James & Carolanne

New Email System

I would like to sincerely apologize for the undesirable ads you may have received in my previous email newsletter. Until now I have been using a free, automated, email distribution service that took care of managing my email newsletter subscribers as well as automatically sending out my newsletters when I posted them on our ministry blog. Unfortunately, because it was "free" they also would include advertisements on the bottoms of my newsletters and the one...

Family Update

[caption id="attachment_740" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Ben and Julia"][/caption] Well, since the beginning of the year we've had a number of interesting family adventures.  First off, Ben seems to have decided that his new years resolution is to allow himself to be potty trained.  Since Julia was born, he has refused to sit on the potty.  Now, since the new year, he has been perfectly fine to go on the potty, and has actually had very few...

Surgery Results

This is just a quick update to let you know the results of the surgery I recently underwent.   As far as I have been informed, the surgery did go well, though apparently the Dr. had to perform an alternate surgery due to the fact that the problems were too deep to be resolved by his original plan. I had been told before the surgery that there was a 1 in 10 chance that he would...

Update on James' Surgery

This is just a quick update regarding the surgery that I (James) will need to have.  Just to clarify in case there was some miscommunication, the infection is not life threatening or anything like that (as far as I know).  It is just painful and inconvenient and makes certain aspects of life very difficult. The surgery has been scheduled for November 10'th and I will probably have to be in the hospital overnight.  The reason...

Our Newest Family Member

[caption id="attachment_678" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Julia Rebecca Anne Warkentin"][/caption] We are very excited to announce the newest member of our family.  Her name is Julia Rebecca Anne Warkentin and she came into this world on Sunday morning Oct. 4'th at 10:19 am.  She initially weighed in at 7 pounds 10 ounces and measured 51.5 cm.  Both baby and mommy seem to be doing well, and we were permitted to leave the hospital 24 hours after birth....

Staff Conference 2009

Well, it's that time of year once again when we get ready to go to the annual P2C Staff Conference.  Actually, it's usually a lot of fun and a great time of refreshing, spiritual renewal and renewed vision of where we are heading as an organization.  I find that it really helps us to be more connected to the organization as a whole and gives us the opportunity to hear about all the cool things...

James' Surgery and Recovery

On Monday July 13'th I (James) was admitted to the emergency room here in Chilliwack General Hospital around dinner time, due to excessive swelling of an infection I had been fighting with antibiotics over the weekend.  After having a number of doctors examine it, I was diagnosed with a very large, very deep absess which would need to be opened and drained.  I was scheduled for surgery that same evening at 9:00 PM and due...

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Encouraging Thoughts on Evangelism

I was realizing that I had not written anything for a while, so I thought I would take this opportunity to send you a little encouragement.  This morning, we had a TruthMedia monthly strategy meeting to discuss our direction as a team and encourage each other through hearing stories and updates on what the various areas of the team are doing.  As part of this meeting, we had Leonard Buhler come and encourage us in...

Laptop Ordered!

We are very excited to announce that we have raised all the money necessary for purchasing the new laptop for my work.  Thank you VERY much to all of you who helped us in raising the money for it.  It has been so encouraging to see how the Lord has provided so quickly and generously through you our family, friends and supporters. We have ordered the laptop from the supplier and it should be here...

Laptop Fundraising Update

As you may have read in our previous newsletters, we have been attempting to raise additional funds to help pay for a new laptop for me (James) to use at work.  I am very excited to announce that we have already been able to raise a significant portion of the cost.  In fact, at this point we only have to  raise approximately $425 more. We are praising the Lord for His provision and also want...

Christmas Update

We previously sent out this letter by paper mail, but thought it might be helpful to send to our email newsletter list as well.  We apologize if you have received two copies.  If you wish, you may download and read the PDF version. (the same as we sent out by snail mail). Dear Friends and Church Family, This last year has been an amazing journey through both joyful and difficult times in the ministry here...

2008 Staff Conference

"As a child stands in awe of new discoveries may we rejoice together in the limitless depth of our Saviour's love." - Staff Conference '08 As you may know, we recently returned from our annual Power to Change Staff Conference.  This year the conference was held in the beautiful town of Whistler, BC.  The theme of the conference was "Captivated", focusing on what it means to be wholly captivated by Jesus.  As you can see...

Online Ministry in the 10x40 Window

Thank you very much to all of you who have continued to pray for Carolanne and I during this time. I realize that we haven't written any updates lately, mainly due to being extremely busy both at work and at home. However, we are doing well both personally and in the ministry. I recently received an update from our Director which I found to be VERY encouraging and wanted to share with you as well....

Merry Christmas 2007

Merry Christmas from James, Carolanne, Benjamin and Rusty Warkentin!