Thank you for
your prayers for us during these past few weeks. This update has been on our minds and it is past time that
we share with you. These have been
full weeks and we have seen God’s blessings and answers to prayer. A couple of the highlights have been
our first English service on July 29 and the visit of our dear friends, Frank
and Joel Leslie, from our home church in Springville, PA. There were 14 of us at our English
service, including at least two that are unsaved. We were encouraged by the response and ask you to be praying
for our next English service on August 26. The Leslies were with us just a few very full days and we
enjoyed introducing them to our ministry as well as to French history and
culture. We enjoyed a bus tour of
Bordeaux together that also helped us to further our knowledge of this
beautiful city. Frank taught our
adult Sunday School class and shared his testimony in both the morning service
and in the English service. He
gave a great challenge regarding obedience to the Master and shared a report of
what they had accomplished in Greece as part of Operation Joshua. It was good to see increased burden for
world missions among our folks.
Praise
for:
- a good
response to our first English service outreach.
- the
Leslies’ visit and the encouragement and impact that they had on us and in our
church here.
- that our
temporary residency cards have been granted and our request for 10-year cards
is now being considered.
- unsaved visitors
who continue to come back to church.
- our
daughter Adrianna celebrating her 9th Birthday July 23, and for her
growth this year, physically and spiritually.
- Jonathan’s
one-month post-op visit with the surgeon on July 27 and for a clean bill of
health.
- the
installation of our telephone line last Friday nearly 6 months after we
requested it.
Pray
for:
- God’s work
in hearts through the teaching and preaching ministries in church, and for the
Lord to bring visitors, including children and men.
- Jonathan as
he helps the church in developing a needed church website as a tool to reach
the lost in Bordeaux (technology is not one of our strong points).
- the
planning and preparation for women’s ministries for this fall.
- Jonathan as
he continues to teach the adult class this month.
- us as we
try to help and encourage the elderly couple who have had a vision for a work
in Merignac for over 20 years, as their health declines.
- our 10-year residency
cards to be approved and granted soon.
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