Praise and Prayer October 23, 2014

Much has happened this month and God has been answering prayer.  We want to say thank you to all who have been praying and give you an update on what is happening.  After no one showed up for our first English Connection on October 10, we moved it to a later time that works better with some of the kids, especially those from Adrianna’s class last year who are now in middle school.  The children are on their first two-week vacation so the next EC is set for November 14. 

At church we welcomed a first time visitor October 5 who had received a church flyer in her mailbox a few weeks earlier.  Since she left quickly after the service we wondered if we’d ever see her again.  Then this past Sunday, she came again and visited with several of us.  Pray for C. that she will continue to come to church and that the Lord will work in her life as well as her husband’s. 

Little Timothee Letellier came through his month of intensive chemo treatments but finished with his white cell counts dangerously low (aplasia).  He caught a virus and was hospitalized with a fever on October 12 and was given antibiotics to fight the virus.  The next Sunday, he was released, but with his white cells still very low, he quickly picked up something else.  Although his white cell count was increasing slowly, he reentered the hospital this past Monday evening.  By Tuesday, his white cell count was high enough to go back home, so the family is once again reunited.  They have all been through a very difficult month, but testify to God’s sufficient grace and their trust in Him.

Praise for:

- C. attending church two times, and for several other good contacts.

- the safe return of the Christys and an encouraging visit from our BMM administrator.

- a recent “chance” meeting with Mr. P. at the pharmacy, and for the interest he expressed in talking about the things in a booklet I gave to him over a year ago.

- God’s help for Timothee Letellier and his family through a very tough month.

- God’s protection for His people in CAR despite renewed fighting in the capital Bangui and continued fighting upcountry, including Bambari.

Pray for:

- lost souls (M, C, F, P).  Pray that God will give us a good opportunity to talk with Mr. P. and his wife in the near future about the Gospel.

- grace and healing for Timothée Letellier, and for his family during these challenging days.

- C. to keep coming to church and responses to invitations to church as well as the English Connection.

- Mrs. T. whose 84-year-old husband went to be with the Lord last week.  Pray for her children and grandchildren who are unsaved, or not walking with the Lord.

- the 20^th Annual Church retreat this weekend, October 24-26.  Our guest speaker is the retired pastor who began the retreat.  Charles and Babs Anderson, and their son Chad are here for two weeks to minister and connect with people they have ministered to and prayed for over the years.