by admin on February 1, 2012
This is the prayer room 'before' picture. Check back next month for the 'after' picture
Thanks for your prayers about Prague. We spoke to key Assemblies of God children’s workers from 9 nations and reflected with them about what mission shaped ministry to children will look like.
Many thanks to those of you who read this and pray for us – here’s our February offering:
1. We leave France tomorrow for the Children’s Ministry conference in Eastbourne. Over 1000 will gather and we’ll be part of the exhibition and the main celebration team.
2. We have just about finished painting and preparing all the rooms in the flat and now, this month, we will concentrate on getting the prayer room ready. Please pray that we will have creativity and insight as we do this. Also, that through our connections with the local church here, we may have the information displayed in both English and French.
3. Please pray for a new flat-mate for our son Ben. Renting out our property helps support us being here, so it would be good to get a new tenant asap.
4. We would appreciate your prayers for our relationships to grow with the people at our church. Some of them speak English, but we are mainly relying on our limited French, so prayers that this will continue to develop would be good too. (We are finding that being more immersed in a French town/church is already helping with this.)
5. Please pray for our families back in England – that they will know God’s love in tangible ways.
Please feel free to e-mail if we can pray for you in any way.
Blessings from Dieppe
Dave & Sharon
by admin on January 4, 2012
Widely travelled chicken
Thanks to all who have prayed for us over the last couple of months. Our move went well and we’re grateful to our friends at The Bridge who helped with this. Carrying heavy boxes of books over cobblestones and up a flight of stairs has to be a true expression of friendship!
Here’s our latest requests for prayer:
1. Please pray for us as we get the place ready (painting rooms, etc) and prepare the prayer room. We are hoping to complete this process by the end of February and will keep you posted.
2. We’ve met some of our neighbours, but would be glad of your prayers that we’ll get to know them more over the coming months.
3. We are joining the Apostolic church here in Dieppe and would appreciate your prayers that we will settle in and find ways to serve, and build relationships with people.
4. Pray that our grasp of the language will increase and that our conversation classes will go well. There is an opportunity for friendship building here too.
5. We’re going to Prague later in the month to teach and minister to mission activists from as many as 25 nations. We sense this is a very strategic gathering, Please pray for us as we share. We’ll also be back at The Bridge in Paris for our regular monthly teaching time in the Sunday gathering. We value your prayers for all of these opportunities to share about the extent and reality of salvation through Jesus.
Once again, thanks so much for praying for us and if you have a moment, send us an e-mail about how we can pray for you as well.
Dave & Sharon
