Peter and Heather Jackson continued to minister over Monday - Wednesday mornings, covering different aspects of grace (forgiveness , acceptance, favour, gratitude) and of honour.
We gained so much from the testimonies they shared. It was almost like we were imbibing the heart of the Father as they shared one testimony after another to illustrate points in their teaching.
One particular personal testimony on the power of forgiveness had a significant impact. They shared about a woman who was injured when another person fell on her during a meeting that Peter was conducting. This woman proceeded to sue him. She evidently saw that by suing him, she and her husband could finance a missions trip on which they desired to go. Peter said that he had prayed for, but not touched the person who fell.
The case dragged on and on, with Peter’s defence lawyer advising him to continue to fight, viewing the case as a “David vs Goliath” situation. After the case had gone on for around 7 years, during which time the on-going stress was taking its toll on Peter, his wife Heather, and their children, a woman, a lawyer came to Peter. She had been greatly helped by Peter’s ministry several years earlier, and was now wanting to offer her help to him. After carefully studying the case, she counselled him to quit defending himself and settle, which meant he would need to sell his house to cover the payment. He sought God, and agreed to quit the case. This second lawyer did not let Peter know initially that what she had felt God was telling her to do, was to cover the costs if Peter was prepared to quit the case. Subsequently this is what she did. Peter shared how now he and Heather have a lovely home, which they appreciate very much, but he said that his children are all the more delighted, having seen God vindicate and bless their parents through it all.
In the ministry time on the Monday, Rod got the giggles.
We had Wednesday afternoon off so we went for 7-8 km walk to buy some fruit etc for snacking. No supermarkets close to Catch the Fire.On Thursday and Friday Gordon and Cathy Harris ministered on varous asects of healing life's hurts. This couple are the Directors of the School of Ministry at Catch the Fire.
We were both particularly struck with Cathy’s presentation and teaching on the core issue of shame and the outcome on all the decisions we make.
On Saturday we had a reasonably restful morning, catching up on emails etc. 
In the afternoon, we decided to go for a walk. Went out in what we thought would have been adequate clothing. Temperature was -6 degrees even though the sun was shining. Over the week had been some further light falls of snow. When headed out had a tail wind and it was cold on our legs. Having walked about 1 km, decided best to go back as we were getting extremely cold. Little did we know that walking into the wind would be far worse than having it as a tail. The most significant impact was on our faces. Had to walk along with a hand over our mouth/nose to make it a little bit bearable. Coldest weather that we have been in. The wind has a significant impact on temperature. 
On Sunday afternoon, since sun shining, and no wind, we ventured out again to get a little bit of exercise. Managed to walk to Tim Hortons and get a coffee. Certainly much more bearable with no wind.
