P REA C H IN G A C H UR C H BA CK TO LIFE Donna Wilson
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n 2000, I answered the call God had placed on my heart to go to seminary. My family packed up and went to Saskatchewan as I studied at Briercrest Seminary. Those were not easy years, and at times, answering God’s call had a high cost. This included uprooting our family, changing jobs, and moving far from extended family members. But during those lean times, our family witnessed God’s kindness and
provision when gas and food money were short for our family of four. These short years also shaped us in other ways—through the study of the Word and through enriching relationships with fellow students and inspiring professors. When our time at Briercrest ended, we were eager to move home to Ontario and reconnect with our family and church family. We loaded our few belongings into an eight-
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