Some dear
friends of ours back home had sent us a DVD called “the Letter Writer” for
Christmas. After watching it
together last week, both Adrianna and Caleb were motivated to make a difference
in the lives of people around them at school. So both have written notes in the past few days with words of
encouragement including a promise that they were praying for the person. We have all been encouraged by the
response of both the children and their parents who have all expressed
gratitude for the notes.
Tuesday, the
Christys and the Bixbys joined us for lunch and a meeting to discuss some of
the things we learned at the conference we attended in March at Saint
Albain. Cherith and I have
prepared most of the reports that we will be sharing at our own Baptist
Mid-Missions French field conference in less than two weeks (April 22-25). We will be taking advantage of the kids
2 week Easter break to do some travelling. Lord willing, we will be able to see my cousins in Nancy
before heading on to Germany for a day to do some shoe and clothing
shopping. From there, we head to
Reims where we will be attending the wedding of two of our friends from the
singles’ group at church, one of whom is Central African. We’ll be there for a few days,
including Easter Sunday (with Jonathan preaching), so we will have some good
opportunities to connect with our church family. It has been over two years since we left. We will be trying to see some of our
contacts from outside the church as well.
Praise
for:
- Spring and for new Life in Christ!
- the good reception of the flyers for
the Easter outreach and that all the logistics are in place for the event
tomorrow.
- the opportunities the Lord is giving
with contacts around us and our children.
- ML’s interest in hearing the Gospel and
her acceptance of the books Cherith gave to her.
- God’s help
in the preparations for our trip to Reims and preparing the reports for field
conference.
Pray for:
- the Easter
outreach tomorrow, for good
attendance and for no glitches!
Pray for eternal fruit.
- the special
services for Easter here and in Reims where we will be.
- our
travels, for safety and that God will use us to bless and encourage those we
visit.
- ML to read
the books she was given and that God would bring her to Himself.
- our French
field conference April 22-25, for a time of refreshment and fellowship with our
coworkers. This year the German
field team will join us.
- the CAR and
for the return of peace. Pray for
our good friend Pastor Ngassiando whose wife passed away suddenly this week.
