Potato Party!

Tonight for our student evening we had a "potato party." We started out with a potato bar which is unheard of here in France. We had a table of different things to put on big baked potatoes (almost everyone put it on top but a couple put it on the side!). Then we played a game of Mr. Potato Head. After that Michael Cole (on deputation to come here and work with our son Tim and visiting for the month) gave a devotional which Bob translated. Some of kids were really touched and convicted by his meditation on "abandoning the Lord."

We are blogging this to remind you to pray for the University students. We were not very many this evening--not counting the missionaries and children, there were only 7 students. Of those 7, however, 3 were unsaved.

2011 is here!

This note

is to wish all our friends

and supporters

in the states

a “bonne année”

which being interpreted means

Happy New Year.

We’ve had a great ending of the old year,

and great beginning of the new one.

I trust the same for you all.

May God make this the best year yet in serving Him.

The Joy of watching your Grandchildren discover the Joy of Giving!

Christmas with the family was wonderful but we will never forget when Micaiah gave his Dad the gift that he had for him. He had heard his Dad say a few weeks before that he wished he had some gloves for the cold mornings. From that moment on, he knew what he wanted to get him. He was sooo excited to give them to his Dad. Priceless moment.

Some more pictures!

The Voyage of Christmas!

Today we had the third and final performance of the Christmas Cantata "The Voyage of Christmas." It has been a long but fruitful "voyage" for us as we, along with others, have worked on translating, printing, practicing, getting costumes, etc.

We were really excited this evening as the room was filled. Many of them were visitors. Our neighbors were here as well as the owners of our house and many friends of church members. Thank you so much for praying for this outreach.

Merry Christmas to all of you!

Christmas Cantata

Since August we have been working hard on the Christmas Cantata-- translating, printing, practicing, etc. We are doing "The Journey of Christmas" by Glenn and Jan Christianson. Our two sister churches are deeply involved, too. Saturday will be our last big practice and the first performance will be at the downtown church on Sunday. The next weekend there will be two more performances-- the church on the Right Bank Saturday and then Sunday, Dec. 19th here at our church. Please pray for this outreach. We know that the owner of our house will be here with his wife and hopefully some other neighbors.

Thanksgiving at 162bis!

Last Friday we had our annual Thanksgiving meal with friends and family. It is the first time in many years that we can add "and family!" What a wonderful day we spent as 23 people shared a delicious meal together (traditional turkey, of course!) and a time of singing and sharing the blessing of the last year. The Lord has been so good to us and we are grateful for His faithfulness year after year. We trust that all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, too.