Praise and Prayer February 11, 2014

Thank you for praying for our film outreach January 31.  Though we had hoped to see more present, we have seen the hand of the Lord at work and we are thankful.  One man showed up in response to the 1000 invitations that were given out, but he was someone who had come to one of our first Sunday services with his family.  Neither he nor his wife are Christians but he had shown some interest in spiritual things while his wife has been pretty closed, having been burned by JWs which are very actively present in our town.  There has been some further contact with some of our acquaintances because of the film outreach.  The devil has built up walls of skepticism, fear and doubt in many people’s hearts regarding spiritual things.  When we see the influence of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in this area, it is no wonder that many are turned away by our attempts to reach out.  How we need God’s wisdom and guidance so that things we do and say will help to soften people’s hearts and lead people to trusting Christ, rather than pushing them further away.

We had a special encouragement when a friend of ours from our days in Reims came from Paris for a few days visit.  He was one of those from the church who had helped us move into our first apartment in Reims in 2007!  It had been a couple years since we had last seen Jessy, so it was a treat to enjoy his fellowship and share our work with him.  He gave us a hand with getting flyers out as well, a great help as I was already having trouble with my knee.

Praise for:

- the work God is doing through the film outreach, and through the flyers.

- visitors that have attended services recently, including a Christian family from the other side of town.  We were delighted to know there was yet another Christian family in town and they were encouraged to see the existence of an evangelical church in our town and showed interest in inviting their contacts to future outreaches.

- some special opportunities to interact with L’s unsaved parents who are visiting from China both in L’s home and at the church fellowship dinner.

- contacts with school children and parents through Birthday parties, school bake sales, accompanying field trips, etc.  This Saturday, Adrianna will be having several friends over for a Valentine’s day baking party, with supplies sent to us from a prayer warrior back home in MI!

- the good results from X-rays and MRI of Jonathan’s knee, that the pain he’s had wasn’t caused by anything too serious.

Pray for:

- God to work in the hearts of those who have heard the Gospel but have not yet made decisions (A, F, C and M).

- our weekly flyer distribution and that God will bring more people to church.

- health and strength as our family fights colds, etc.  Pray for healing for Jonathan’s knee as he works with a physical therapist. 

- wisdom and guidance in our outreach as well as in our preaching and teaching ministries at church.

- God’s protection of our Christian brethren in CAR, and for wisdom and protection for those responsible for restoring peace.