From time to time our interns, whom we call “Nazarites”, make entries in their own blog. Here’s an excerpt from Chelsea Taschuk’s latest submission…
In John 15 Jesus says, ’I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit He trims clean so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.’
For some reason I was unable to move on from this passage after reading it the other morning with my roomate. I felt like the Lord wanted to take me deeper in my understanding of what it means for Jesus to be the vine and we, the branches. I prayed into it, read it a couple more times and then decided to just let it sit with me. It was a day later at the National Student Forum (which was incredible and a whole other story!) while listening to a speaker share his testimony that God shared with me a little bit of His heart on the matter!



Last night we had a special welcoming dinner (cooked by Nicole one of our new prayer missionaries) for our new cooks who arrived minutes earlier from Saskatchewan. Lee & Helen Schablitzkie, had been directing the Strasborg Bible Camp out there for the last few years, but recently heard God’s call to come and serve with us starting in 2009.
If you know of a situation that could use a very flexible, relational man who loves the Word and loves evangelism, please send us a note. We can send you his resume. Jay is heading back home to north-western England for the Christmas break, but then looking for the next chapter in his life.