Praise and Prayer update February 17, 2017

As summer looms closer, we are making plans for a two-month trip to the USA for July and August to connect with churches and individuals who have partnered with us in this ministry.  We are eager to reconnect with many on our home team and share what God is doing here in Saint Médard, France.  We have our tickets in hand and a number of meetings lined up.  Please pray that God will use this trip to challenge hearts to greater service for Him (maybe even in France) and that He will provide for our needs through both churches and individuals.  We need to see an increase in our monthly support, which registered at 82% when our support estimate recently underwent a long overdue revision.  Increased ministry expenses, increased health insurance fees and inflation are all part of the increased need. 

Praise for:

- the good response of a new unsaved family to the most recent English club outreach, bringing our number present to 27 as the parents both stayed for the entire club. Praise for a good pizza and film night prize for the most faithful participants.

- the good start to the Christianity Explored series at church, and for several who are going through it for the first time.

- new church flyers that we have designed and begun to distribute to the people of Saint Médard.  The new flyers include a small map to help people find the church, rather concealed in its current location.

- the pastors’ prayer breakfast that we hosted last Saturday with the four other Bordeaux area pastors.

- God’s provision for the purchase of airline tickets for our summer of home ministry.

Pray for

- God to use the remaining Christianity Explored sessions to bring people to faith in Christ. 

- for God to work in the hearts of unsaved visitors that attend services: this Sunday we are expecting a family of four as well as a single lady, each related to people in our church.

- God’s leading regarding a building for our church and for His help in the redaction of the statutes.

- the English club outreach, for wisdom in leading and keeping the attention especially of the younger children.  Pray that we will be able to share God’s Word freely and that God will cause it to bring light to hearts in darkness.

- God to provide for our lack of support.