Whew!
Here's how it went down for the Falleur family this weekend...
It started Thursday night with Gen singing at the Sean & Aimee Dayton Christmas tour here in Ottawa at East Gate Alliance Church. She killed it! (in a good way). She sang two songs "Breath of Heaven" written by Chris Eaton and popularized by Amy Grant and then "I Want to Be Holy" which is a song she wrote a few years ago, and has had some traction in Ottawa, California and Texas. It was a great night, I had a lot of fun, got to meet Pastor Bill there and talk ministry.
But, I ate too many cookies and deserts, and had a sugar choma the next day. Friday was basically a wash. I had a headache almost the whole day. I was able to do a couple of things that didn't require a lot of thinking, but not the stuff I was supposed to do.
Saturday, we hit the ground running in the morning. Almost everyone had to pack, because we were all headed in 4 different directions. Gen was singing at the Heritage Vol. II release in St-Lambert, QC, and Sarah and I were going with her, (Dan Schilke taught at Calvary Ottawa). Luc was going for a sleepover at his neighbor-buddy Aiden's house. Olivia was going for a sleepover with Megan in Lowertown, and Isabelle was going for a sleepover with her BFF Emma. That was all supposed to happen before noon.
Gen did a great job at the concert. That was my first Heritage experience, and it's amazing. Seb and Jimmy are doing something really wonderful in these concerts, letting people encounter the Spirit of Jesus Christ through the music of a former generation. Gen had lots of compliments on her voice, her spirit and the heart she brings to the night. I got to meet a lot of wonderful, very committed French Christians. Here's a picture and a little video from the night. (If you watch to the end, you'll see a cute moment with Sarah.)
I had 2 spiritual moments that night. The first one was when I was coming back from a little walk around the town square there in St-Lambert. I had an hour before I had to be back, and so Sarah and I went and looked at the shops and did some exploring and got a coffee. When I was coming back to the church, I just paused and reflected on how happy I was, where I was, who I was with, what we were doing, and really how much God has blessed my life.
The second spiritual moment was on the way home when we ran out of gas on the 174 between Rockland and Cumberland. Proverbs says "Better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away." My neighbor Warren was still up and brought a gas can and helped us out. I even sang him a song there on the side of the road. "Like a good neighbor, Warren is there!"
Sunday morning was unexpected. We were more than double our normal crowd. That's not hard to do at our size, but it's still remarkable. John's wife, Penny cooked us an amazing breakfast, over the top. John's a lucky man, he married way up. We had lots of visitors, some were spouses, some were family members and some were from Newfoundland. The worship time was special, there were two new and nice voices not to far from me. We took a bit of extra time, did introductions and were blessed by the testimonies and sharing. Tears flowed at the goodness of God. "Sirens mean help is on the way."
Before we started, Gen asked me if I was humbled. It was our largest crowd yet, and at the same time my least prepared message in the history of Calvary Ottawa. It's a good thing that I'm teaching the Bible, it won't return void. I think the Lord used it and spoke through it. I could sense His grace and power ministering during the closing prayer. He's faithful even when we are faithless. I'm glad to be on a co-mission with Him.
Whew!
I'm glad it's time for a Sabbath!
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