Jason and Nicola Topsom

Hi
We just got home from Red Robin where we had a really nice supper for my 32nd birthday...and a lady that we met once at church paid for us...as a surprise when we went to get the bill! We don't even know her name, but I hope we get to meet up with her again soon, what a blessing to us!
Also, Jason got a bonus this week and will make a commission now on his sales.
Thank you, Lord, for Your blessings!

Congratulations to Jonny and Hannah on their first wedding anniversary! That was so wonderful to all be together last year, seems like a long time ago, we need to meet up again soon.

Attendance: 9

Had a few look-ins last night, 5 different people, and some of the Kidtropolis staff will soon attend, I'm sure. We sang some praise and then got straight into the message about how to know what God wants...to live justly, love mercy, walk humbly with Him. We closed with some more praise and worship, and the last song was "My heart burns for you", that is so powerful.

Thanks for praying for WEM, we are really enjoying being in the new location and there is lots of room for growth there.

Attendance: 15

Some of our regulars were away camping for the long weekend, but a new family of 5 came so that was exciting. Jason and I preached about healing for our body, spirits and relationships. We really enjoy preaching together.
Thanks for praying for WEM, God is doing good things at the mall. We are able to put our sign up in Kidtropolis, just have to double-check with the owner where would be best.

So this week we heard all sorts of stories of things that kids put up their noses because that's what Shantaya has been doing with her hair beads! I had to take them all out of her hair (and it looked so nice!!!) because four days in a row she put them in her nose. The Lord helped us, they came out fairly easily (had to go to ER yesterday, and learned a trick from the Dr there...plug one nostril and blow in her mouth). So no more beads for awhile, after having them in all this time.

The car is running well, it has to pass an insurance inspection this week but shouldn't be a problem.

We had three couples over on Wednesday night to talk about adoption, that went really well, I would like to set up an agency or be a facilitator for international adoption, and I am looking into that.

Shantaya moved out of her crib into her new Blue Bear bed, and slept really well in it the first night. She only got up once, and then stayed in after that.

Oilers game was huge last night...ended up winning 6-3. GO OILERS!

Pastor Carmen is home from Haiti with their new son, Joshua, and we get to meet him tomorrow (Mother's Day here).

We got given a car yesterday! Our van needed loads of work on it, and it just wasn't worth putting another penny into fixing it. We cried out to God for a new vehicle, we really didn't want to add more debt, we are getting out of debt this year. So Jason and I and Shantaya prayed and when I called Kevin and Liv from church to see if Kevin had found anything in the auto bargain finder, Liv said, "We have a car you can have. It's been sitting here waiting for someone who would need it!" It's a '91 Plymouth Acclaim, runs like a dream, and has 50,000 less KM than the van, and cost $15 less to fill the tank. It's burgundy inside and out, and has a proper tether anchor for Shan's carseat. THANK YOU, LORD, YOU SHOWED YOURSELF STRONG ON OUR BEHALF!!!

The name is "Argyle" due to the Plymouth football team called "Plymouth Argyle", and "Fruitfulness" is the name of a new baby at mom and dad's church,we love that name! The baby's twin brother is named "Dominion", how can you not succeed and be a blessing to people with names like that!

We gave the van to Dani, her car was in a wreck two weeks ago and isn't drivable. Her brother is a mechanic and he will patch up the van for her and her mom to drive. Also, giving the van away is a seed for a next vehicle. God is so good, breakthrough is coming to our family this year.