March update

We are grateful for how the Lord continues to work in our French ministry.

• Praise the Lord for several new people who have begun attending our French services and Bible studies. Please pray for some of our folks who are dealing with immigration challenges and others who are currently seeking employment.

• Praise the Lord for P’s recent wedding in Niger and safety in his travels. Pray for the couple as they work through the immigration process to bring his wife to Canada.
• Please also pray for D, who has been back in the hospital for several weeks. Pray for effective treatment and improved health, and that the Lord would use my visits to encourage him.

• Pray for Cherith as she disciples JL and leads both the French ladies’ Bible study and an English career ladies’ study that meet every other week. The French ladies meet again tomorrow evening.
• Our French group has been preparing special music to sing in the English service this coming Sunday and again for the Good Friday service. The song is a bilingual version of “His Robes for Mine,” moving between French and English. Please pray that the Lord will help us do our best for His glory and for the edification of the church.

Recently we’ve also had opportunities to assist in some of the English ministries at Emmanuel Baptist Church, including helping edit a deacons’ ministry manual.  Cherith is also working hard to strengthen the special music ministry, getting more people involved and organizing and practicing with different groups.  

• This past week I also represented our North American BMM team working with Church Planting & Development at BMM’s General Council meeting. Please pray for the missionaries on our team serving across the U.S. and Canada. Many labor in difficult places, often alone, far from family and with few opportunities for rest.

• We would also appreciate prayer for our son Caleb, who is traveling on a spring ministry tour with the Ambassador Baptist College Ensemble during his spring break. Please pray as well for God’s direction and provision as he prepares for several ministry opportunities this summer in Israel, Canada, Iowa, and Ukraine.

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  Finally, pray that God will raise up more laborers to reach French speakers with the Gospel here in New Brunswick. The need is great, and we would greatly welcome additional workers in this ministry.  Please continue to pray that the Lord will guide, strengthen, and use us for His glory.