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newsletter 2009 bay#8 3530 11a st ne calgary ab t2e 6m7 1.403.717.4255 1.403.717.0709 office@lifeforceteams.com www.lifeforceteams.com mission locations saskatoon sk the philippines malta north africa reborn that s the theme for this year things are starting up again with a great group of young people that are interested in making a difference in the communities they visit around the world after taking a year off to evaluate the direction that god is taking this ministry we ve gone ahead with plans for 3 different teams some of the ministry that we will be doing will be a bit different from the past some will be the same one thing that will not change is our heart to carry the gospel wherever we go along with this is our desire to see young adults changed through a greater understanding of their faith and the trust that god has placed in them to dispel to those they are in touch with enjoy reading the following articles and pray along with us to see a great harvest and continued discipleship in the lives of our young missionaries.

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team members leader phil atkins assistant leader jane galbreath members matt blake sam deagle phillip oegema jessica williams saskatoon team philippines team our team is made up of senior leader nathan densley along with assistant leaders matt and dani gallipeau and team members taylor dueck angela guild and jordan anderson although we appear to be a small team in numbers we believe god has a plan to use each of us effectively and to make this team glorify him through all that we do we will be situated for the most part in manila philippines but we have the potential to travel to other places in the philippines too depending on where we feel god is leading us we will be involved with `a new hope church who run a program called super kids which is a kids program on saturdays that involves biblical teaching practical life lessons and a leadership discipleship program there are usually 400-600 kids there on any given saturday and they feed them with rice and chicken and offer them clean water our team will focus on making a conscious effort to intertwine prayer with evangelism boot camp so far has shown that team members have a shared passion for intercession seeking the voice of god and a strong desire to share the gospel we can t wait to arrive in manila and see what god will do among the people there team members leaders dave shellenberg erin shellenberg assistant leader charla smyth members grady gant bethany graburn nathan graburn melissa higginson chelsea kirkpatrick kj munroe ben pullar keegan smyth malta north africa team

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saskatoon team normal that is the one word we would use to describe the goal for the mission to saskatoon this year we are going to rent a house live as a part of an inner city community and reach out to people as neighbours coming alongside already existing ministries in the community we will be building relationships with people in an effort to show them that god loves values and has great things in store for them doors have already opened for us to work in a couple inner city schools as mentors to troubled youth it feels so normal it s almost embarrassing embarrassing because there aren t more people doing it our true heart is to see the individual team members discover and grow in the gifts abilities and talents they have received from god we expect them to live in such a way that when they get home they can just keep doing what they ve done even without a team we are learning a new way to live and affect our world right where we live a new normal team members leader nathan densley assistant leaders dani gallipeau matt gallipeau members jordan anderson taylor dueck angela guild philippines team malta north africa team another great year with great opportunities and we intend on taking advantage of what ever the lord puts in our path we will be returning to the island of malta and continuing in the ministry that has started there government organizations are anxiously awaiting our arrival and have organized a full slate of school presentations in which we are allowed to share our faith and will be followed by scheduled times of more personal interaction with students as well we will be involved in youth groups church services and outreaches on a continual basis as lifeforce s largest team in several years we feel our size will enable us to minister on a greater scale than we have in the past as a support to the churches and ministries in both malta and north africa we want to be an example of willingness and availability for whatever the lord brings our way we look forward to seeing the growth in our team and the things that can be accomplished when we fix our eyes on jesus.

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hi i m delia cudney and i am currently completing the internship portion of my degree with lifeforce and eston college my first two years after high school were spent traveling with lifeforce in my first year our mission materialized in various places across the west midlands england as well as malta the second year was a joined skateboarding and dance team where we traveled to thailand for four months the following three years were spent deepening my ability to think and live well during my time at eston college the lord continues to lead me on this marvelous adventure with him this september i ve had the great privilege to join up with lifeforce uk where i ve been interning under danny delong lifeforce in england has evolved in such a way that our enterprises are partnered with several different churches and parachurch organizations as a result my roles and responsibilities have been quite varied and challenging the whole of my internship comprises of many forms of youth work including leading in a youth group setting teaching religious education classes in schools doing assemblies teaching dance to a muslim boys group and helping with a church kids club there are two main projects i have been working on as a community developer i am meeting with the principals of schools to discover how the churches can serve the local young people separately i am establishing a personal development program for teenage girls who are on the fringes socially and academically we call this project hope academy having the opportunity to function in new leadership roles allows me to develop skills and fine tune an understanding of who god has created me to be the goal that danny alycia and i are working towards is seeing teams train and go out from our uk base next year momentum is starting to build and i look forward to the tasks that lie ahead calling all patrons as excited as we are about where we re going we have had to look back at a difficult year financially our primary source of funding is derived from the student s tuitions and since we were without teams last year we ended up running a significant deficit although this year s program will certainly pay for itself we are looking for people who would partner with us financially to help cover the shortfall from last year and enable us to move forward with more expansive plans into the future please pray about becoming a partner with lifeforce and sowing into this next generation of young evangelists that are willing to preach the gospel at all costs contact me at the office if you have any questions concerning this opportunity i look forward to hearing from you lindsay hodges director lifeforce teams international

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