Posts from September 2025

From October 19 to 26, a group of five people from the leadership and settlement teams at LifeSpring will be traveling to Greece for a mission trip. This past Sunday, I had an opportunity to update the church family about how the preparations for the trip are going now that we’re a few weeks out from the date. First of all, on behalf of the whole mission team, I want to thank the LifeSpring family for your support for our trip.…

Recently, I’ve been trying to support a friend who’s going through a very sad and difficult time, and it has showed me the value of mourning and grieving with others. Romans 12:15 (KJV) says “Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.” It’s quite engrained in us to look on the bright side, stay positive, and not dwell on sadness, and although that is not inherently bad, there is a comfort that is found when someone…

As I’ve been reflecting on my Christian walk with God I’ve realized something: God wants all of me. Now that might seem obvious to many, but you have to understand where I’m coming from. When I accepted Jesus into my life as my Lord and Saviour, no one told me that my life was going to change so drastically. They focused on all the positive outcomes but forgot to mention all the negative ones.  You might be wondering, what are some…

Another Sunday and another amazing blessing from a guest speaker. This past Sunday we had the privilege of hearing from Jenny (Remember Ministries), who has been instrumental in helping the LifeSpring family in our refugee sponsorship process. As Jenny was sharing her journey into refugee ministry, the Lord highlighted that everything changed when Jenny encountered and experienced the heartbeat and love of God. God did not put ideas in her head first, God gripped and changed her heart. Once God…

LifeSpring is blessed to do what it has been called to be, a blessing. We have heard from many missionaries who work all over the world and have seen the impact that LifeSpring has made globally. There are so many things that allow LifeSpring to do the things that it has, but we are also changing. As our refugee sponsorships progress, as the next generation of leaders start to grow up, as we continue to open our arms and hearts…

Over the past two Sundays, we’ve had the opportunity to hear from Mary Cho, a missionary who serves in Sierra Leone, as well as Donnett and Daniel who shared about a new mother and baby survival program that Compassion is starting in Rubongi. Later this month, we’ll be hearing more about refugee ministry as well. Sierra Leone, Uganda, the Middle East – it feels like we’re traveling the globe on our Sundays this month! As we shared in Communion this past…

We had the amazing privilege of having Donnett and Daniel from Compassion Canada to come speak to us this past Sunday. They encouraged us and thanked us as a partner. Part of the guidance LifeSpring felt this year was to be generous, so we decided to sow our 2024 surplus. One of the projects we decided to sow into was a mother & baby survival program in Rubongi, Uganda. The project details can be found HERE. Rubongi has a special place…

A funny thing about loving people that I recently started thinking about is that not everyone will respond in kind. Not too long ago, I was trying to be intentional about loving and being caring towards some people in my life. Maybe I was being awkward about it, but their responses were pretty dismissive in an off putting way, and I was slightly taken aback. I guess I was expecting to feel the love back at me. Do unto others…

One of the things that stood out to me from Mary Cho’s message was her approach to teaching people how to make art. She felt like patience was what was needed as many of the people would finish their artwork really fast and expect it to be something of good quality. She reminded the people that if you want something of quality, it requires patience. This is true for many things in our lives. Some things that come to my…

We had the privilege of hearing from Mary Cho, a missionary to Sierra Leone in West Africa. She shared about her adventures and challenges serving in a foreign nation founded on witchcraft while serving and loving those often forgotten. Mary serves at a blind school. As Mary spoke to the church family, she kept encouraging us that although our lives and surroundings seem so far apart, we were all part of the same body. In my quiet time this past…

We have a lot of things to worry about as we enter this season. As a new school year starts up, some of us are caught up in all of the scheduling, the extra curriculars, and the after-school activities. For others, it could be job security, health or finances that take over our thoughts. When our minds are constantly running from one thing to another, we need to make room for God. We can make room for God by blocking…

Dear LifeSpring Family, As I was reading Andrew’s recent devotion titled “Purpose Over Potential“, I was reminded of Philippians 2:4-8 (ESV): Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,…