Life to Life Ministry

For many years I have tried to capture the essence of our ministry with NAIM among Native people through these almost twenty years. When people ask me what a typical day is like, I don't know what to say. No two days are the same. When people ask what are you doing, I usually have a long list: interacting with Native people from the Coast of BC both in their villages, in the city of Vancouver as well as in our home. We also work with youth mission teams taking trips to Klemtu. Karen works in the NAIM office as the Financial Administrator. I am the Field Director of Washington State and also Chair the Coastal Ministry Committee as it oversees the Solitude boat ministry. There is more. It all sounds so disjointed. It also sounds so clinical and sterile.

So I thought about what was the common thread weaving its way through all of that. That thread is 'Life to Life Ministry'. I describe it as two lives shared together with the hope of sharing Christ's life together. Its about being a part of Native people's lives and their being a part of ours. It always holds out the hope that together we might find faith in Jesus Christ and a rich full life in him.

That is what Scott and Karen are about. In NAIM we call it 'Face Time'. It's really just relationships with a purpose. All we do is to either connect relationally with Native people or facilitate others so that they might connect with Native People, always with the hope of living out the love of Christ with others.

So there it is. Now you know what Scott and Karen have been doing all these years. It's been a wonderful adventure full of joys, and laughter, and tears, and heartache and disappointments and life shared together. Along the way we have seen people come to faith in Christ, be strengthened in their faith and even seen two Fellowships started in Klemtu and Campbell River.

For those of you who pray and give, thank you for being part of the adventure too.