Praise and Prayer for January 22, 2010

This Sunday, January 24, at 3 p.m our time, the Evangelical Baptist Church of Reims will be voting on calling their own pastor. While this day has been long anticipated and prepared for, it is also a day that would begin a new era for the church that has been established through the Farrells’ ministry over the years since their arrival in Reims in 1986. Our prayer is that the members of the church will sense the leading of the Holy Spirit as they make their decision and that the results of the vote will show a unity of mind and spirit among the voting members (38). Each of those of us serving the church desire God’s will for the church and that the church will continue to move forward and grow in spirit and in number.


We praise the Lord for the results of tests Jonathan’s Mother (Betty Teachout) had this week by a renal doctor. Her kidneys are functioning well and she has no need for dialysis at this time. Elva Farrell (pictured) continues to recover in the hospital from her hip replacement surgery January 13. She is scheduled to be released from the hospital this Saturday, but will continue rehab at home over the next couple months. Here at home, Caleb continues to have asthma struggles and Josiah still has some congestion. They were well enough for us to have a couple families visit on Wednesday with their children. Our friends the Clapots even offered to watch our kids for us on Thursday so that we could get out on an enjoyable date, our first one in several months.

Praise for:
- the good services on Sunday, both in French and in Sango.
- answers to prayer for Mother Teachout’s kidneys and for Elva Farrell’s continued recovery.
- the completion of the reports for the ministries we are involved in at church for the annual business meeting January 31.
- the opportunity to encourage the two families that we had in our home on Wednesday.

Pray for:
- good attendance at the church business meeting on Sunday afternoon, and for a spirit of unity among the church body as it votes to call the Fischers.
- Elva Farrell’s return home Saturday and continued rehab.
- individuals coming to our services that need to make decisions for the Lord.
- good health and rest for our family.
- God’s direction to be clear to us for our future ministry (after home ministry in 2011).