January February 2020

An Anniversary!

January 2020 marks the 5 ^th anniversary of the birth of the Better Together Refugee Sponsorship project – a project that brought a whole community together to support 7 refugee families.

The photo was taken in 2015 and represents an even greater number of individuals, churches, families and community...

November December 2019

Roots of BTRS :

Put God in charge of your work and your plans will succeed .

Proverbs 16:3

 Recently BTRS was invited to share its story at a North American Refugee Conference. In preparation, we were reminded of its roots. This project was God’s idea from the beginning. He’s our boss and He has kingdom...

October 2019

You have been praying with us for the past several months for the safe and timely arrival of our last sponsored family…

Well, WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that, by mid-September, the whole family had arrived! They are being well cared for by their team with help from Danny & Boutheina, one of our previously sponsored...

BTRS MONTHLY CHURCH UPDATES

Summer 2019

The three families who arrived within 5 weeks of each other last summer are wrapping up their one year sponsorships. All have become established in the community, have jobs, homes and vehicles. And all are expecting a new “Canadian” baby!

A celebration of these 3 courageous families and their...

May 2019

Exciting news! Last month we asked you to pray our last family here. We have an exciting update!

The team “met” with the family via skype recently. They reported that things have moved forward.

• Mom has had her interview with the Canadian Embassy
• They’ve all been asked to proceed to the next (and final) steps in the...

February 2019

Have you heard and been inspired by (family 7) Danny and Boutheina’s extraordinary testimony of finding Jesus in a Muslim world? Or about how God made a way miraculously for them to arrive in Cobourg on the same day that Danny was to be deported and potentially imprisoned for his Christian faith? Have you heard about their...

Thank you for your prayers and support of Better Together Refugee Sponsorship over the past four years. With your support and with many miracles and answered prayer, six vulnerable families are in a much safer place this Christmas. And one more family is living with the hope and anticipation of coming soon as their application is being...