Canada Uni course ?

Hello,

I need to make a decision about what I was planning to do after this EachofUs course. I left work at Christmas to do a year and a half of training to get myself to the point where I could do short term mission work and get a bit more clued up with leading things and counselling people.

My plan was to go to St Stephen's university in New Brunswick Canada to do a BMin degree in Ministry for 1 year. The course covers Theology, Biblical studies, church history, counselling and Spiritual Formation (mainly Ignatian Spirituality).
I'd appreciate some prayer on whether to actually go for it or not and vision for this training time and the future. I've no heart for going back into an engineering career, though I guess I'll have to work again some day! I've been unofficially accepted on the course and have until around July to apply, but need to be getting ready before that.
I very much want to develop some decent counselling skills - so I can help people with mental and emotional health issues without burning out! It also just seems useful in handling situations and helping friends in life in general.
I've been looking into the other expressions of prayer and worship that have been developed by other parts of the church over the centuries for a few years now. Singing songs seems to be a single pillar in a colonnade of methods of expression that God intended for us. So studying Ignation spirituality and looking into writings from other parts of the church will be interesting and useful.

It's a lot of work and a lot of money. Also very acedemically different from the science subjects I'm used to. Is this just my idea or part of God's training for me? I'm not expecting writing on the wall (you've really lost it if He needs to grap your attention that way!!!) but my heart being cleared up would help! (Pro.16:9) God will direct, your prayers will help.

Thanks,

John Whitehouse

Our Health

Please pray for the health of the team, John has been unwell today with a minor illness. Thank you,
Goodnight.

We are trying to use our time here to come closer to Jesus. Our involvement with the school of discipleship is not in the enemy's plan, and he is definitely trying to keep us from the Lord's perfect plan. We are learning and doing our best to persevere, and we want to make the most out of our short time here.
Please pray for our growth in reading, serving, and other various studies.
Please also pray that we will continue to have a great time here, and enjoy the remainder of the course, and the missions trip to Ukraine.
Thank you all!

John, Peter, and I are going to be interacting with some of the homeless people in Birmingham. Paul Atkins and Jackie (a couple involved with city outreach) will be helping us and guiding us.
Goodnight.

Trip to Ukraine

Hello,
We will be traveling to Ukraine at the end of April. We will be doing our best to communicate with the people living there by speaking Russian, and hopefully some English.
We can use all the prayer that you offer (especially for learning the language, and preparation for the mission.) Our time in Ukraine will be short- (about 2 months) and we would like to be effective and helpful to the people that we come into contact with.
Please also pray for our transportation, safety, and anything else that comes to mind.
We could also use support and prayer for the practical serving and academic work that we are doing here in England at the moment.
Thanks,
Each Of Us- Peter, John, Christina, and Dan.