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Prayer letter and ministry update from the Nolands in Arctic Canada

We are excited to announce that Matthew is now engaged to Chloe’ Walls from Florida. We have known her family since we first moved to Florida in 1998. Both Chloe’ and Matthew have surrendered their lives to the will of God and we are looking forward to what God is going to do with them.

Pam is still having some physical struggles. The doctors have changed their position and are no longer sending her for an MRI. She is learning more how to manage her back pain with the medication and limiting her activity. We are still waiting for an appointment for them to recheck her eyesight for any changes there.

Andrena has begun the search for a college. It is hard to believe our little girl only has one more year of high school. In February she entered a skills competition for all the high school kids in the region and won first place in baking/cake decorating. In April she will have the opportunity to travel to Yellowknife and compete in the territorial competition.
In December I built and placed two objects outside of our church building, a cross and a manger. I placed the manger at the foot of the cross and then walked out on the street to look at it from a distance, when the Lord brought to mind that I was looking at His whole life on earth. Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. To be conformed to His image we must know what He was like, so I have begun to preach step by step through the life of Jesus. Please pray that hearts will be open and receptive to the Word of God.
 
On Christmas Eve the Sunday School teachers and children presented the Christmas story in the service. We had 65 people in attendance that night with many first time visitors. After the children finished I took a few moments and preached on the gift of God being more than a baby in a manger.
 
In February Pam hosted a ladies fellowship and outreach. 20 ladies attended from both Aklavik and Inuvik. There were several ladies there that had never attended our church.
 
March is going to be a busy month. We will be attending a missions conference at First Bible Baptist Church in Inuvik early in the month. On March 23rd we will begin our second missions conference in Aklavik. May will be 2 years that the church here has been supporting missionaries. We support 5 missionaries around the world on a monthly basis. Because of distance and expense of travel 3 of these families have never been to the church here. We are blessed to be able to have one of them with us this year.
 
April will mark 6 years we have been living in Aklavik. We have watched the Lord do many great things through the teaching and preaching of the Word of God. One of them is the children we are able to minister to.  Up to this time our Sunday school has been one large group as we only have one Sunday school room. Many of the older children have been faithful over the years and need to be separated from the younger children so they can dig deeper into the Bible. In June there is a work crew from Westwood Baptist Church, our home church, flying up to build 2 new classrooms onto our building. We are excited about the opportunities this will provide.
 
We want to thank each of you for your prayers for our family and ministry. If you would like a PDF version of this letter to print please send us an e-mail.
Mission agency
Points North Baptist Mission
a ministry of Calvary Baptist Church
New Philadelphia, OH
Pastor Don Snow

Our mailing address is: LRNNorth@juno.com
Sending Church
Westwood Baptist Church
Poplar Bluff, MO
Dr. Steve Proctor