SLIPPERY SLOPES!

FAITH PROMISE MISSIONARIES Paul & Karan Davis, TEAM, France

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     Sunday, February 27: It happened so quickly. One moment we were walking down a beautiful snow-covered mountain road, the next moment Karan was sprawled on the ground in pain. She had slipped and fallen, twisting her delicate left leg (yes, the one with the prosthesis). She dared not move. Another hiker went to get help. A ski patroller arrived, carefully got Karan on a rescue sled, and took her to the medical center for x-rays — nothing broken and prosthesis intact, but severe sprain. Now, almost four weeks later, she can carefully walk again with a crutch in hand to ensure stability. We are very grateful that it was not worse! 

      

·       Saturday, March 12: The house started to shake, followed by a loud boom. What was that? We went outside and saw neighbors wondering the same thing. It was an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 with the epicenter right here in our town of Mercury! We felt other tremors a bit later, and then things calmed down. We are grateful that we didn’t have any damage.

 

·        Monday, March 21: For over a week, trucks had been coming down the dirt road in front of our house to deposit dirt from a nearby construction site. We heard a weird shrieking sound followed by a thud and an acrid odor. A truck had slipped on the adjacent slope and turned over!  We are grateful that no one was hurt (including the driver!).

      These events serve as reminders that life is very uncertain. One false step, one climatic event, one wrong turn can turn our lives upside down (literally!).

Our world is on a slippery slope. Here in France, the situation in Ukraine brings vivid reminders of World War II, with Ukraine only 900 miles away. Refugees are fleeing to many European countries, including France. The Pontcharra Church is taking an active role in welcoming refugees and sending supplies to Ukraine.

     Pray for us as we share the Biblical perspective expressed in Hebrews 6:18-20, “…that we who have fled (to God) for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf…”.

Cleats might have prevented Karan from falling, our good foundation kept our house from moving, the truck driver could have been more careful driving the truck, but only Jesus as our anchor will keep us from slipping in these difficult days. Pray with us that many in France would turn to Jesus, the “sure and steadfast anchor of the soul!”

      Paul & Karan Davis 

      March 24, 2022  

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     PRAYER & PRAISE - April 27-May 3, 2022

4/27 GARY & ESTHER SMITH 

Ethnos360, Papua New Guinea 

Please pray for laborers (doctors, schoolteachers, qualified men for leadership) to come alongside them and help in the mission work. The needs organizationally are great. Pray for Esther in her struggle with acoustic neuroma which causes constant dizziness and exhaustion. Please pray for stamina and improvement in her health.

 

4/28 David & Kathy North 

TEAM, USA/Worldwide

Praise the Lord for the North’s past hands-on ministry planting churches in the Philippines, and for their current ministry encouraging and guiding TEAM missionaries, especially new ones, to focus on church planting. David is working with missionaries through online training about church planting especially in Taiwan, the Middle East and Japan.

 

4/29 Greg & Jean Hines 

FHD Missions, Honduras

Please pray for Greg and Jean as they navigate through some staffing changes that have recently taken place in their ministry and as they manage the growth and new opportunities that God is bringing.

 

4/30 Tim & Kathy Cummins 

Whirlwind Missions, USA

Pray for Tim as he continues working with kids that can become challenging and requires great patience. Pray for Ukraine and the turmoil that is going on in that country.

5/1 ISAIAS & JUDITH CATORCE 

TMS Global, Philippines 

Please pray for favorable weather and safety as the team travels to Samar and Surigao in May 2022 to follow through with their students and help church planters in their missional engagements.

 

5/2 Andrew & Alecia Teeuwen 

Pioneers, Inc., Greece

Praise the Lord for an excellent leadership training week. The participants and trainers were encouraged and equipped to press on and develop life-long learning habits. Praise the Lord for His sustaining grace and strength during the past two years of their Regional Leadership for Europe South, while facing many challenges – a global pandemic and war in Europe, among others.

 

5/3 Leah Rigsby 

Wycliffe Bible Translators, Papua New Guinea

Praise the Lord for their recent celebration of the translation of Scripture into languages of several Papua New Guinea people groups in 2020-2021.

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.” I Corinthians 15:58 (NASB) 

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