Roland and Vera Mitchum

Roland and Vera Mitchum

Vera and I moved to Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, to begin a new church plant. In November 2014, a room was rented for the new church plant in the north by northeast region of the city. This area of the city is still growing with the building of new housing. Our outreach ministry revolves around several areas, which allows personal contact with 60-80 people who are unsaved. To date, we have met no one who has given a clear salvation testimony. Most of those we have contact with would be from middle-age up through retirement age. While the people seem friendly, they are reserved and do not like anyone coming to their house to visit. Because of this, we meet in coffee shops and spend time trying to develop relationships with those we have contact with. We also do canvassing in targeted areas and use a postal program called Precision Targeting to place a John and Romans with our contact information in as many homes as the Lord will allow. The Lord has given a great location to have Sunday services. We meet in a community center that is very well known and used by the local people.