March 15 update

Our province lifted all of the C-id 19 restrictions yesterday for the second time since the pandemic began. We look forward to connecting with more people and hope there will be more interest in the French Ministry particularly. A week ago Sunday we had a third member of the family from Ivory Coast join us for the first time.  He and his brother are both students at the Université de Moncton.This week we will be launching a Facebook announcement for several days to try to target more of the French speakers in our area, and invite them to join us.

With the lifting of restrictions, we are working with a volunteer choir at church to prepare a few numbers to present in the special Good Friday and Easter Sunday services.  Cherith is recording tracks with voice parts and accompaniment to facilitate practice at home.  Our church is also preparing to host the Spring Bible Conference April 1-2, a conference normally held annually but which has not been held since the beginning of the pandemic.  

We enjoyed having the N family over for a Birthday celebration on Tuesday, and traveled out of town on Friday for a lovely evening in the home of one of the couples from church.  Cherith baked some special treats for these occasions as well as for the parents of a baby born last week.  She also prepared several small French cakes for the youth group’s “Baked Blessing” Giveaway to the church family on Sunday.  

I finished up my class on Missiology last Thursday and should be able to finish grading the course projects and calculating course grades by the end of this week.  B-weekly choir chapels and individual lessons will continue through the end of the school year.

Last week, we were a bit torn to have to miss getting to see and hear Adrianna participate in the Bob Jones Opera performance on three separate evenings.  We were thankful that some of our close family and friends were able to attend.  We were also consoled to know that Lord willing, Cherith’s sister Hannah and her family (minus one) will be meeting up with Adrianna in PA and bringing her here to Moncton for a brief visit next week during Spring Break.  Although it will be tiring for them, it would be a nice break from the busy college schedule and we look forward to having family visit. Please pray for their safety in travel and for smooth boarder crossings.