The LORD Directs His Steps!

across Alberta and Saskatchewan for the Vision aboutbanquets. either B ut Ohio we or are Illinois. excited He said about he this is in new the Upcoming Events processopportunity of coming to spread into thea large gospel sum to of boys money and andgirls was and veryeven excited whole familiesabout the this Jonathan summer. Sperry project. I told him he could go to our website: Remember! jonathansperrypoject.comWhen I think back even to thethrough banquets which, I find churches it ironic andhow individualstrue these words can choose from Proverbs any community 16:9 are. A across man’s It looked like certain disaster, and yet

Canadaheart plans or the his USA way, and But are the now LORD able directs to spons his stepsor them. God used all these circumstances to by credit card online. It is truly amazing what God is impact whole nations for His honor and doingHow thankful and we neverI am that know God where is willing He willand take able usto next.guide glory! The LORD Directs his Steps! this ministry, regardless of the things that are Several of you have asked about being able to support Dear Friends, April 15, 2020 happening all around us, and that He could actually this ministry by credit card online. We are now able to take us through such a time as this, giving us the do that through our websites: cefalberta.org and So much has happened since I last As we were completing our banquet run in Alberta, we opportunity to possibly reach more boys and girls and cefsask.org including choosing preauthorized monthly wrote to you. It is hard to believe were in Edmonton and had started to hear that toilet even whole families for Christ! donations. how much has happened and how paper was being bought up because of COVID-19. It If you would like more information on any of things have changed. At the Vision seemed a little hard to believe that of all the things one We would value your prayers during these days as we our ministries, please visit one of our The Jonathan Sperry Sponsor a Town Project can also 2020 banquets we shared of God’s would buy at this time it would be toilet paper! seek to follow God’s leading through this time. There ministry websites. be sponsored by credit card but you need to first faithfulness and looked ahead to are many decisions almost daily and it is exciting to choose the community you want to sponsor and then where we believed God was leading As we had a couple days back home before our last two fillwatch out theGod forms. direct in these times. I want to thank you Websites: us in the coming year. banquets in Osler and Saskatoon, the situation seemed again for your faithful support for this ministry. God CEF of Alberta – www.cefalberta.org to be changing rapidly. It was Sunday morning and Ibless would you like for to your thank part you in forthis your ministry. part in this ministry It was so encouraging to see many of you at the people were asking if we were planning to go ahead and I trust you are encouraged in all God is doing. I CEF of Saskatchewan – www.cefsask.org have a special prayer request regarding a major banquets, and as we traveled across Alberta and with these last two banquets. My answer was, “Yes”. decisionFor the sake that ofGod the is children, in the process of working out. As 5-Day Clubs – www.5dayclubs.com Saskatchewan, we could not believe how God But by late afternoon, things continued to change, and many of you know, I am a man who believes in undertook for the weather. As I look back it seems by supper time we made the decision to postpone the Club DJ – www.clubdj.com memorial stones and there is something that is kind of ironic that one of the verses I shared in my last two banquets. It was an incredibly hard decision happening that will be a boulder of a memorial stone, Jonathan Sperry Sponsor a Town Project – message was Isaiah 55:8, “For My thoughts are not but, looking back I believe it was the right one. It is hard which I am hoping to share with you in my next letter. your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the to believe that it was one month ago today we made I would appreciate your prayers as the final details are www.jonathansperryproject.com LORD. that decision! worked through. All I can ask at this Quiz Meet – www.quizmeet.com As things were changing around the world and here at Hide’em Bibles – www.hideembible.com home, the question was now being asked, “What about 5-Day Clubs and this summer?” As we talked about it Summer Missionary Sponsorship Program here in the office we quickly began to realize that it www.summermissionary.org Jerry Durston would impact things on so many levels. There are the

Provincial Director Summer Missionaries who would normally be billeted in homes, 5-Day Club hostesses opening up their Donations may be made online at any of our websites! homes for the children, and would we even be allowed to have a 5-Day Club?

I am always amazed to see how God works in times like At the banquets I shared that it was God’s vision for these throughout history and His Word. We only have this ministry that is guiding us, not mine. Even as I to look at the stories of David and Goliath, Daniel in the

write this letter I have gone back and read my last lions’ den, Joseph in prision, or Esther and Mordecai. In every situation it looked like certain disaster, and yet letter to you and realize again that it is God’s vision for this ministry that matters. He will lead us. I was God used all these circumstances to impact whole reminded this morning as I read Proverbs 16:9, A nations for His honor and glory.

man’s heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his As we thought about it, we wondered if we could take steps. How real this verse has become in these days! 5-Day Clubs online? We began to think that this

situation that seemed to be turning into a disaster Christian books through the mail. There are lessons for All you need to do is pick the city you would like to could actually be an opportunity to reach even more all ages: children, youth, and adults. All are welcome. sponsor and click on it. Then a map for that city pops children for Christ. up and you will be able to click on any part of that map It was time to call a board meeting and make a to pick the letter carrier route for the part of the city nd We could hire a couple of experienced Summer decision. On April 2 we had that meeting, and it was you would like to sponsor. You could literally zoom in Missionaries and have them prepare as they usually decided, in light of all that was happening, we needed on your neighbourhood and sponsor the homes on do, video them, and then put the 5-Day Club program to cancel 5-Day Clubs for this summer. As I shared with your street. on our website at www.5dayclubs.com. We could run the board some of the new possibilities, we were all it Monday to Friday, have a questionnaire each day getting excited about what God could do even in such It is amazing to think that through God’s provision, which the children could mail in to receive a music CD, a time as this. It was decided to take 5-Day Clubs even for such a time as this, everything is under one just as they always have. online. This may change how we do 5-Day Clubs in the roof! Truly amazing. future, as in 2021 we could have 5-Day Clubs not just Because the children who have come to the 5-Day on the ground, but also through the airwaves. Tyler has been working diligently to get the Sponsor a Clubs have been enrolled in the David and Jonathan Mailbox website up and running. If you go to Program, we could send them a lesson in the mail and It was also decided to move forward with aiming to www.cefsask.org or www.cefalberta.org you will be tell them to join us online. There are almost 6,000 send a Mailbox Club lesson to every home across able to see the Sponsor a Mailbox link at the top of the children we could invite to join us and, in an amazing Alberta and Saskatchewan and even the NWT. We are page. If you click on that link it will take you to the list way, they could invite their friends, not just from now launching Sponsor a Mailbox! of communities across Saskatchewan or Alberta, across the street but even from other communities and depending which website you are on. even from around the world. We could reach more children this summer than we ever have before! As we were preparing for this opportunity, we learned that there were 70,000 Truth Chaser lessons at the CEF International headquarters that were available for no cost. If we would pay for the shipping, they would send them to us. I told them about our Sponsor a Mailbox project and that we would take them all! Last Thursday, they were picked up and are to arrive here We have been busier than ever as we have adjusted to tomorrow. get these new opportunities off the ground. You will

find in this letter a Sponsor a Mailbox brochure for either Saskatchewan or Alberta. If you pick Griffin, SK, you will see that there are 63 households, so for $37.80 every household in Griffin For just 60 cents a household you can sponsor the Something else was happening during this time. I will receive a lesson in the mail. It even gives you the mailboxes in any community in Saskatchewan, Alberta, began receiving phone calls and emails from parents opportunity to tell us why you picked that community. and church leaderes wondering if they could have their or the NWT. You could pick a community like Halbrite, children or the children from their church enrolled in SK, with 90 households, and for a gift of $54.00 every the David and Jonathan Program and receive lessons in household in Halbrite will receive a gospel lesson in the the mail? mail and given the opportunity to receive more lessons and free Christian books through the David & Jonathan Program. As I thought about this, I began to wonder if this could be an opportunity to reach into more homes than we As I thought about the Sponsor a Mailbox program, I In my last letter I shared the following: ever had before? Could we place a Mailbox Club lesson could not help but think about the parable of the sower in every home in these provinces? “I think that Proverbs 3:5-6 best describes what I and the seed. We have the opportunity to place the believe our vision should be in 2020. Trust in the Lord I decided to see what it would cost to mail a lesson seed of the gospel in every home across Alberta and with all your heart, and lean not on your own through Canada Post and found out we could mail a Saskatchewan. What might God do through this understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and lesson for about 0.17 cents, which meant $0.60 would opportunity? He shall direct your paths. I believe it is God’s vision cover the cost of the postage, the lesson, the packaging You might be wondering about cities like Regina, that will lead this ministry in 2020, not mine.” and an insert that encourages them to complete the We already have tens of thousands of lessons in the Saskatoon, Calgary, or Edmonton. Well, thanks to lesson and mail it in to join the David & Jonathan building and will begin to prepare them to mail out as Canada Post, you can even pick the homes from your I would have never imagined so much could have Program so they can receive more lessons and free the sponsorships come in. neighborhood or around your church. changed since my last letter and even since we traveled situation that seemed to be turning into a disaster Christian books through the mail. There are lessons for All you need to do is pick the city you would like to could actually be an opportunity to reach even more all ages: children, youth, and adults. All are welcome. sponsor and click on it. Then a map for that city pops children for Christ. up and you will be able to click on any part of that map It was time to call a board meeting and make a to pick the letter carrier route for the part of the city nd We could hire a couple of experienced Summer decision. On April 2 we had that meeting, and it was you would like to sponsor. You could literally zoom in Missionaries and have them prepare as they usually decided, in light of all that was happening, we needed on your neighbourhood and sponsor the homes on do, video them, and then put the 5-Day Club program to cancel 5-Day Clubs for this summer. As I shared with your street. on our website at www.5dayclubs.com. We could run the board some of the new possibilities, we were all it Monday to Friday, have a questionnaire each day getting excited about what God could do even in such It is amazing to think that through God’s provision, which the children could mail in to receive a music CD, a time as this. It was decided to take 5-Day Clubs even for such a time as this, everything is under one just as they always have. online. This may change how we do 5-Day Clubs in the roof! Truly amazing. future, as in 2021 we could have 5-Day Clubs not just Because the children who have come to the 5-Day on the ground, but also through the airwaves. Tyler has been working diligently to get the Sponsor a Clubs have been enrolled in the David and Jonathan Mailbox website up and running. If you go to Program, we could send them a lesson in the mail and It was also decided to move forward with aiming to www.cefsask.org or www.cefalberta.org you will be tell them to join us online. There are almost 6,000 send a Mailbox Club lesson to every home across able to see the Sponsor a Mailbox link at the top of the children we could invite to join us and, in an amazing Alberta and Saskatchewan and even the NWT. We are page. If you click on that link it will take you to the list way, they could invite their friends, not just from now launching Sponsor a Mailbox! of communities across Saskatchewan or Alberta, across the street but even from other communities and depending which website you are on. even from around the world. We could reach more children this summer than we ever have before! As we were preparing for this opportunity, we learned that there were 70,000 Truth Chaser lessons at the CEF International headquarters that were available for no cost. If we would pay for the shipping, they would send them to us. I told them about our Sponsor a Mailbox project and that we would take them all! Last Thursday, they were picked up and are to arrive here We have been busier than ever as we have adjusted to tomorrow. get these new opportunities off the ground. You will

ABBEY 121 BELLE PLAINE 42 CADILLAC 81 COLFAX 3 DINSMORE 129 ABERDEEN 283 BELLEGARDE 21 CALDER 86 COLGATE 49 DODSLAND 114 ABERNETHY 87 BENGOUGH 236 CANDLE LAKE 140 COLONSAY 145 DOMREMY 126 ADMIRAL 60 BENSON 59 CANDO 247 CONGRESS 14 DORINTOSH 201 AIR RONGE 350 BETHUNE 138 CANOE NARROWS 230 CONQUEST 97 DRINKWATER 30 ALAMEDA 212 BIENFAIT 287 CANORA 1008 CONSUL 103 DUCK LAKE 458 ALIDA 74 BIG BEAVER 55 CANWOOD 276 CORNING 61 DUFF 25 ALLAN 409 BIG RIVER 450 CARDROSS 8 CORONACH 446 DUNDURN 203 ALSASK 157 BIGGAR 707 CARIEVALE 140 COURVAL 12 DYSART 148 ALVENA 70 BIRCH HILLS 400 CARLYLE 1081 COWESSESS 57 EARL GREY 143 ANEROID 51 BIRSAY 80 CARMEL 16 CRAIK 196 EASTEND 263 ANNAHEIM 125 BJORKDALE 142 CARNDUFF 400 CRANE VALLEY 52 EATONIA 246 ANTLER 55 BLACK LAKE 181 CARONPORT 240 CRAVEN 415 EBENEZER 92 ARBORFIELD 193 BLADWORTH 41 CARRAGANA 22 CREELMAN 95 EDAM 177 ARCHERWILL 190 BLAINE LAKE 252 CARROT RIVER 853 CREIGHTON 515 EDENWOLD 91 ARCOLA 214 BORDEN 249 CENTRAL BUTTE 200 CROOKED RIVER 48 ELROSE 235 ARDILL 4 BRACKEN 48 CEYLON 106 CRYSTAL SPRINGS 35 ENDEAVOUR 108 ASQUITH 260 BREDENBURY 169 CHAMBERLAIN 50 CUDWORTH 554 ENGLEFELD 116 ASSINIBOIA 682 BRIERCREST 87 CHAPLIN 139 CUMBERLAND H. 465 ESTERHAZY 1343 AVONHURST 14 BRIGHT SAND 30 CHITEK LAKE 120 CUPAR 277 ESTEVAN 5485 AVONLEA 164 BROADVIEW 318 CHOICELAND 190 CUT KNIFE 429 ESTON 636 AYLESBURY 40 BROCK 128 CHRISTOPHER L. 392 CYMRIC 31 EYEBROW 59 AYLSHAM 120 BRODERICK 20 CHURCHBRIDGE 355 DALMENY 453 FAIRLIGHT 37 BALCARRES 454 BROWNLEE 32 CLAIR 15 DAVIDSON 455 FENWOOD 25 BALGONIE 503 BRUNO 257 CLAVET 108 DAVIN 30 FERLAND 13 BANKEND 30 BUCHANAN 135 CLAYDON 11 DEBDEN 300 FIFE LAKE 22 BARTHEL 15 BUENA VISTA 274 CLEARWATER R. 52 DELISLE 545 FILMORE 185 BATEMAN 6 BUFFALO NARROWS 192 CLIMAX 111 DENARE BEACH 185 FIR MOUNTAIN 20 BATTLEFORD 1462 BULYEA 157 COCHIN 405 DENHOLM 69 FLEMING 47 BEATTY 33 BURR 13 CODERRE 42 DENZIL 100 FLINTOFT 24 BEAUBIER 25 BURSTALL 77 CODETTE 163 DESCHAMBAULT L. 30 FOAM LAKE 648 BEAUVAL 234 BUSHELL PARK 87 COLE BAY 62 DILKE 77 FOND DU LAC 50 BEECHY 151 CABRI 226 COLEVILLE 96 DILLON 110 FORGET 16 FORT QU’APPELLE 971 KERROBERT 345 MEADOW LAKE 2887 QUILL LAKE 235 STRASBOURG 467 FOSSTON 53 KILLALY 31 MEATH PARK 200 RABBIT LAKE 74 STRONGFIELD 34 FOX VALLEY 91 KINCAID 97 MEDSTEAD 120 RADISSON 230 STURGIS 285 FOXFORD 10 KINDERSLEY 2011 MELFORT 2024 RADVILLE 382 SUCCESS 56 FRANCIS 118 KINISTINO 291 MELVILLE 1766 RAMA 65 SWIFT CURRENT 8425 FRENCHMAN BUTTE 66 KINOOSAO 14 MENDHAM 28 RAYMORE 334 SYLVANIA 80 FROBISHER 76 KIPLING 478 MEOTA 125 REDVERS 535 TANTALLON 87 FRONTIER 150 KISBEY 84 MERVIN 80 REGINA 85604 TESSIER 36 GAINSBOROUGH 147 KRONAU 133 MEYRONNE 22 REGINA BEACH 315 THEODORE 175 GARRICK 45 KUROKI 73 MIDALE 249 RHEIN 135 TIMBER BAY 22 GLADMAR 66 KYLE 195 MIDDLE LAKE 218 RICETON 48 TISDALE 1519 GLASLYN 245 KYLEMORE 55 MILDEN 84 RICHARD 52 TOGO 67 GLASNEVIN 4 LA LOCHE 520 MILDRED 39 RICHARDSON 33 TOMPKINS 101 GLEN EWEN 70 LA RONGE 475 MILESTONE 226 RICHMOUND 35 TORQUAY 101 GLENAVON 150 LACADENA 36 MINTON 69 RIDGEDALE 82 TRIBUNE 39 GLENBAIN 31 LAFLECHE 198 MISTATIM 58 RIVERHURST 97 TROSSACHS 40 GLENBUSH 58 LAIRD 151 MONT NEBO 75 ROCANVILLE 385 TRUAX 13 GLENSIDE 30 LAJORD 27 MONTMARTRE 360 ROCKGLEN 191 TUFFNELL 25 GLENTWORTH 60 LAKE ALMA 52 MONTREAL LAKE 286 ROCKHAVEN 35 TUGASKE 49 GLIDDEN 20 LAKE LENORE 160 MOOSE JAW 16224 ROKEBY 17 TURNOR LAKE 100 GOLDEN PRAIRIE 26 LAMPMAN 221 MOOSOMIN 1065 ROSE VALLEY 207 TURTLEFORD 396 GOODEVE 65 LANCER 54 MORSE 167 ROSETOWN 911 TUXFORD 33 GOODSOIL 371 LANDIS 156 MORTLACH 100 ROSTHERN 657 TYVAN 30 GOULDTOWN 25 LANG 79 MOSSBANK 175 ROULEAU 195 UNITY 915 GOVAN 160 LANGBANK 97 MOZART 27 RUDDELL 26 URANIUM CITY 32 GRANDORA 127 LANGENBURG 480 MUENSTER 167 RUTHILDA 18 VAL MARIE 137 GRAVELBOURG 407 LANGHAM 568 MUSKODAY 80 SALTCOATS 280 VANGUARD 89 GRAY 43 LANIGAN 440 NAICAM 421 SANDY BAY 100 VANSCOY 316 GRAYSON 162 LASHBURN 165 NEIDPATH 28 SASKATOON 98378 VAWN 24 GREEN LAKE 117 LEADER 261 NEILBURG 133 SCEPTRE 65 VEREGIN 60 GRENFELL 650 LEASK 264 NEUDORF 128 SCOTT 47 VIBANK 209 GRIFFIN 63 LEBRET 105 NEVILLE 46 SCOUT LAKE 33 VICEROY 62 GRONLID 99 LEMBERG 135 NIPAWIN 1431 SEDLEY 173 VICTOIRE 48 GUERNSEY 58 LEOVILLE 304 NOKOMIS 173 SEMANS 102 VIDORA 5 GULL LAKE 320 LEROY 176 NORQUAY 425 SENLAC 43 VISCOUNT 140 HAFFORD 295 LESLIE 17 N. BATTLEFORD 6723 SHAMROCK 39 VONDA 135 HAGEN 36 LESTOCK 146 NORTH PORTAL 48 SHAUNAVON 525 WADENA 568 HAGUE 711 LEWVAN 2 ODESSA 140 SHEHO 105 WAKAW 492 HALBRITE 90 LIBERTY 58 OGEMA 170 SHELL LAKE 202 WALDECK 132 HANDEL 37 LIMERICK 110 ONION LAKE 735 SHELLBROOK 582 WALDHEIM 335 HANLEY 245 LINTLAW 131 OSAGE 35 SHIPMAN 16 WAPELLA 164 HARRIS 100 LIPTON 155 OSLER 414 SILTON 391 WARMAN 3297 HAWARDEN 43 LIVELONG 140 OUNGRE 42 SIMMIE 28 WATERHEN LAKE 98 HAZEL DELL 24 LLOYDMINISTER 4918 OUTLOOK 700 SIMPSON 136 WATROUS 983 HAZENMORE 61 LONE ROCK 24 OXBOW 540 SMEATON 85 WATSON 271 HAZLET 56 LOON LAKE 311 PADDOCKWOOD 96 SMILEY 35 WAWOTA 345 HENDON 22 LOREBURN 183 PAMBRUN 49 SNOWDEN 58 WEBB 65 HEPBURN 351 LOVE 54 PANGMAN 163 SONNINGDALE 59 WEEKES 88 HERBERT 382 LOVERNA 16 PARADISE HILL 310 SOUTHEND 100 WEIRDALE 61 HERSCHEL 44 LUCKY LAKE 210 PARKBEG 39 SOUTHEY 398 WELDON 55 HEWARD 14 LUMSDEN 484 PARKSIDE 90 SOVEREIGN 16 WELWYN 85 HODGEVILLE 136 LUSELAND 222 PARRY 21 SPALDING 145 WEYAKWIN 51 HOEY 45 MACDOWALL 90 PASQUA 115 SPEERS 79 WEYBURN 5376 HOLBEIN 65 MACKLIN 449 PATUANAK 120 SPIRITWOOD 635 WHITE FOX 216 HOLDFAST 138 MACNUTT 62 PAYNTON 206 SPRINGSIDE 290 WHITEWOOD 385 HOOSIER 36 MACOUN 132 PEEBLES 17 SPRUCE HOME 97 WILCOX 83 HUBBARD 25 MACRORIE 105 PELICAN NARROWS 60 SPY HILL 87 WILKIE 479 HUDSON BAY 950 MAIDSTONE 358 PELLY 228 ST BENEDICT 49 WILLOW BUNCH 153 HUMBOLDT 2455 MAJOR 62 PENNANT STATION 85 ST BRIEUX 305 WILLOWBROOK 74 HYAS 117 MAKWA 76 PENSE 186 ST DENIS 81 WINDTHORST 81 ILE-A-LA-CROSSE 400 MANKOTA 137 PERDUE 212 ST GREGOR 80 WISETON 64 IMPERIAL 191 MANOR 137 PIAPOT 40 ST ISIDORE DE BELLEVUE 55 WISHART 84 INDIAN HEAD 550 MAPLE CREEK 645 PIERCELAND 295 ST LOUIS 133 WOLLASTON LAKE 100 Done INSINGER 17 MARCELIN 95 PILOT BUTTE 637 ST VICTOR 12 WOLSELEY 289 INVERMAY 150 MARGO 71 PINEHOUSE LAKE 65 ST WALBURG 382 WOOD MOUNTAIN 57 ISLAND LAKE 145 MARQUIS 56 PLATO 9 STALWART 20 WOODROW 2 ITUNA 400 MARSDEN 119 PLENTY 126 STANLEY MISSION 150 WROXTON 50 JANSEN 76 MARSHALL 195 PONTEIX 310 STAR CITY 166 WYMARK 301 JEDBURGH 28 MARTENSVILLE 2885 PORCUPINE PLAIN 552 STEELMAN 15 WYNYARD 842 KAMSACK 929 MARYFIELD 194 PORTREEVE 11 STENEN 75 YELLOW GRASS 248 KAYVILLE 15 MAYFAIR 95 PRAIRIE RIVER 51 STEWART VALLEY 140 YELLOW QUILL 222 KEELER 12 MAYMONT 130 PRAIRIE VIEW 10 STOCKHOLM 155 YORKTON 8217 KELFIELD 16 MAZENOD 14 PREECEVILLE 635 STONY BEACH 12 YOUNG 191 KELLIHER 281 MCCORD 58 PRELATE 50 STONY RAPIDS 52 ZEALANDIA 53 KELVINGTON 446 MCLEAN 115 PRINCE ALBERT 16669 STORNOWAY 23 ZEHNER 120 KENASTON 170 MCMAHON 29 PRUD’HOMME 120 STORTHOAKS 50 ZENON PARK 96 KENDAL 72 MCTAGGART 60 PUNNICHY 215 STOUGHTON 223 KENNEDY 122 MEACHAM 41 QU’APPELLE 198 STRANRAER 14

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