Such a time as this

The past two weeks have been a time of establishment and building of relationships. It continues to amaze me how God's hand has been clearly evident in bringing together the people and resources needed for the relaunch of the ministry of ISCF in Grenada. For example, after doing a promotional at a church couple weeks ago, a lady walked up to me and told me that she is a reporter with the Grenada Informer and she wanted to do an article about the relaunch of ISCF here, so I sent her the information and the article was out the next week.

Sister Joan Purcell, the chairperson of the Interim Committee of ISCF, used to be involved in politics up to a couple years ago. She still has her contacts in government, so she organised for us to be interviewed on the Government Information Services' morning show. The hostess was really nice and seemed genuinely interested about the ministry. She even invited us to come back when we start meetings in the schools, and to bring some students with us!

On the set with Tahira Somebody

I have also met with many different ministries locally that have a similar vision to reach young people with the Good News and to help them to live victorious Christian lives: Youth With A Mission, Repairer of the Broken Ministries, Raise Praise, Christian Students Association, Cross Connect Ministries, Inheritors of the Earth. We look forward to seeing how God will use strategic alliances with these ministries to advance the work of the ISCF ministry in Grenada.

Meeting with President of Christian Students Association

On Saturday 2nd November we had the official service to relaunch ISCF Grenada. Those who flew in for the service had quite an adventure getting here, but they eventually arrived safely. When people asked me before the service how many persons were expected, I told them I had no clue because all the communication I was getting from people were saying that they couldn't come so I couldn't say for sure who was coming. However on the day of the launch there were approximately 60 persons in attendance, and I was very happy that we didn't have to eat all the refreshments ourselves :)

Supporters of ISCF Grenada

From all reports, the service was well received by those who attended. I give thanks to God for bringing all the pieces together and for the great testimonies that were shared. For me, the highlight was the testimony of Kelvin Dottin who is the Co-ordinator of Ecclesiastic Affairs in the Ministry of Youth. When he assumed office in May this year, he wrote a list of projects that he would like to accomplish. The first item on his list? Restart ISCF in Grenada! He had no clue how to go about doing this, but he knew the impact that the ministry had on his life as a student, so he knew that this generation of students needed to be exposed to ISCF. So when Sister Joan approached him in an effort to get the support of the Ministry as we restarted ISCF in the schools, it was really confirmation to him that God had placed him in office for such a time as this.

Meeting with Mr. Dottin to discuss the reintroduction of ISCF in schools in Grenada

I also give God thanks for laying it on my sister Dyann's heart to come to Grenada last weekend. 

So happy that she brought my Pumpkin with her!

God knows the tremendous support and encouragement she was to me during the time she was here, not only on the day of the launch, but also in sharing her experiences as an ISCF sponsor at our first meeting with sponsors. Four teachers from four different schools attended, so we are grateful to God for the start that we are now able to make.

Participants at the first orientation session

Over this past weekend I was also able to build some relationships that are clearly God-orchestrated. I didn't go looking for them, but God opened the doorways and connections have been made. It has been a blessing to see how God just intervenes and provides support exactly when you need Him to. One opportunity that has arisen is the privilege of sharing a Bible Study with someone, so please pray that the study of God's Word would bring freedom.

Preparing for a study in the book of Ruth