Incredible Times in the Maritimes!

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August 09 NEWSFLASH - MARITIMES TRIP CONTINUES
 
WHAT A SUMMER this has been!  It seems as though we have been going non-stop since our last newsletter.  We have felt like we are in another world, especially since we didn't add the Canada plan to our cellphone service while we're up here, so we have spoken to very few people down in the States!
 
God has worked a lot this summer.  Shall we just run right down the list? (Just so you know, the pictures are not in order.)
 
 
LOCKEPORT, NOVA SCOTIA
We traveled to this wonderful little island on the South Shore for a Missions Conference with Brother Tim Garren and the Lockeport Independent Baptist Church.  We had a wonderful week here with sweet services and receptiveness to preaching.  This was Bro. Ben's first opportunity to preach a missions conference.  The theme was "The Harvest."  It was well attended even though it was in the middle of the summer, and we enjoyed great fellowship all week long, as well as beautiful sights!  It was so refreshing to spend time with the Garren family whom we hadn't seen in 4 years!  Miles caught his first fish and he was very excited.
 
RETURNING TO FOREST GLEN BIBLE CAMP AFTER 4 YEARS
One of the events we had been anticipating for the last few years has been to return to Forest Glen Bible Camp outside of Truro, NS.  We had such a wonderful experience there 4 years ago, and this year was even better!  Bro. Ben preached teen camp, and the teens, staff, counselors, really the whole group not only were receptive to the preaching, but hungry for it!  What a blessing to see teenagers hunger for the Word of God.  Brother Jeff Reason is the camp director here and we appreciate so much the opportunity we had to return. 
 
We also got the extra blessing of seeing Amanda's Uncle and Aunt, Morris and Lynn Gleiser up here because they were finishing up speaking for Family Camp when we came to camp!  It was wonderful to fellowship with them.  Who knew we'd run into them in Nova Scotia?
 
Stewiacke Valley Baptist Church and Pastor Dave Hodder invited us to spend Sunday with them right before teen camp, and we again enjoyed rich fellowship, likemindedness, and some great food.  We had met Bro. Hodder's own teenagers Mitchell and Laura last year at the other major fundamental Bible camp in the Maritimes, Windcrest Bible Camp and it was so encouraging to see them again. 
 
It was back to camp for junior week, with 120 junior campers!  This would also be Miles' first week of camp ever.  He was a bit nervous going into it, but he did a great job and came back practically hoarse from all the cheering.  All in all, it was a wonderful camp experience, and we got to know more pastors and sponsors from around the Maritimes and down into Maine.  Praise the Lord!
 
The Sunday inbetween the two camps, Brother Warren Jones and the Charity Baptist Church near Kingston, NS, invited us to their church.  Bro. Ben spent the day there, and ended up singing with Bro. Jones, another Bro. Jones, and another Bro. Jones!  Yes, they are brothers, and they let Bro. Ben join in for a quartet number. The church is only a few years old, and its exciting to see what God is doing there.  Bro. Warren and his wife have 13 children!  That's quite a quiver full.  (And I thought Amanda's family had a lot of kids (7)!)
 
ON TO LEPREAU, NEW BRUNSWICK
As we write this newsletter, we are in our final days with the Bethany Independent Baptist Church in Little Lepreau, NB, with Brother Ben Warner.  We have been in special meetings here with these good people and have enjoyed it very much.  (They have church fellowships EVERY NIGHT after EVERY SERVICE!!!   Bro. Ben has worked out every night except one to make up for the extra great food! That's Ben Everson, not Warner!))
 
Great fellowship has been part of this week.  Just today, we went out on a fishing boat owned by one of our friends in the church here.  What an experience!  We've experienced so much hospitality here and all summer long.  While we are always glad to return to our "native land" after trips away, we will miss all these fellow believers who have taken us in so well throughout the Maritimes this summer.
 
We've been honored to meet people who have traveled for hours from neighboring provinces to hear the preaching and the music.  It is humbling to have been used of the Lord this summer and we are reminded in many ways to keep our focus on Him, and not to let it drift away.  We have one more full week in the Maritimes which will be spent mostly in Prince Edward Island (which will be in the next newsletter) but already we could not have asked for a better summer.  Its been challenging schedule-wise, but God has blessed abundantly in the meetings, the messages, and the music, and fellowship with His people.
 
10 YEARS IN AUGUST
Ben and Amanda will celebrate 10 years of marriage this August 7.  Its hard to believe we are hitting this number, but I guess with 4 kids, 8, 6, 4, and almost 2 we'd better believe it!  I (Ben) am so grateful to have such a wonderful friend and companion in the ministry and in life.  When we return to the States, we'll be taking a short trip to celebrate with family watching the kids so we can get away for a few days before the Fall season begins.
 
JOE & BETHANY
Being up in Canada without our phones, we haven't had the opportunity to keep in as much contact with our fellow "co-horts" (Ben likes that word) this summer as much.  They are in Wisconsin for the rest of August, and they did get their trailer back after multiple delays from the company.  We can't imagine what Lincoln is going to look like when we get back together at the end of next month!  They will be joining back with us for our first week of the Fall season.  We're excited about what God has for us this next year.  We'll get a full update from them next month as they join back with us!
 
Thank you for your faithfulness in praying for us.  We have seen the difference it has made in areas such as health, travel, ministry-wise and even personally.  We've seen God's protection this summer.
 
May God bless you as you press forward for Him!
 
Sincerely,
 
The Bro. Ben Everson Family
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