Intercessor's Update

"..be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." - Joshua 1:9

Praise the Lord with us...

• The Gillingham's are coming back to us in London today.Praise the LORD!
• Still Tasha and Ryan have a healthy growing baby which will be here in the world in October!
• We have been given daily strength to keep on battling here!
• Knee Drills have been kickin' it! This weeks Knee Drill was a beautiful picture of freedom coming back to the people here in London! *Cell has been growing, and growing, and growing!
• It looks like the proposal for a soup truck is starting to roll!
• Dan and Phil have been a huge help here in London! *I have a job lined up for next week!

Please pray for.....

• The Gillingham family as they have just recently seen Elaine's Dad move into heaven. Please keep them in your prayers
• Any pain that Ian has been having within the past few weeks would disappear completely
• Joshua to be completely healed of his asthma
• Dan and Phil to have a wonderful last few weeks around here and that there would be people here to pick up where they left off in relationships.What a blessing they have been here.
• Tasha would have a baby growing more and more healthy each day.
• People from the Coffee House compelled to attend the existing cell at the Ivany's.
• Some refreshing springs for 614 to go to and be filled up and to have our thirsts quenched.
• Laborers to come in September to engage in focused ministry with London 614.
• Consistent painting contracts for Ian.
• Strength to press in and press on...
• Increased faith and trust in the Lord to lead and provide for us.
• Those in the Centre of Hope.
• That hearts would be prepared as we go in the States to be involved in some pier ministry in July.
• Joshua, that he would be filled with passion as hegoes into his work place.
• My Permanent Residency papers. Pray that the Canadian Officers would pass my papers through quickly!
• Each member of the Leadership team here that we would knowwho we are in the spirit and walk in that!

Thank you for all of your prayers! They are much appreciated!

May the peace of God dwell in your hearts.

Intercessor's Update

The following is something we send out each week to some people through an e-mail to keep Christ's body connected. Now for you, our readers, part of Christ's body, we are going to be posting our Intercessor's Update here on our blog so you too are able to know where we are with things here in London. It is also to update you with some Prayer Requests that we may have around these parts...If you are interested, read on:

Here is a little bit of what were were praying from the Bible last night at Knee Drill:

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal." -2 Corinthinans 4:16-18

It is definately worth reading these verses outloud, expanding in prayer, and being encouraged!

Praise the Lord with us...

• ROOTS was a great experience for the group of us who went out. All of us filled up a cabin and soaked in what the Lord had for us! I didn't get to see it BUT I heard many stories about one of our friends that we brought (Rob) was so freed up in Worship that he was dancing around in the front with some flags!
  Praise the LORD!
• God has been giving us wisdom with how to battle the nasty spirits around here!
• We have been given daily strength to keep on battling here!
• We are seeing deeper relationships being established and openness to receiving from the Lord!
• Cell has been growing, and growing, and growing!
• It looks like the proposal for a soup truck is starting to roll!

Please pray for...

• Elaine and the kids as they are out at her parents house as her Father is nearing heavenly glory.
• Any pain that Ian has been having within the past few days would disappear.
• Joshua to be completely healed of his asthma.
• Dan and Phil to have a wonderful last few weeks around here and that there would be people here to pick up where they left off in relationships.
  What a blessing they have been here.
• Tasha would have a baby growing more and more healthy each day.
• People from the Coffee House compelled to attend the existing cell at the Ivany's.
• Some refreshing springs for 614 to go to and be filled up and to have our thirsts quenched.
• Laborers to come in September to engage in focused ministry with London 614.
• Consistent painting contracts for Ian.
• Strength to press in and press on...
• Increased faith and trust in the Lord to lead and provide for us.
• Those in the Centre of Hope.
• That hearts would be prepared as we go in the States to be
  involved in some pier ministry in July.
  Pray also that we would have no issues crossing the border into the States or back into Canada.
• Joshua, that he would be filled with passion as he goes into his work place.
• My Permanent Residency papers.
  Pray that the Canadian Officers would pass my papers through quickly!
• Each member of the Leadership team here that we would know who we are in the spirit and walk in that!

Thank you for all of your prayers! They are much appreciated!

May the peace of God dwell in your hearts.

.:Jennifer Ivany:.

Worthy of a crown!

My tooth has been bugging me for a while now. It started aching a while ago, while I was back in England. I found an emergency dentist and he started some root canal work on the tooth but informed me that I would need to have the work completed back in Canada.
So I've been back in Canada for two months and like most people who dislike dental procedures, I put off having the work done. Consequently, the pain is back and worse than ever! So I went to the dentist again.
After an x-ray and some poking with a sharp stick, the dentist told me that I would probably need the root canal completing. He talked about the root canal procedure, which if you're sqeamish, you might not want to read. It involved opening the tooth and draining the infection from inside, then doing some complicated work over a couple of appointments and ultimately a 'small pole' would be inserted inside the tooth to give it strength into the root. (A 'small pole'??? What was the alternative? A curtain rod??) Finally, after all the work is complete and after a bit of waiting to make sure everything is ok, I was told they would want to 'crown' the tooth.
He then told me the cost of this option, which basically involved me giving them my firtborn child, or one of my arms and one of my legs, or something in the region of $1600...yes SIXTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS!
He then added that the other option was to have the tooth extracted for about $80, but he was quick to add that the offending tooth was still 'saveable'.
Well I'll leave it to your best guess about which option I chose, but I love looking at life and finding little nuggets of gold in the simple analogies. This one's a beauty!

I am a tooth. God looked at me and said "Hmmmm...this one's definitely saveable. All I need to do is open him up, drain the bad stuff from inside. Then I can do my work over time, and leave something inside him to give additional strength. And then when I've finished and surveyed my work....I think I'll give this one a crown."

Enough said?

A Postcard from London

Dear Blog Readers,
It seems that us 614 Londoners have been taking a vacation from blogging for a couple of weeks! The weather has been fine and things have been eventful in London, although in a quiet kind of way. Here's a summary of some of the latest news from our beautiful city.
Tasha and Ryan moved into a new apartment 3 weeks ago, and this week Ryan started a new job, as Chaplain at the Centre of Hope.
Nathanael departed for Camp Glenhuron (as program director, no less!) a few weeks ago and is now leading an awesome staff team in their first week of adventure camp for kids.
Most of the 614 London regulars attended Roots at Jackson's Point and received a weekend of teaching, worship and fellowship.
Jenn and Josh continue to host an awesome cell group in their home each week.
Dan and Phil have pioneered a new cell group at the Centre of Hope.
I'm sure a lot more has happened, but hopefully the blog-break is over and there'll be plenty of news from each of us soon!
Wish you were here!
Love from 614 London