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Carpe Diem The Missionary Newsletter of John & Elaine Boskill 
Both studies challenge the participants to consider who Christ is – Lord and Savour - and ask for a response to Him – do they want Him at the center of their lives? Courageous Catholic then challenges participants to then invite others to come to know Jesus, and help develop their leadership potential to share their faith. It is great to see the challenge and response in their lives. This winter, John is again involved as a small group leader for a Discovery study at Blessed Sacrament. Elaine is involved with a faith study in the Wilno area.

Please pray for our groups as we journey together. These are part of our “extra curricular” activities, which also include John with the Knights of Colum-bus. At work, John has been active as office manager and within Stewardship and Development. He was involved with organ-izing the 25th Anniversary celebration for Ottawa in October, and the CCO annual Open House in early December. There were other staff functions for John to co-ordinate, as well as ordering supplies and managing some general office contracts. He is involved with the “Planned Giving” program for CCO (encouraging people to consider remembering CCO in their wills, gifts of life insurance, or other major gifts). Over the Christmas break, we had the opportunity to attend CCO’s annual conference “Rise Up”, this year in Ottawa. Elaine helped out many ways, decorating, welcoming, and doing whatever was needed. John’s work was also in the background, helping with the sponsorship tables and responsibilities for some of the materials needed for the conference and office space CCO used there. Stewardship and Development (the department John is part of) hosted a supporter apprecia-tion evening for Ottawa area support-ers of CCO. They were able to hear the talk by Angele Regnier, on Great Expectations (the video is on the riseup.cco.ca website – link to “watch now”). It is about what God can do in our lives and in the lives of those around us. Great Expections is one of the 5 Tenets of the movement. An-gele’s talk, and many of the others, were instruments of God working in Dear Partners in Ministry: It has been a good autumn, and Christmas season. We are hopefully now through the toughest part of winter and looking forward to spring, and new life. We have seen new life coming through faith studies we have been involved with in Ottawa and in Wilno area. At Blessed Sacrament parish, John was involved with a Dis-covery faith study. 
the lives of the 750 students who registered for Rise Up this
year. For many, it was an awakening, or reawakening, of their
relationship with Jesus, and prompted them to ask what God
wanted for their lives. The evening of Adoration and confession
saw about 600 receiving the sacrament. It was a very moving
experience for them to question themselves about what matters
in their lives, and how much they matter to God.
Since Ottawa was the location of Rise Up, that gave our family
a unique opportunity. All our children attended Rise Up this
year. It also made it easier for the children from Western Canada
to join us for Christmas. Kristen and Kathleen have now
moved to Ontario. Amy and Phil came out from Calgary. Michael
and Jennea already have their home established in Ottawa,
and Rebecca and Anne are with Elaine in Wilno. John is in
Ottawa weekdays and heads to Wilno for the weekends.
Besides home schooling, Elaine has also begun working with CCO again, one day per
week. She is contacting people who regularly support missionaries, but for
some reason, their monthly support has not gone through. She enjoys talking with people and occasionally praying with them. And our support raising continues. Dedicated time each week is spent working toward our goals. We are about 2/3 of the way
to the place we need to be (the total increases a bit with Elaine back on staff).
Thank you very much for your support, whether prayer or financial.
We will continue to pray for all of you. God bless.
John and Elaine
Prayer Requests: (SEIZE THE DAY and join us in prayer)
For students and leaders as they prepare for their faith studies,
and especially for those who are unsure if they
should participate, that the Lord would remove any
barriers that they experience.
For the Whitehorse, Yukon Mission Trip Feb 14-23, that
each person involved may experience Christ’s personal
love for them in their hearts.
For the three other missions this year, to Quebec City, Victoria
and Uganda, for good discernment of leaders and
spiritual preparation in the hearts of all participants.
For wisdom in the selection and placement of new staff.
Contact Us:
John and Elaine Boskill
2239 Rembrandt Road
Ottawa, ON K2B 7P8
613-736-1389h/306-260-9672c (John)
john.boskill@cco.ca
elaine.boskill@cco.ca
Webpage: cco.ca
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Adoration at Rise Up
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