Tiffne and Joel
Whitley
Strasbourg, France
April 2017
Action
Quartier: An immigrant neighborhood kids club through the
Baptist Church in Strasbourg. One of the
leaders of this ministry says that in all her 12 years of service in this
ministry,
they have only been rained out three times!
American
Football in Strasbourg: One of the
youth from our UNIQUE group plays on a local football team. This was a game played in Strasbourg and it
was an experience to watch.
Cade and
Dylan cannot wait to play next year.
Prayer for the
students of the UNIQUE group:
- Thank you for praying! The “Disciple Challenge” that was held on April 10th-11th was a time that hearts were open and the youth deepened their relationship with Christ.
Finding a common language
through smiles and
hugs!
One evening the Outreach Team met a woman who desperately
wanted to communicate, but only spoke Bulgarian. During this meeting, though no verbal
conversation was able to take place, a sense of connection was felt through smiles
and hugs that demonstrated to this woman that she was not forgotten.
Attending the initial Outreach Team
training the next week was a woman from Russian who wanted to volunteer with
the Ladies-in-Waiting ministry. Through
conversation, this woman told Tiffne, “I don’t speak Bulgarian, but most
Bulgarians understand Russian.” That
Friday, only one week from the first meeting, it was a joy to be able to have
an Outreach Team member who could speak in Russian and be understood by our new
Bulgarian friend. What began as hugs and
smiles of compassion turned into real conversation as God provided a way for
His message of hope and restoration in the life of this lady.
Prayer for the Ladies-in-Waiting
ministry:
- Please pray with us as we give each lady an MP3 player
with the New Testament in their own language.
with the New Testament in their own language.
