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One of the highlights of my summer assignment in Winnipeg at the HPT has been getting to know the people!  Peter and I have been attending HPT since last Sept. and it has been a blessing to begin developing deeper and more personal relationships as a result of our full-time ministry there. It has been a delight for us and our children to be able to be at home in Winnipeg, and to be involved in the Corps that we attended this past year.

To begin our summer we had the privilege of interviewing, hiring, and training staff for the Kid’s Kamp at HPT.  We have gone into the surrounding neighbourhoods and hosted barbeques and games.  Although HPT is located in a beautiful area surrounded by beautiful houses, there are also those struggling with the challenges life brings them.  In the Thursday after school program and Friday drop in night at the corps I have had the privilege of meeting precious children who were so willing to get to know me.  Now that the camp has started I get to see them every day and I am getting to know them a little more each day.

Major Julie Slous, Corps Officer at Heritage Park Temple adds some additional comments about the Kids Kamp:  Heritage Park is a buzz with busy campers! We have welcomed 39 campers into our midst this past week (which puts us at 99.9% capacity) and HPT is alive with energy and enthusiasm!  We are thrilled to see the contacts that are being made through this program and we continue to believe that God is using our camp to make a difference in our neighborhood.  As the kids worship together in the morning, what a blessing it is to hear their young voices lifting their songs to the Lord.  Under the skilled leadership of the camp team, later this week the children will be given the opportunity to think about how they will “live out” all they are learning about Christian faith.  Pray for our team as they strategically invite the children into a deeper experience of Christ.

This summer Peter and I look  forward to working together in ministry.  I’m learning very quickly that working together is more than doing the same things together all the time.  Peter delivered his first sermon this past Sunday and left for Yorkton Saskatchewan to minister through the flood relief.  These days I hold the Lord’s words even closer to my heart and believe that “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me” (Phil 4:13) while I take care of my three children and engage in this wonderful ministry.

It’s hard to believe how fast each day is going by lately.  As we are all working for His Kingdom I’m reminded that “We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.” (John 9:4)

Cadet Grace Kim and her husband, Cadet Peter Kim are appointed to the Heritage Park Temple Corps in the Prairie Division for their summer assignment. They entered training out of the Korean Corps in Toronto, Ontario Central East Division.