Praise and Prayer for August 30, 2010

It feels like fall is already in the air. I don’t know if we’re ready for that just yet! We are thankful for God’s grace this week through His answers to prayer. We’re thankful for you, too, taking time to read these updates and to pray for us. The Lord gave us the opportunity this past week to discuss ministry and doctrine for several hours with an individual who had some rather strange ideas concerning the Bible. We came away fatigued emotionally but confidant that we had presented this person with the truth from God’s Word in a loving manner.

We praise the Lord that yesterday there were quite a few visitors in the morning service, including several students that have arrived for the school year. There was also a young family from out of town that is looking for a church. We hope each one found a warm and caring church family eager to welcome them. We were glad to see several people back from traveling too, though there were still several people out. A., who moved to Canada in June for further education, was back Sunday to welcome his sister who arrives this week from Africa. He returned for a couple weeks to help get her installed in Reims where she will pursue her studies. Sunday afternoon a few of the men from church (including Jonathan) helped move one of our families to their new apartment. Although it was a big job, it was obvious that there was a great job yet to be done after we left them in their new apartment.

Praise for:
- the Lord’s help in sharing truths from His Word at length with an individual.
- very good progress with reports and correspondence this week.
- healing for Caleb’s perforated ear drum, confirmed by his doctor on Friday. Also, we praise the Lord that Caleb and Josiah are both breathing much better.

Pray for:
- guidance as we pray about and seek God’s will regarding our future ministry.
- wisdom and ability to communicate clearly as we talk with people both in and outside the church about their questions concerning the Bible.
- Jonathan as he gives the Bible Study Tuesday evening at church and as he prepares to preach a week from Sunday.
- us this Friday evening as we have the Sunday School teachers over for a meal and planning session. We may have 14 besides our family.
- us to be a blessing to one of the Central Africans in our church and his Mom who is visiting, as they come for lunch tomorrow.
- C. and her family, as they go through a time of grieving following the recent death of C.’s mother.