STRETCH OUT YOUR ARM (just as Moses did) and WALK ONTO THE DRY LAND. We MUST have a good hand eye co-ordination… Between our dreams and visions and what we are doing to attain them and the paths we take to get there… Moses lifted up his arms towards the Promised Land and set his eyes in the same direction and TRUSTED THE LORD to take them through…

I don’t know what you are going through right now, but raise your hands, lift up your eyes onto the hills from where your help comes from. Keep fixed on that dream/vision. It won’t be easy. But one day at a time God will continue to guide you and lead you towards what he has set before you.

I would REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY encourage you all to download or get ahold of T.D. Jakes messages, ” Matter of Time”, “2 Decision”, “Living with the Threat of Failure” !!!!!!!!!!

ABSOLUTELY POWERFUL AND I TRULY BELIEVE IT WILL COMPLETELY ALTER SOME OF YOUR LIVES IF NOT ALL IF YOU ALLOW IT… But hey, don’t take my word for it… BE A CHICKEN; DON’T LISTEN !!!!!! lol

Blessings,

Shaun & Tara

p.s. just a thought… not a sermon…