We are encouraged to see the way the Lord continues to bless the Eglise Evangelique Baptiste de Reims. On Sunday evening, members and guests gathered for a precious time of fellowship at the Q and A with our pastoral candidate and his wife. The Lord’s blessings were evident as good questions were asked and the Fischers’ responses were clear. It was good for the church to be able to hear Emmanuel express his vision for the future of the church. As the January 24 vote draws closer, the church body needs God’s direction calling a pastor. If the church calls the Fischers, this will be one of the largest steps the church takes in nationalizing, and in becoming independent. The Farrells would then be free to take a long anticipated time of home ministry. We have committed to staying throughout the remainder of our term of service (until summer 2011) so would be able to help the church through the transition to having a new pastor. Our goals include continuing to build and nationalize both the Sango outreach and the Sunday school program. This January 24 vote will have great impact on the church, which we believe is ready to take this significant step. Thank you for praying for this.
On the home front, the Lord brought Caleb through a serious bout with a flu this week. On Monday evening, he came down with a fever and over the next couple days the fever topped 104 F a few times. He saw our doctor Tuesday evening, took lots of baths and received lots of fever reducing medicines. We were so thankful that the fever disappeared Thursday and only a cough remains. Thus far it seems like he didn’t share it with the rest of us. Our concern was especially for Josiah. We were able to make the trip to Paris on Thursday with Josiah, while the Farrells kept Caleb and had Adrianna during her lunch break from school. As we crawled through Paris traffic for 40 minutes, we wondered if we would be on time. Praise the Lord, we were and we came away with an official looking Declaration of Birth, and applications accepted for the Social Security number and passport.
Praise for:
- good attendance and participation in Sunday School and church.
- a good Q & A last Sunday evening with the Fischers.
- a safe and profitable trip to Paris Thursday where we applied for Josiah’s official documents.
- healing for Caleb who battled a flu with a high fever this week.
Pray for:
- preparations for the Church Christmas program on December 13.
- good health for each of us, especially for Josiah.
- Elva Farrell as she anticipates hip surgery on January 13.
- direction for the church, as they vote for a pastor and select deacons on January 24.
- God’s direction to be clear to us for our next term of ministry (after home ministry in 2011).
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