The NIEUCOMMUNITIES covenant

As I mentioned in a previous post, while we were in Africa Britany and I recommitted to the new NC covenant. A few of you were curious what was on the covenant... you can check it out here. Let me know what you think.

recommitment...

Our nieucommunities covenant.

Signed!

One of the most extraordinary things that we as a family get the honor to be a part of with nieucommunities is being a part of a covenant community. We make commitments to each other about the kind of people we are becoming and the kind of impact that we want to make in the neighbourhoods God has placed us in... it is humbling, challenging and freeing.

On the evening of the 12th Britany and I recommitted our hearts to the "nieu" covenant that we are pursuing. We prayerfully recommitted our lives and our hearts to the work that God is calling us to in this world... through the common beats of communion, community and mission... realigned our priorities with the NC postures of Listening, Submerging, Inviting, Contending, Imagining and Entrusting.

We ALSO got to meet with (a part of) our "nieu" team as well! God is good and we know that His plans are perfect... we are excited to see what the future will hold!

We're back!

Thank you so much for all of your prayers and encouragements while we were away in South Africa. It was an amazing trip filled with amazing times reconnecting with our greater missional community (nieucommunities) AND the organization we work for (CRM). Africa is truly a magical place and we felt so loved by our friends, their neighbors and the african people. It's beauty is second to none and these pictures do not do it justice...














Matthew 10:29-30

Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.

...and elephants and mountains and multicolored brothers and sisters and flowers and the wind against your face and coffee around the kitchen table and real life... forever.

In His eyes...

Matthew 6:22

The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

In His eyes...

His battered brow to early seen the evil of this darkened dream

It's in his eyes...

Innocence and painted lips in gruesome love they co-exist

It's in her eyes...

Shattered bones and broken hearts, loves embrace too soon departs

It's in their eyes...

It's in their eyes that He can see the possibilities of what could be

It's in His eyes...

timothy mark mcdonald

My better half...

Well, it was a quick turn around, but I am writing this entry in South Africa. I will let my wife explain...

Hi everyone,

Another quick note to say that now it is Tim and my turn to head out of town. We are leaving for 10 days to South Africa to our NC Conference with the whole NC team. If you could be praying for God to walk us through all He has intended for us to learn and grow from this time together. It has been 2 years since we have all been together and so much has changed in so many of our lives. We will be reflecting on the past 7 years of ministry and looking ahead to what God has for us in the years to come. A prayer was spoken by someone that was wise which said "Holy Spirit, think through me till your ideas are my ideas". What a powerful way to put our journey of life into a simple form. It is through prayer that we learn His ideas, thanks again for lifting us up to heaven.

Another huge prayer is for my mum as she is here watching all the kids for the whole time by herself. We have some incredible friends who will help her out when needed. Many prayers have already been sent, but prayers of protection over my babies and her (Lynn) while we are away would be wonderful. The Lord continues to amaze me in life and I pray He would never cease to do that in life. God bless you in the next few weeks and we will send out emails of our experience once we return.

PS I've never been there so this is a trip of a life time for me. Can't wait to see another part of God's world.

Love to all,
Britany