This is the final week of vacation for the kids and next week, they go back to school. It has been an unusual summer for our family as our move and work on the house has made it extra busy. Preparations continue for our September startup of our new church plant. The Eglise Baptiste de Saint-Medard-en-Jalles will be holding its first services on September 15. Flyers, Church website, signs, Sunday school materials, scheduling, Bible study and preaching schedules, Sunday school teacher schedules, flyer distribution and invitations, Insurance, etc. Much has been done already, but there is still much to do. We are so thankful for the teammates (Ed and Sylvia Christy) that God has given us as well as for the help and involvement of the Letellier family in this endeavor. God is at work. We need His help!
Praise for:
- the provision of a meeting place in Saint-Medard-en-Jalles where we are able to rent two conference rooms for Sunday mornings.
- a safe move and for the work that has been finished on our house.
Pray for:
- the work that has been done on the website and flyer for our new church plant. Praise for the help in designing the flyer from Pastor Emmanuel in Reims.
- the contacts that we have in this community who have been interested in the Bible.
- a special time of fellowship at our church picnic in August.
Pray for:
- us as we finish painting and settle in. This Saturday we have invited a couple of committed believers for dinner, one of whom is returning to Ecuador after being a part of the downtown Bordeaux church for a number of years.
- our canvassing as we get word out a about the new work and for our first church services in our new church plant September 15, that people will come interested in hearing the Gospel.
- the two churches that will be losing leaders as we and our teammates the Christys leave the churches where we have been serving to begin the new work.
- our children as they began their Home school subjects of Bible, History and Spelling this week and as they begin public school on Monday. Josiah will be starting pre-school this year.
