Praise and Prayer June 8, 2016

These past several weeks seem to have evaporated!  I apologize for the lack of updates here.  There have been several on our Facebook page, but if you don’t have access to that, you are probably wondering what is going on.  If you would like to get our Facebook updates, please email us (jteachout2@cs.com) and we will be happy to make that connection available to you.  We are so grateful for your prayers for our family and for this ministry. 

God blessed our BMM team as we met for conference in April.  

Upon our return, our son Caleb (10) had an asthma attack, which landed him in the hospital here, in Bordeaux for the weekend.  He was started on asthma treatments again (first since he was 6) and has responded well.  Since then he has had one more attack, which we treated at home, and thankfully, there was no hospitalization. 

We enjoyed a visit from one of our Central African families from Reims last month.  

A highlight of their time here was a special evening reunion with 16 people that were connected (or had been) with the church in Reims, including our former teammates, Mike and Elva Farrell who are currently in Bordeaux for two months to serve at the Pessac church while the Bixbys are on a brief two month furlough. 

There has been a lot of preparation going on for some special ministries planned for this week and next, as we are joined by a special team of four (a mother and three daughters) on a missions trip from South Carolina.  God provided fully for their airfare and the Mackeys arrived in Bordeaux on Monday.  They return home June 17.  One of the things they will be involved in is our very first VBS outreach to our community.  We have been talking to parents from school and inviting kids, with some confirming that they will bring their kids.  It will be a three-day club beginning Sunday afternoon and ending Tuesday afternoon.  This Saturday we will be hosting an American picnic for our English club participants.  There were six unsaved kids that attended faithfully this year, a marked increase from the previous year. 

Praise for:

- the unsaved visitors that have visited our church services in the past month. 

- the close of our second year of English outreach club with higher attendance this year.

- God’s bringing the Mackeys to help us on a missions trip and for the special ministry opportunities this give us.

- the good Bible conference for our BMM team and for God’s help for Caleb through the asthma attack.

Pray for:

- God’s blessing of the Mackeys’ ministry, both in the lives of the French people they minister to as well as in their own lives.

- good attendance for the VBS ministry as well as a lasting impact on the hearts of those attending. 

- Adrianna who will be meeting the academic inspector of Bordeaux on Wednesday June 15 to be evaluated for her academic progress while homeschooling this year.