Phase 2 - Preparation

We just saw Kathleen off to Saskatoon's Calder Centre, at the request of her social workers and husband. She will be back here in one month to continue her work in the LifeChange Recovery & Discipleship Program. I for one will miss her because her daily chore is helping in the office and she is GREAT at it! I'm sure her 5 children are going to miss her too!

Once a man or woman completes the first 3 months of LifeChange, their program becomes much more individualized. Our goal is to work with them and the people in their lives that are pulling their strings, so to speak.

Robert needed a "break" so he took a leave of absence to take the government sponsored program at Calder.

Alison wanted to volunteer at a Bible Camp. You can pray for her because she has severe back problems and her back has seized up and she is bedridden and stuck in Saskatoon! She never made it to camp. Pray she comes back to us quickly!

John does not qualify for social assistance. For his program, he was "fast-tracked" so he could get a job to pay his rent and have some spending money. He is now back to driving truck and working at paying off a car and paying back the Mission his rent and board money for his stay here during Phase 1.

LifeChange is an intensive year of learning, humility, submission, and surrender. Phase 2 is particularly challenging because it is a time when men and women set goals for themselves. Through a series of assignments and meetings, they discover their talents, desires, and abilities. The goal of LifeChange's Phase 2 is to set goals for life!

It's where men like John realize that their disability severely limits their choice of vocation. Or where women like Alison test their wings in service. As their Phase 2 Coach, Melanie is excited to help people discover their hidden and unknown strength.

We all get excited to watch people exchange despair for hope. Anxiety for peace. Death for life.