Twenty Twenty Two In Review

As a member care advisor for Wycliffe Canada, we spend a lot of time working with members who are taking time to look back, waiting for passports/documents/signatures or other things, or looking ahead and preparing for what is next. As we look towards advent, Christmas, 2023 many are already making preparations for this season. Let's take a moment and look back on 2022 together. There have been some work moments that we celebrated together, and some newsletters that covered interesting and relevant topics. There have also been some challenges. I'll also do a family recap and catch you up on how everyone is doing.

Quick Year in Review

We started the year with you reading about work that goes on behind the scenes in Wycliffe Canada to keep our missionaries on the field. Then we looked at TCKs' and the challenges they face because of the experiences they are raised in. In June, I sent out a letter that very clearly laid out my financial situation for you and the needs I have to meet to stay with Wycliffe. In August, I did a review of how the pandemic has impacted all our members - whether they stayed in Canada or stayed on the field during the previous two years. I actually have a newsletter for October but I haven't been able to send it out yet. That should be coming soon.

Work Joys & Sorrows

January seems long ago at this point. A lot has happened in the 12 months that my team has been able to celebrate. We were able to see a large number of people return to the field who had been unexpectedly stuck here during the pandemic. We were able to send several staff and their families, who had remained on the field during the difficult pandemic years, to week-long debrief programs. The member care team finished creating a large policy and procedure manual on Risk Management for Wycliffe Canada. This was the culmination of more than a year’s work and sets Wycliffe up for successfully handling crisis events.

There were also some difficult situations this past year. One of our teammates was significantly injured early in the year and has not been able to return to work. With the increased number of people coming and going, combined with the backlog that is affecting every country in several ways, some of our staff have seen their travel delayed by four or more months, leaving them in a period of unknown waiting.

Family Update

Eli, the tallest of all of us at about 6 ft. 3, is now in second year university studying at Ontario Tech (formerly UOIT) here in Oshawa. He is studying mechatronics and will be adding co-op in the summer. You can catch him playing the VR game Beat Saber for both the national team and his university. Eli is currently ranked 6th in Canada.

Anastasia, the shortest of us all, is in her last year of high school. She has been in the visual arts program at O'Neill CVI. This program required an audition and an interview, and only a certain number of students were selected. As Ana looks to next year, she is considering studying Social Work, or Policing, or possibly taking a gap year and working with my sisters up in Moosonee. For now, she works at Tim Horton’s and often brings home donuts, much to her siblings’ approval

Cadence (Sophia's middle name), may be the youngest but is taller than I am. Cadence is in grade 10 and so far has played a season of rugby, entered a writing contest, joined in the trivia club, and participated in some leadership activities at the school.

I would also like to share some difficult news: earlier this year Jeff and I separated. We spent a lot of time during the pandemic in conversation about various things in our marriage, and made this decision in June of this year. Fortunately, the Canadian government allows for a couple to be separated but still live in the same house. The result is that we are able to provide a stable situation for the kids in terms of school and life.

As 2022 winds down and you prepare for 2023, I hope that you also take time to look back and consider the events and people in your life to be thankful for. And if there are ways that I can be praying for you, please don't hesitate to write me: brandie.green@wycliffe.ca