Praise and Prayer October 26, 2012

God answered our prayers in giving us our 10-year residency cards this week!  What a relief to have these in hand after more than a year and a half of waiting.  Pray that now we will be able to get French driver’s licenses.

Jonathan was encouraged by those who came out last Wednesday for the special prayer meeting for the new outreach in Merignac.  It was good to have some people in attendance from our church downtown and from the church in Floirac.  Ed led the Bible study, a challenge from Psalm 3 before a time of sharing and prayer.  Our prayer is that God will use these times together to give guidance to this project, while growing the burden and vision.  Our next meeting will be November 7.

Acting out the Bible story

Please continue to pray for the children’s S.S. ministry in the downtown church.  Pray for God to touch the hearts of members in the church and give them a burden for the children that come to this church.  We would like to see members volunteer to be trained and then take over this ministry while we are yet here to help.  As Jonathan will be preaching in the morning services for the next few weeks, Cherith will be full-time with the children for Junior Church.

We have had a special opportunity to reach out to one of our neighbors whose mother passed away on October 11.  They were appreciative of the flowers and a card that we shared which included encouragement from God’s Word.

Praise for:

- the 10-year residency cards that were granted to us this week. 

- further contacts the Lord is giving us with neighbors and through children and parents at school.

- deep cleaning (including second story, large windows) of our Sunday School room at church that our family was able to do safely this past Saturday.

- the women who came out for the Ladies’ Bible study and for a good time of study and fellowship together.

- the prayer meeting in Merignac

Pray for:

- Jonathan as he preaches Sunday, Cherith as she teaches the children and for our fourth English Encounter Sunday afternoon.

- our ongoing preparations for preaching, Bible studies, Children’s ministry and English classes.

- the Annual Church retreat coming up Nov. 1-3, for our preparation for the children’s ministry, and for all those who are making plans to attend.

- that the Lord will continue to give us wisdom and opportunities to be a witness to the contacts the Lord is giving us.

- God’s protection for our children, and for His help for us as we strive to raise them to love and obey the Lord.