A day of open doors and answered prayers!

Today was a beautiful day of experiencing the amazing ways God can work, opening doors and bridging a community together through ways we don’t understand.

This morning our team gathered together to pray, talk and share about our different ministries. We spent time lifting up our community as well as the local Warden Woods Community Center. This community center is in the heart of the community and is a location we would love to be able to run our programs out of and be more connected with to work alongside.

There is a bit of a court battle currently going on to do with this community center and we have continued to pray for opportunities to partner with them. This morning we were particularly praying for the youth worker who is being forced to leave (due to contracts) even though she had a heart to stay and continue working with the youth people. We prayed that she would not be discouraged and that God would provide for her as well as for her salvation for my co-worker was going to present the gospel to her.

Next in the day I headed over to Warden Woods Public school to run a cubing club over lunch hour for grades 4, 5 and 6. Recently I found out that the vice principle of the school is a Christian and attends the church we run program out of. As I walked through the hallways of the school I was filled with joy as kids ran up to me, boys I suspended from camp for Tuesday and Thursday (due to them fighting) came running to tell me that they were for sure coming on Friday. I was amazed at the open doors and networking that was happening as we met new kids.

After camp tonight as we met back at the community center to debrief the team where we heard from the youth worker that at 2 p.m. that afternoon was called into the office and was asked to stay. She agreed! What a complete turn around! 

My co-worker was able to share with her that we had prayed for her early that day. She was amazed and asked why and then proceeded to go around telling everyone that we had prayed for her. Kind of reminded me of how the lame man went into the temple courts praising God! She wants to meet with my community center and discuss how we can work together more and do big things in this community!

Such a quick obvious answer to prayer that had others giving thanks to God! Please continue to pray for Warden Woods Community Center. For more opportunities to work together, please pray for this woman’s salvation as we desire to share the gospel with her! Pray for big things to come out of the bridges forming within this community! 

Join me in praying for Warden Woods Community

God I ask for your surpassing peace

To cover this community

For a peace they do not understand

To be upon this morning

Father hear the cries of fear

The pleads of the community

For safety and peace

Heal their hearts Lord from the pain and hurt

For the mere boys

Who resort to guns and violence

May the living truth spoken to them in past

Be heavy on their hearts this morning

Would it deafen their ears to the lies

That compels them to fight rather than forgive

May your children live in the confidence

That nothing can separate them from your love

Neither life nor death.

By: Nick Westoll Staff Reporter, Published on Sat Feb 28 2015

Two men were taken to a trauma centre Saturday afternoon with gunshot wounds.

Toronto Paramedics were called to the area of Warden Ave. and Cataraqui Cres. around 1:45 p.m. According to a spokesperson, crews took both men to a local trauma centre in serious, but non-life-threatening condition.

Toronto police said one of the victims — both in their mid-twenties — suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks, while the other was shot in the back of the leg.

Police didn’t have information about potential suspects, but earlier tweeted for the public to “use caution” in the area, as the suspect or suspects in the street shooting hadn’t been taken into custody.

Mar 10, 2015 | Vote0   0

Man shot numerous times on Burn Hill Road, rushed to hospital in serious condition

Scarborough Mirror

By Andrew Palamarchuk 

A man is in serious condition after he was shot multiple times in southwest Scarborough Tuesday.

Emergency crews were called to Burn Hill Road near Warden Avenue and Danforth Road at 4:42 p.m. on March 10.

Toronto Paramedic Services said paramedics found a man with at least four gunshot wounds.

The victim was taken to a trauma centre in serious condition.

Police are asking anyone with information to call 41 Division at 416-808-4100.

The Wondering Woman of Warden

As I think of Moses and the Israelite as they wondered through the dessert for 40 years it amazes me just how often God had to remind them that the dessert was not their home, it was not where they were to dwell. He did not want them to settle, to save manna, to depend on even a stream for water. He had so much more for them beyond the place they wandered throught for 40 years.

The whole journey of the Israelite through the dessert is an amazing journey of God's provision and faithfulness as he cared for His people but He always had more for them, they were on a journey and there was a destination!

Often as I serve along side my team of 6 woman in the community of Warden it is not uncommon for us to feel like wanderers. The programs we run vary in terms of location, some days we are at a church, others in a park, community center, in the homes of the families, or inviting them into our homes. We meet at Tim's, libraries, Mc Donald's. Basically we meet were ever we can find a place. 

Some day's begin by simply walking into the community and knocking on doors, praying for open doors and opportunities. Last week I met up with one of my co-workers who had picked up some fresh fruit intending to bring it to a particular family she had it mind. By the end of the day it ended up in a different home that we had been welcomed into and spend an hour visiting with both the mom and her child. We listened as she shared her struggled and frustrations as well as the joys of her children and were able to provide encouragement and love.

I am so blessed in experiencing the provision of God for open doors, opportunities and places to meet to run programs. I am thankful for his lessons along the way of depending entirely on Him, the constant reminder of not growing accustom and comfortable here, because this is not our home. We are not there yet,there is a destination and we are simply on our way. I am thankful that we can be an example of a body of Christ without walls, doors and ceilings, simply demonstrating the love of Christ no matter where we are. I am thankful that we can invite others into this journey on our way to our heavenly destination!