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Hi all!

Happy long week-end! That's right, it's almost August. It's the Civic Holiday week-end. It's hard to believe that summer is half over already :(

Seeing as we've not had a car for a couple of weeks, it has kind of not felt like a 'true' summer. Usually, we're driving to my dad's cottage, we're visiting family, having BBQ's and going to splash pads with friends. But, this year, it's been a little different. Not different in a bad way, but just not the 'norm'.

During all this, we've tried to continually thank God for what He provides for us. We had family and a couple of friends make sure we had groceries, drives to church, etc. Also, we are within walking distance of the library, a park, even a store to make sure we could get milk. We kept saying to each other 'this is more than a lot of people have'.

So, all that to say, it's awesome to know and appreciate how much God has given! Plus, the good news is that we have a van now :) We are enjoying having 'wheels' again. Also, it's got an air conditioner, we have not had an a/c unit in our car for over three years now and we are ENJOYING it! This is the first time we have a cd player in a car too... So, yeah! We're finally getting with the times (yeah, I know...People have cars with docking systems for their Ipods and phones and we're just getting a cd player... LOL).

So, we're truly thankful! God has provided for us again.

We just wanted to give you all an update, as people have been asking us about our car situation. Thank you to so many of you who have been praying for us. We meet people all the time who let us know that they pray for our family and the Joykids ministry. It's so humbling to know that people do that for us and we appreciate it so much!

Bless you and enjoy your week-end!

Virginia

contactjoykids@aol.com

P.S. - Please be in prayer for the Kingdom Bound festival just outside Buffalo at the Darien Lake's Theme park which is going on right now. There will be thousands of people there over the next few days. Please pray for safety with so many traveling, for the hundreds and hundreds of volunteers who help at the festival, for the artists and speakers who will be performing and for those who will choose to make a commitment to follow Jesus :)

Update!

Hi all!

We hope you are enjoying your summer so far! It has finally gotten 'hot', it seemed to take a while before we got our heat wave, but it's finally here :)

Dale, Shanarah, Lazarus and I have been enjoying the summer. We love the long days, being together and just enjoying the warmer weather.

Anyhow, this is the update part that I wanted to share with you all. We are in desperate need of prayer right now. Our car died last week, so we are without a vehicle. We can see God's hand in this, as we were able to safely pull the car over to the side of the road, call CAA and find a ride home from the mechanic (thanks to my wonderful Aunt who dropped everything and drove us home). But, the bad news... The car is not worth fixing.

So, to make a long story short, we really need a car (soon). Right now, we're able to walk to the store and hang out around home, BUT, we've got several performances coming up, places like the Dr's, family events we're supposed to get to (you get the idea, we have ALL become accustomed to driving in our society).

As this is becoming a novel, I'll try to quickly end the post. If you think of us, please be in prayer that we'll find a car soon, (that is not too expensive)!

We know God provides! He has never, never let us down. We are thankful that God has given us so much. We have a roof over our heads, food and our health. So, we're just praying that He again meets our need :)

Bless you all! Remember, you can e-mail us 24/7 at contactjoykids@aol.com.

Canada is 144!!!!!

Hope you all had a safe and happy Canada day :)

We are so very blessed to live in such a wonderful country! God has given us so so very much to be thankful for here in this wonderful place. We can go to school, there are so many places to buy things like food, we have doctors and hospitals, parks to play in. Most of you who are boys and girls (who are reading this) have a room of our own (or some may share one with a brother or sister) that has a bed and is filled with toys. We also have churches that we can attend to learn about Jesus.

God has indeed blessed us here in Canada!

Please remember to pray for this great country! Pray that the leaders in Government will make wise decisions. Also, that for the boys and girls going on vacations with their families will be safe and have a good break from school.

Thanks for reading and have a good summer :)

Virginia

contactjoykids@aol.com

Prayer!

Hi again :)

We wanted to ask you about Pray around the World (a segment we have on the Joykids radio show). It is a segment where we pick a place each week and ask our listeners to pray for that place.

Anyhow, this week, we are asking you all to pray for Summer Camps. Many families send their children to camps over the summer. Some go for the whole summer, others just for a week. Some of you who are reading this will be going to a day camp.

Camps need our prayer! They have a lot of staff to manage, programs they have to run, keeping the grounds clean and things working. Many of the camps are Christian based camps. There are many kids who are hearing about Jesus for the first time, or maybe they are hearing it again, but will actually 'get it' this time around.

We have an opportunity to pray for the leaders of the many Camp grounds who will be leading many to Christ this summer, we have an opportunity to pray for the thousands of kids who will be leaving home (we need to pray that they will all be safe). We have an opportunity to pray and be a blessing to others.

So, for this week, please pray for these things :)

Have a great day everyone and remember, you can listen to the Joykids radio show each Saturday morning at www.joy1250.ca from 8-10 am. Also, you can get a hold of us 24/7 at contactjoykids@aol.com!

Virginia

Hello again!

We had a wonderful time yesterday with the people at Roseville United Brethren church, just outside of Kitchener, ON. It was a blast!

We've got a busy summer ahead, which we're looking forward to.

Remember, if you'd like us to come to your church to perform a set for either your kids group, or a church family service, a fun day, or even at a wedding to entertain the guests while you get your photos taken, let us know. We've got a variety of 'acts' during our show.

There's puppets and ventriloquism for the kids, stories and songs for all ages and some skits to keep the adults happy (although they love the puppets just as much as the kids do)! We even have prizes and illusions with a Gospel application.

Let us know if you're interested in booking us for your event!

You can find us on Facebook under Joykids radio, or e-mail us at contactjoykids@aol.com

Thanks and have an amazingly Blessed day :)

Virginia

Welcome Summer

Hello all!

Welcome to summer :) I LOVE, LOVE summer... I think I may have said that already in an earlier post.

Anyhow, the Joykids team is going to be very busy this summer. We've got a couple of Joykids live performances coming up (one is this Sunday, June 26th) at Roseville United Brethren church in Ayr. I'm looking forward to it! We've performed for them before and they are an amazing bunch of people!! Our shows have a lot of high energy things like puppetry, ventriloquism, skits, stories, games and prizes and illusions with a Biblical application. It's hard to believe that we've been performing the Joykids live shows for 12 years now! God has been so very faithful to us during these years too :)

Also, we've got performances in July, plus a few ones in August. All in all, a busy, but mega fun time! God is VERY good to us all, isn't He?

So, please be in prayer for us as we are on the road.

Thanks and have a great summer!

Please also feel free to e-mail us your prayer requests too. Dale, Shanarah and I love to be in prayer for our Joykids radio listeners. So, don't hesitate to let us know.

Thanks

Virginia

e-mail at: contactjoykids@aol.com

Or, look for us on Facebook under Joykids Radio.

More info!

Here is our e-mail address, so you can contact the Joykids Live team. If you have any questions about our radio show 'Joykids' which is heard on Joy 1250 (or www.joy1250.ca) on Saturday mornings, or questions about our Joykids Live performances, you can e-mail us!

It is contactjoykids@aol.com.

Thanks and have a bless day :)