The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada profoundly grieves the recent revelation of the deaths of 215 indigenous children in Kamloops, B.C. Our heart goes out to their families, their home communities, and to all First Nations across Canada.

There have been many unanswered prayers in my life, as I’m sure there have been in everyone’s. I would always brush them off as God having a different plan until I experienced some major traumas. Within the span of 11 months, I had two miscarriages, one significant car accident and a breast cancer diagnosis. I was 37 years old.

The season of Lent is the 40 days that we have journeyed between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Lent is a time of preparation, of waiting, and often, of sacrifice, which many of us have acknowledged by “giving up” something for this period of time.