In just two weeks from tomorrow, we will be
boarding the plane to begin the three-leg journey to Grand Rapids, MI to begin
two months of mini-furlough and home ministry. We look forward to connecting with a number of our support
team of churches and individuals in Grand Rapids, MI, northeast and southern
PA, Keeseville, NY, VA, Winston-Salem, NC and Parkersburg, WV. Many of you we haven’t seen in nearly
six years! We also look forward to
seeing many friends and family members.
There are three main objectives for this trip: connecting with our
support team, seeking increased prayer and financial support and wanting God to
use us to challenge His people to answer His call to serve in His various harvest
fields and particularly in France where less than 1% of the population claim to
be Born Again. If you are interested in connecting with us while we are
in any of these areas, please contact us!
Praise
for:
- God’s working in the hearts of the R family
and for their continued thirst for spiritual things. A third member of the family has recently trusted Christ for
salvation.
- the hearts and lives that were touched through
the English club outreach this year, and for a good finish to the year with an
American Picnic.
- the continued regular contacts over Skype with
Jonathan’s friend from the Middle East, and for some opportunities to witness.
- news from the displaced family that moved away
in April, that they have arrived in a new location and are being provided for.
- the opportunity to preach and minister to the
church in Pessac recently, and for the help God is giving to this church whose
pastor was called to Heaven in February.
- the details that God is working together for
our mini-furlough/home ministry, including the provision of a vehicle for the
time we will be home.
- direction regarding the building we have been
requesting permission to meet in, though it looks like the door is closing due
to a requirement for parking places (besides public parking) that are not
possible.
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| Church Fellowship Picnic at the Park |
Pray
for
- God to bring out other visitors to our
services, especially for Friends’ Day on June 25. Pray that a woman who
recently attended and showed much interest would return.
- God’s direction for the R family who may be
moving to the Paris area, if they find jobs for both parents there. We would be very sorry to lose them but
desire to see God’s will accomplished.
Pray too that God will show those who are saved their need for baptism.
- the salvation of lost souls we are in contact
with here, as well as Jonathan’s friend and his family in the Middle East.
- God to open a door for our church to another
building in His time.
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God to help us to be ready for our departure June 28 and for our ministry in
the US. Pray that God will call
laborers into this harvest field and that He will increase our prayer and
financial support through partnership with others who share a burden for the
people of this land.
-
the Gadbois family as they prepare to come to France for six weeks this summer
to help in these ministries.
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