We are so glad to be back in Belgium. When we arrived, we hit the ground running! We had a wonderful reunion with our dear friends in the church in Oostende. We are so grateful for Jackie Barbier and Lawrence Abagnaba who lead prayer meetings and bible studies, and preached in our absence. God is raising up quality and competent leaders that I believe God is using to move our church forward. Jackie also began studies at a Nazarene Bible College in the Netherlands preparing for pastoral ministry.
Last weekend we enjoyed hosting Marvin and Lisa Klein, Free Methodist missionaries in France, and Julie Yerger, a Free Methodist missionary in Rwanda. Marvin is planning the Western European Area Regional Training Conference and we are hosting this conference right here in Middlekerke, Belgium. We toured the facility for the conference and finalized some logistical details. We are thrilled to be helping with this conference as well as hosting the European Leadership Team from November 4-9.
Below are a few things that will be keeping us busy in the next couple of months:
We are moving out of our current apartment at the end of October. We will be packing and moving the mission furniture and equipment into storage for Dick and Sheila Dickinson when they arrive.
We are hosting a ministry team of young people from the Garstang Free Methodist Church in the UK from October 30-November 2. They will be helping us move and will be serving in ministry and worship during their time with us.
We are hosting the European Leadership Team (November 4-6) and the Western European Regional Training Conference (November 6-9). We expect to serve 70-100 participants from Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.
Pray with us for God's ongoing strength and direction,
Todd and Deann
2 comments:
Hi Todd and Deanne,
I have been praying for your Dad Deanne and you as well. Trusting his help will improve.
Miriam Kieft
PS Krista has a blogger account too, that is why this post comes from "mom"
Oopps! health not help
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