God answered prayer in taking the Rosenaus safely home to northeast Pennsylvania last week, although due to mechanical problems they ended up with an unexpected overnight in Detroit, MI on their way home. Jessica Leslie will be flying this week to Paris to help us for the next two months. Her grandfather went home to heaven last Tuesday, and Pastor and Mrs. Rosenau arrived in time to be with the family for the funeral.
The children were home for their second week of vacation, and helped to keep things hopping around here. I took Adrianna to meet with the pastor on Thursday, where she expressed her desire to follow the Lord in baptism. He had a number of questions for her and then began a series of Bible studies with her in preparation for baptism. Our family was invited to have dinner with one of the church families on Thursday evening. There were other family members present, including an unsaved husband and a grandmother who is unable to get to church anymore due to poor health. Our kids, especially Josiah, enjoyed the chicks. There were a number of folks absent from church Sunday. One of the foreign students spoke to me about two of his friends who have been coming to church and even came to our English Encounter. Bernard, who had shown great interest, now, says he sees the Christian faith as something only for westerners.
Praise for:
- the safe return home for the Rosenaus.
- God’s help for Jonathan in preparing and preaching on Sunday, despite a very full week.
- at least 14 who have accepted a booklet explaining God’s Gift to mankind.
- the evidence Sunday of God’s working in the church when the new Sunday school teachers and Nursery workers schedule was posted, without any involvement from us!
- a good first week of outpatient dialysis for Jonathan’s Mother, for a slight increase in strength, and for Jonathan’s brother Don and Aunt Mary Lee who have been getting her to appointments.
- Adrianna’s desire to obey her Savior, and her pursuit of baptism.
- a nice visit with our cousins from Nancy on their way through Reims on Saturday.
Pray for:
- comfort and grace for Jessica Leslie and her family at this time of sorrow, and for Jessica as she makes the trip to France alone this Tuesday/Wednesday, with a flight change in London.
- our ministry this Sunday at a sister church in Chalons as Jonathan preaches there in a pulpit exchange with the pastor who will be preaching in Reims.
- a neighbor that we witnessed to this week who, though willing to discuss spiritual matters, states plainly that she is content with her position and not willing to consider that the Gospel is true.
- Bernard, that God would open his understanding and that he would accept Christ. Pray that Helene would grow in her faith.
- improvement for Jonathan’s Mother, protection from accidents at home, and wisdom for medical personnel to be able to stop the fluid from returning to her lungs.
- God’s continued provision for our needs with the currently very poor exchange rate.
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