Update February 29, 2024

This morning, most of our order of 4,000 bilingual outreach flyers was delivered.  They will be used, Lord willing, for canvassing the Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe Tri-city area.  Since Moncton is officially bilingual and nearly every piece of printed media we receive in our mailbox is bilingual, our desire is to let everyone who receives one of our flyers know that they are invited to our services at Espérance Vivante (French speakers) and Emmanuel Baptist Church.  We are looking forward to the visit of the missions team from Waterford, CT April 2-8 and the help and encouragement they will be to our ministry here. We praise the Lord that EBC is also redoing their brochure in a bilingual format for the first time, seeking to reach out to the French speaking residents and students.  It is an honor to be able to help with preparing the French text. The church is also working on plans for a desperately needed new sign (which would include Espérance Vivante) to clearly identify the church on the high traffic crossroad where it is located.  

Please pray for God’s continued provision of grace and guidance in the work here.  We consider it a privilege to serve Him and we pray that others would know His calling and give their lives for Him to use as He chooses.  May the Lord of the harvest send forth laborers into His fields all around the world, and may that include sending some to the long-neglected French speaking population of New Brunswick.

Praise for

• the spiritual growth in some of our people and for the way God has used several of them to minister to each other this month through encouragement, hospitality, generosity and fellowship. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• progress in our residency paperwork, as Jonathan was granted a work permit, an important document that should move our file forward. Praise that Jonathan’s high school transcript has reached the education assessment agency where they will determine Canadian equivalency.

• the arrival of the new bilingual outreach flyers for Espérance Vivante and EBC. Praise for the completion of the new apartment building beside the church and for the opportunity we were given to place invitations in English and French ministries inside apartments before the arrival of new residents.

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• The team of senior high school students and their leaders from Waterford, CT that are preparing to come to Moncton on a missions trip to help with our ministry and to see the Bible Institute (EBBI).

Pray for

• God to give spiritual growth to believers and to draw lost souls to Him. Pray that we would see visitors return. Pray that there would be more more consistent attendance for some. Pray for our faithful core, as many are facing challenges including health needs and immigration status.  Pray for M and O, the young couple from Madagascar, as they are expecting their first baby, due March 13.

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• grace and strength to fulfill our calling, including Jonathan teaching a class on Music ministry in the Church to the EBBI students each Monday morning from March 18 to April 8.
• God to continue to send laborers into His harvest field, and that He would use missions trips to burden hearts for His service.  Pray for God to bless and use the team from CT coming April 2-8 and that he will bless teams from two NB churches that are traveling to Malta and South Africa this week and next week. The team going to Malta includes two EBBI students.
• Jonathan’s education to be approved for Canadian equivalency so that our residency paperwork can continue to move forward.  Pray that our health cards would be granted soon.
• God’s provision for our support needs.  This week we completed a long overdue revision of our support estimate with the BMM administrator for missionary finance.  Due to inflation, taxes and a slight decrease of support, our current committed support level is at 92%.