Greetings from beautiful Alberta. I count it a privilege and blessing from God to be working in the oilfields in Alberta. Nearly every day while driving to work I have to be careful not run into a deer or two that is crossing the highway. This week I had to brake to let a large geese family cross the highway. This week I saw a fox carrying home his dinner of prairie dog, a wolf crossing the field, and some amazingly colorful birds and ducks. I have seen moose, elk and caribou when I was up north. The scenery here is also breathtaking. Truly God is amazingly creative and loves His creation even more than His creation does. Imagine the intelligence of God who created all this, organized it to function as it does, all the biological systems of each animal, their built in instincts and ability to adapt to their circumstance. Who could be so foolish to believe all this evolved. The greatness of God and the animals and landscape before my eyes brings me to tears. The ungodliness and irrelevance of God in the lives of those around me is also constantly amazing to me and brings a different kind of tears. The blindness and heart-hardening effect of sin is so very real. I am amazed that anyone can truly know God and belong to Him. Only the Grace of God and the work of the Holy Spirit can make that possible in anyone. There is no place for a man or woman or young person coming to God on their own apart from the work of God upon them to convict of sin and salvation in Jesus Christ.
Here are some pictures for you to enjoy.
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| Sunrise in Northern Alberta |
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| Two kinds of oil from Alberta: Canola and Crude |
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| Duck nest discovered while I was cutting grass on a lease site |
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| Amazing full rainbow seen during a severe storm while driving to work |
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| Herd of Elk. Alberta is not just raising cattle |
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| No I am not shooting Elk. Guns are part of life in Alberta |
This week I am going to apply for my Visa to Chad so please pray with me that all will go smoothly. I also need to get two more vaccines in the next couple of weeks. I am planning to send out my first private prayer letter next week so if you have not yet requested to be on that mailing list send me an email at rtulip231@gmail.com and ask for your name to be put on the list. For financial information and how to support my mission to Chad see the July 5th blog. I hope to be back in Welland around August 11th to do some house repairs before orientation begins on August 18th. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported Gloria while I have been away. Please continue to remember Gloria as she makes my time in Alberta and my time in Chad possible.
My friends take time this week to lay down on the grass and enjoy the sun and to look at the clouds as they wift by and just think and imagine who your God is and all that you have in Christ. May the great peace of God envelope you and lead you to practice this activity more often.
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