Although I do love PEI, Cambodia is definitely preferable in February.

Jenny & I have returned to Canada. After a marathon itinerary, we arrived in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on Monday, the 15th. The reasons we returned are extremely personal, but we stand to our convictions and are convinced that the Cambodian Mission Outreach is not the ministry whom we want to partner with long term.
We really sense a desire to re-connect with our home Church and be a part of their life for more than our standard 2-3 weeks. I have been a part of Faithworks Center since Oct/01, and they have helped shape my Spiritual walk since Day 1. I really want Jenny to have the opportunity to be a part of our Church, and to get to know those whom I have 'grown up' with. We would love to have an active role in bettering our church and imparting into/recieving from those whom are so close to our hearts.
I believe that God really has something amazing in store for Jenny & I. We want to take this year and position ourselves into a place where we might even be able to recieve that which He desires for us. Many churches are crying out to God for reveival but if God ever blessed them with such a thing, they would be in no way able to sustain it. There needs to be vessels that are empty enough for God to be able to fill. Saying that, we would like to be able to do some correspondance which would lead to us obtaining masters degrees where we could enter into a role of full-time paid ministerial positions, such as chaplaincy at a prison or hospital, etc. This type of ministry is very near to the heart of Jenny & I, and it is what makes us who we are.
So, now that we have returned and are committing ourselves to a year or so in North America, we begin the foreign process of 'life'!! This includes finding a job, getting an apartment, getting cell phones hooked up, dealing with snow(?!), and all the other things that don't really have equivalents on the mission field. It should be a very trying season, but it is one we enter with joy, knowing that the results will far outweigh all the frustrations that Western living will bring.
I am also very excited to have started reading a book that was recently written by our great influence and friend George Woodward. He was the Dean of Students at the Bible College we attended, and he has served us in a variety of ways post-Bible school that we are ever indebted to him and his wife for. The book is called 'Raising Up And Mentoring The Next Generation: The Heart Of A Godly Father', and it is about just that, making sure the next generation is equipped and left with all that God has given to us.
We ask for prayer that we would be able to find jobs that would not hinder us from also doing extensive ministry while we are here on PEI, and we also ask prayer to find a nice simple apartment. Since we got married, Jenny & I have never had a place to call our own, and the thought of it actually excites us quite a bit. And finally, pray that we would postion ourselves into a place where we would be able to recieve the things God has in store for us.