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PRBI and Beyond

Well, another weekend has come and gone. It is remarkable how time just seems to fly by when you are having fun and serving the Lord!

This weekend we spent up at Peace River Bible Institute (PRBI). The team consisted of us Encore Ladies, Joe, Michael and Michelle. We spent time getting to know students, staff and other mission reps along with having the privilege of sharing our stories in one of the Seminar slots. I must say my personal favorite part of the weekend had to be catching up with Kimmie, our teammate from last years Friends and Followers team. She was a part of organizing the event and even though she was extremely busy making sure everyone had a place to stay, food to eat and a place to set up our booth, yet she still spent time building into each one of our lives and it was super encouraging. I think I can speak for us all in saying that our visit to PRBI was extremely great. The speaker, students and missions reps were all super friendly and we all felt very much at home! The Lord is doing great things in and through PRBI and I hope someday we will be able to visit again! =] We love you Kimmie =)!!!

So some of you may be wondering what is next on our agenda. Well we will try to help as best as we can! This Friday we are in Okotoks just south of Calgary for a youth program followed by leading a bible study Sunday morning with the same group of youth.

I am excited to say that as of Tuesday November 2nd we will be heading to Saskatchewan for the week. The dates are as follows;

-Nov. 3rd: Nipawin Alliance Church for a youth program around 7pm,

-Nov. 4th: Grace Mennonite church in Neuanlage SK, for another youth program

-Nov. 5th morning: Valley Christian Academy in Osler SK

-Nov. 5th to 7th.: Nipawin Bible Colleges Missions Conference

-Nov. 7th evening: My home church Osler Mission Chapel , for a 7pm evening program

-Nov. 9th: Our final stop in SK is Glayslyn on Nov. 9th for an evening youth program.

And that concludes our visit to SK! Feel free to stop by if you are in the area! We would love to see you at any of our programs!

Anyways, I could go on and on about more of the amazing opportunities the Lord has provided us to share our story but I will maybe try to update you on our Alberta tour at a later date!

As for praise and prayer, some of you may have heard about our past teammate Gillian, she got into a bad car accident. If you could rejoice that surgeries have happened on her back and are scheduled for her knee and right now she is stable and in good spirts, along with joining us in prayer for a speedy recovery and finding her comfort in Christ.

As for Encore, just for communication and a deap Christ-like Love for each other as a team as week seek the Lord in all that we do!

Thanks for joining us on this years amazing journey!

May the Lord Bless in all you are doing in serving Him!

Carmen Pahl =]

We had a good weekend out in the Linden/Three Hills area, catching up with friends from last year and some new ones too.  We also were able to present our Encore program (A Creative Look Back on a Year with VTI) at a youth leader conference at Prairie, which was pretty neat.  We had only received the invite the week before and the fellow organizing it didn't even fully know what our program was about, yet it  flowed beautifully into what they were presenting!  It was totally a God thing how that worked out!  :)

I'm continually amazed at how God not only cares about the BIG things in life, but also the small ones!

Which kinda reminds me of a song by Jon Foreman called "Your love is strong".  Good song!  :)

Tomorrow we're working on finishing up some last details for our upcoming weekend at PRBI (Peace River Bible Institute) as well as spending some time working on music.  It's kinda interesting having such a small team compared to last year for that kind of stuff, but I know God has each of us three here for a reason, so we'll just do our best and leave the rest in His capable hands.
I think we're all pretty excited to head up to PRBI...and to see our friend Kimmie, who was on team with us last year on Friends and Followers and is attending there this year.   We'll be spending a couple days there with their mission conference before heading back to Calgary. 
Blessings!

Greetings!
The Encore trio is currently in Linden, AB, and off to Three Hills tomorrow for a program at Prairie.  Our tour starts at PRBI next weekend and our other Alberta stops will include, Okotoks, High Level, Grimshaw, La Crete, Wetaskiwin, Leduc, and Edmonton as well as Carstairs, and Didsbury area.  Saskatchewan stops so far are Nipawin, Osler and Neuanlage.  If you would like to know any other details about our tour dates and times, just post a comment or email us at encore@vti.ca. We would love to see you at our programs!
~The 3 C's aka Cara, Cayla and Carmen :)