For our trip to Glace Bay this summer, we have teamed up with a church from Erin ON, led by Josh Black. Together we will serve the community of Glace Bay, Lighthouse Church and Real Missions. Between the two teams there will be 16 of us. In the coming weeks we will have a finalized schedule and will be able to provide more specific prayer needs for events we will be a part of.

As the end of school approaches, deadlines to book flights, rent vehicles and all sorts of other things are coming up fast. Students are working hard at handing out support letters and raising the necessary funds to make the trip happen. As well, students have been completing "homework" each week. This week they are asking friends and relatives to partner with them in prayer for the trip. Since you are reading this, hopefully, you can partner with us in prayer as well. Some current prayer needs include:

• God's provision for finances to make the trip happen.
• Unity amongst our team.
• Safety for traveling.
• That both our team and the Erin church will bond well.

Thank you to all who participated in our fundraiser at Promise Keeper’s Robin Mark concert. Through your wonderful baking, we are able to sponsor six kids for camp. Many of the children coming to camp are unable to pay the camp fees and many have never heard the Gospel.

Our PORTICO team is going to Eagle’s Cove Ministry Centre to staff one of their kids’ camps for the week of July 24–30. The kids are primarily from the Nishnawbe Aski First Nation and are between six and 14 years old. Our first team meeting is at PORTICO on May 28 from 9 am to noon. We will join other Eagle’s Cove teams from other churches for training in Newmarket on June 18. (Location and other training days will be announced.)

Our theme this year is ‘Space’ for God. Our Shuttle Teams will share the message from the One who created the heavens. Our space theme offers great ideas for skits, games and chapel messages. We look forward to activities such as archery, paintball, canoeing, rock climbing, swimming and crafts.

How you can help...
We want to buy 40 Children’s Bible Story Books by Egermeier. It is a great tool for kids to learn their Bible stories. We can get them for $12.34 each from Christian Book Distributors. If you want to help us with this project, please note on your donation to PORTICO that it is for Eagle's Cove Bible Storybooks.

How you can pray...
One of our greatest prayer needs is for Bera’s health. His health continues to deteriorate and doctors have been unable to determine the cause. He is a strong spiritual leader for his family, the ministry centre, and the community of Native believers in Thunder Bay. We all miss his loving leadership.