Making Disciples in Northern Canada
This post is an excerpt from SEND Canada's 2020 Annual Report.
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One of SEND’s ministry fields is right within the borders of Canada!
Several unreached people groups live in the “60/70 window”, a geographic area that spans across the Yukon and Northwest Territories, Nunavut, as well as Alaska.
Located in the northernmost regions of the Americas, this area experiences extreme cold and darkness for many months. The spiritual climate is also
particularly challenging
. Substance abuse, poverty, loss of culture, and suicide are tragic realities that are amplified in many regions of Northern Canada and Alaska.
Long-Term Vision
The long-range vision of SEND North is to make disciple-makers in the North.
This vision places Jesus-followers in small,
often remote villages to join in the daily
life of close-knit communities and bring
the gospel. In the extreme environment
and extreme need of the North, SEND
Canada workers seek to demonstrate
God’s extreme love.
An Unusual Year with New Opportunities
The year 2020 required missionaries
to get creative - and that is exactly
what they have done! One missionary
displayed art in his window that related
to each Sunday’s radio-broadcasted
sermon. When most camps were not
able to have overnight programming in
the usual “away-from-home” locations
due to COVID restrictions, one group
of missionaries brought the camp
experience to the village by putting
on a day camp for the kids! Each day
the children dug into the Word of God,
sang their hearts out, painted, created,
played games, swam in the river for
hours, and had a blast.
This unusual year also brought wonderful opportunities for partnerships with other
ministries.
SEND North partnered with 8
organizations to distribute kits containing
PPE, over 250 Christmas care packages,
and thousands of Bibles - some even in
the Inuktitut language! In contrast, some
enjoyed a renewed simplicity in ministry
as missionaries offered the life-changing
practice of simply reading the Bible
together with people in their homes.
God is working in the North, and we believe He is not done bringing light and hope to the 60/70 window!
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