Praise and Prayer for September 11, 2009

Fall is on its way and the brisk, cool mornings remind us that summer is behind us. Students are in school and routines are falling into place. Living in the heart of Champagne County, people are preparing for the vintage that will begin on Monday and last for about two weeks. The vineyards covering the countryside around Reims are bursting with ripe grapes waiting to be harvested. Many people will be involved in the process of picking the grapes, a very hard, tedious, yet well-paid job. Please pray with us that we would be just as motivated to work in the spiritual harvest fields that God has placed around us.

This Sunday we will be resuming the Sango services at church. We will be meeting each week at 6 pm and are praying that the Lord will bring us into contact with those whom He would have us reach. Jonathan has spent a lot of time this week working on preparations for this ministry this fall. We met together with one of the fellow Central Africans who is helping us lead this group and were able to work through some logistics in planning as well as brainstorm of various strategies to reach Central Africans in the Reims area. Jonathan has been preparing messages again and we are working on finding material to use for the children during the time of the message. September 18th, Charlie and Gai Jewell will be coming through France on their way from CAR to Pennsylvania. Charlie will be sharing in our Sango service on the 20th. We look forward to their visit and know they will be an encouragement to the Central Africans here. Please pray with us that the Lord would continue to use us for His glory as we minister to Central Africans in France.

Praise for:
- returning health for our family.
- various work that we have been able to accomplish this week.
- the progress made at the Pastors and deacon meeting which met this week to finalize official church documents for the church charter.

Pray for:
- a good number of Central Africans to come to the Sango service this Sunday.
- Charlie and Gai Jewell as they wrap things up in Bangui and travel, arriving in Reims on the 18th.
- the annual business meetings on September 20 and 27 as the church votes on the official church documents for the church charter.
- those responsible at our CAR Ippy Hospital and for God’s intervention in dealing with some major conflicts that have arisen.