October update

Thank you for your prayers for us and for God to work through us here in Moncton, NB.  We praise the Lord for His answers to prayer this past month. We are thankful for a number of new visitors (all immigrants) to our Sunday services, and for those who have returned multiple times. We rejoice in S’s baptism this past Sunday and her desire to continue studying the Bible with Cherith.  We are also grateful for the three individuals from the French ministry (including S) and the eight from the English ministry who were welcomed as new members last Sunday. It is a joy as well to see M’s spiritual growth and his eagerness to serve more actively, especially in helping to lead worship services. I met with him last Saturday for a workshop on planning and leading worship services.

We are happy to have C from Cameroon with us for going on a year now.  He has been among the most faithful in attendance, actively participating in Bible studies, and was one of four to be in the new membership class last month. Please pray for him to recognize his need to follow the Lord in baptism by immersion. Pray also for greater faithfulness in attendance, that ongoing spiritual growth, and wisdom in our discipleship and equipping ministries. We seek God’s direction and open doors to reach the French Acadian community effectively. Finally, please remember several of our members who are dealing with serious health challenges, that they would find grace and strength in the Lord.

Praise for

• the visitors who have joined us nearly every week since we've been back in Moncton.
• The four individuals that took the new membership class, for one who was baptized October 5, and for 3 that joined the church.
• S’s desire to continue one on one Bible studies with Cherith, for the women attending Cherith’s French Bible study, and for the three ladies in Cherith’s English Career ladies Bible Study.

Pray for

• visitors to keep returning and growing in their knowledge of Christ. 
• increased faithfulness and the spiritual growth of those in our French ministry.
• Several of our members (D, D, and S) facing severe physical struggles.
• God to help us to serve Him faithfully and that we would find our strength and sufficiency in Him.
• Our children to follow the Lord and to desire His glory: Adrianna and Brandon in CA, Caleb in his sophomore year at Ambassador Baptist College, and Josiah homeschooling with us in 11th grade.