A New Challenge

A New Challenge

We’re Leaving Thompson for a Much Larger Mission Assignment in August Our new service area spans from Winnipeg Canada to International Falls, MN, U.S.A. which is a four hour drive in good weather. ________ We’ll have two apartments, one in Winnipeg where...
Finding Friends in Flin Flon

Finding Friends in Flin Flon

Named after a fictional character by the name of Professor Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin (created by J.E.P. Murdoch), Flin Flon, Manitoba is the most pictuesque area we’ve been in. But we had little time to sit and watch the sunset. Standing in front of the city...
Making Friends

Making Friends

Meet Thompson Mission Church We like to worship with people of other faiths, and try to do so on occasion.  Just yesterday we attended services with a congregation that appeared to be mostly Mennonite families. We were very impressed with the service, the Spirit...
No Them, Just Us

No Them, Just Us

We’ve never experienced such an open welcome by strangers before. We first met the Thompson Seniors last Tuesday at their weekly luncheon. We were immediately embraced by everyone in the room. No judgement. No posturing. No pretending. And it was so...
Into the North Country

Into the North Country

The face of Thompson, MB Canada is depicted by this child; wild and innocent, full of life and curiosity. We never could have imagined what we are experiencing. Once we left Winnipeg and headed north, the countryside gradually changed from the vast, flat farms typical...
Light of Faith Murals

Light of Faith Murals

Esther Queen Esther, at the peril of her life, goes in unto the king to save her people. Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Esther 4:14 WHAT CAN I ACCOMPLISH WITH THE LORD’S HELP? Alma Alma the younger testifies of his...
God’s Shotgun

God’s Shotgun

This is a favorite art piece depicting Captain Moroni calling the people to defend their freedom of home, family, and religion: “Come Forth”, oil on board by Walter Rane Every week you can hear the blast of God’s shotgun as He sends missionaries from...
Farewell

Farewell

Hear Our Farewell Testimonial by Bernell & RaNae Taylor https://myfaithstory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Farewell.mp3 Unless you’ve done this yourself, you may not understand the feeling of bidding our family farewell for eighteen months. It’s a...
Celestial Friends

Celestial Friends

Our Church sevice over the years has put us in contact with some of the best people on earth! How could we not strive for Heaven with friends like this? Today we had dinner with other senior missionaries and leaders from the Uganda Kampala Mission, where we served an...