Greetings from the temporary construction site
that our house has become this week.
We are currently in a bit of disarray as the damaged flooring tile in
our entry, hallway and dining room/living room is taken up and replaced with
wood-like parquet. Lord willing,
by the end of this week we will have the new floor down and will be able to
move back into these areas and recommence some of our hosting ministries that
have been on hold. We praise the
Lord for His provision for this expense through special gifts and the love and
generosity of our church family at Wealthy Park Baptist Church.
Beside our ministry responsibilities,
while waiting on the new flooring we have managed to squeeze in some house projects
that we can do ourselves, including wall repair, painting in the living/dining
room, hallways and stairwell, and painting trim on doorways throughout the
house, a project that Cherith has patiently waited for since we moved in five
years ago.
We are grateful for God’s answers to prayer over
the past couple months. The Africa and Europe Enrichment Conference was
a blessing to us and to BMM missionary families from across Europe and several
countries in Africa. We are especially
thankful for safety travelling over 1500 miles, many of them through snow on
our way to the conference.
Another
special blessing was getting to speak in the Sunday School hour to a Spanish
church on the brink of calling their first national pastor.
Our hearts have been encouraged this past month
as we have learned of two churches that have increased support to our ministry
and one church has taken us on for support bringing our support level to 91%. This is especially helpful as the
dollar/euro exchange rate has been causing a 20% loss of income each month!
Praise for:
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the hard work of our small team to give out more than 3,000 flyers inviting the
people of Saint Medard to two showings of the film “God’s not Dead”. Praise that nearly 20 people responded
to the invitations, the best response we have had for a film to this date!
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more visitors that have come to church including one lady who has been back
several times and one young couple who came first to the film on March 3.
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successful surgery for Adrianna on February 15 removing four impacted wisdom
teeth. Praise for the peace and
courage God gave Adrianna and for good healing after some initial infection.
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God working in the hearts of the children coming to English club, for the
questions the kids are asking and for good opportunities to share the Gospel. Praise for continued good attendance,
though we have had to hold club across town at the Christys’ house due to our
broken floor (most of the families are from this neighborhood).
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a helpful 24-hour conference for foreign missionaries serving in France that
Jonathan was able to travel to in eastern France. This annual conference deals with various administrative and
cultural issues that we face and the theme this year was on partnerships and
resolving issues and tensions that may develop.
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the good conference in Malaga and for God’s protection.
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God’s provision for the flooring repair in our house.
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increases and additions to our committed financial support.
Pray for
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God to open a door for our church to be able to move to a new building with
more room and visibility. Our
small space has been nearly maxed out several times.
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God’s work in the hearts of our people, including those with spiritual
struggles and those who have just begun attending recently. Pray for visitors
to return and that Caleb’s friend would want to come back.
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opportunities to share the Gospel: skype contact with friend in Middle East,
workers putting in our new floor, English outreach.
- our
special Easter breakfast and service for Easter as we celebrate the importance
of Christ’s resurrection. Pray for
God to bring visitors with open hearts!
- improved
health for Cherith and the kids.
-
our upcoming meetings and Bible conference with our BMM France team on April
9-12.
