OC Blog Digest: Two Stories & Retreat

In this latest edition of our OC Blog Digest, we are pleased to share with you two stories from our Outreach Canada team and an update from our 2024 Staff Retreat!

In this OC Digest you will find: 

• an interview with Ute Carkner, where she shares her prayer story - how she was introduced to prayer, and more about her prayer journey!
• a story from an MK (Missionary Kid) returning after quite some time to the country he lived in for 12 years! 
• a reflection from Rick Burdett about the recent 2024 OC Staff Retreat

Prayer: An Interview with Ute Carkner

If you were to meet Ute Carkner, you would quickly realize that she is a woman of prayer. When she prays, you sense both her awe at being in God’s presence, but also an intimacy that is born of much time spent in the presence of God! She is a kind and gentle soul, but she prays with boldness, frequently referencing the Scriptures in her prayers.

I had the privilege of sitting down with Ute Carkner, a member of our Outreach Canada team, earlier this year. I was eager to get to hear more from her about how she was first introduced to prayer, a bit more of her prayer journey, and how she has developed a ministry and practice of inviting others into prayer alongside her! ...  Read More

Returning Home for the First Time

Josh Gamble, the Director of the Canadian Missionary Kid Network (CMKN), shares about his trip to Bangladesh, returning to the country he spent 12 years of his life in as an Missionary Kid ... Read More

2024 Outreach Canada Staff Retreat

A behind-the-scenes look at our Outreach Canada Staff Retreat 2024, where team members from across Canada met together for collaboration, connection, community, prayer, and rest! ... Read More