Evangelistic Outreach

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.