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Sword Smuggler

May 27, 2015VideoMicahThe Derksens

Since when I was young, I have always enjoyed reading books about Brother Andrew- God’s Smuggler, and other such stories about Christians who had to smuggle God’s Word into the atheistic Iron Curtain. And I have always wanted to make a video about Bible Smuggling. So here is Sword Smuggler, a modern enactment about what it could have been like to bring God’s Word into the Communist Soviet Union!

And take the helmet of salvation, and the SWORD of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Ephesians 6:17

Filming

May 5, 2015Family, VideoAndrewThe Derksens

Recently we were doing a little bit of filming on the roof for a small video!

Micah working on the roof for the video.

Micah walking on the roof.

While you’re on the roof you might as well do some chin-ups and then…

rest!

Don’t fall!

Crafts and Baking for Seniors

April 27, 2015FamilyAndrew and MomThe Derksens

For about the last 20 years our family has made crafts and baking and then stopped by to visit seniors in the community that don’t have many family around.

This Easter we made cross cookies and cross crafts.

Crosses with John 3:16 on them.

One time we made dipped candles.

We sometimes give tracts with the baking and crafts.

Our crafty family! When everyone was involved we would make about 70 – 80 crafts each season but now we make about half that.

James 1:27:

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Easter Program with Bible Study Group

April 15, 2015Family, Friends, MusicMicahThe Derksens

For the past 3 Sundays a group of us from Fairhaven Bible Chapel did an Easter program at 5 different locations. The following pictures are from Porteous Lodge, the final progam.

There were 3 songs with the whole group- “All Glory To Jesus”, “Born To Die”, and “Wonderful Grace of Jesus!”

The narrators.

“How Deep the Father’s Love”

“Man of Sorrows, What A Name!”

The “young people” reciting Bible passages about Jesus death and resurrection.

“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross!”

“Watch the Lamb”.

Jesse playing an arrangement of Tracey Ann Collins- “Power In the Blood”.

“Its About the Cross!”

Andrew and I recited Luke 24: 1-7

Our family playing for a congregational song- A medley of “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” and “I Serve A Risen Saviour”.

Joshua playing “Joyful Crown”, a medley of “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee” and “Crown Him with Many Crowns”

“In the Sweet By and By”.

We finished off with “The Wonderful Grace of Jesus”!

(Thanks, Mrs. Noel, for sharing your pictures!)

Trip to Manitoba!

April 7, 2015Friends, VideoMicahThe Derksens

On Monday, March 30, Mom, Heidi, Andrew and I went to Manitoba. Heidi went to visit some friends in Winnipeg, and Andrew and I wanted to go film with our friends the Klassens.

This is a snapshot of all the actors for the movie we filmed the last full day we were in MB. Can you guess what it’s about?

This snapshot is from one of the scenes- “Least I Can Do”, a script written by Timothy Klassen. As you can see, Andrew and I are the shady/bully type characters! As Mom commented, “We came all the way to Manitoba to be bullies?!”:)