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Chuck Wagon BBQ
St. Remy:
Every fall at the Eglise Biblique Baptiste, we have a
dinner to which the church people can invite lost friends. One year it was
a Tex-Mex Dinner, last year the Hawaiian Luau, and this year we decided to
have a BBQ, fashioned after a cowboy's chuck wagon. The fourteen that came
were first time visitors, all new contacts for the church at St. Remy.
The "invites" began to arrive around 7:30 PM. Tami
planned games for outside, including a lasso toss, a sack race, horseshoes
(with real horseshoes, for the game does not exist here), a Bison Dart
Board, and a stick horse race for the kids.
We made a pit and roasted corn on the cob, ate BBQ
chicken wings, baked beans, steak, and various other foods that were
delicious. There were riddles to solve, a sketch, word games, and a
contest to determine the best drawing on the table. (We had simple brown
paper for the tablecloths, and everyone drew a picture.) The group was
divided into 4 teams, and the winning team received a small cactus, and
bottle of BBQ sauce. Solofo took pictures of all that were there, and upon
leaving, each guest was given a church tract, plus a "cowboy" tract we
wrote. The translation in English is included in this report.
We did not preach. We simply had a good time of honest
fun. People will notcome to hear preaching. They will come to eat!
We pray for follow up visits to afford us the occasion to witness, and to
see these new friends come to a saving knowledge of Christ.
(We use every method that we can to reach the Maurienne
people. The most important is prayer, and we ask you humbly to help us
pray for our people, that they would be open to receive the Gospel, that
the small light here in the Alps of France will grow brighter and
brighter, honoring the Lord we serve!
Terry Morse |
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Visitation
By Terry Morse: The most important activity that I do, and the most
difficult to accomplish, is to go door to door visiting. More often than
any other ministry that we have, if there is anything that comes up to
hinder us, it seems to be that which hinders visitation. Yet more and more
I am persuaded that it must be our first priority.
Several weeks ago I entered an apartment building,
walked up to the top (5th) floor and started knocking on doors, working my
way down. On the 2nd floor, a young lady answered, age 19, I believe, with
heavy makeup, coiffured black hair, and several piercings on her face. Her
parents were not there, so I stood at the door and talked. When I said
that happiness is not found in drugs, sex, or even money, she started
crying. I never did find out why, but she was more than happy to take the
tract I offered, and allowed me to pray for her. Tami and I will visit
her. Help us pray for her.
We do not know how the Lord is working in the lives of
people. Because we see few results, it is often hard to continue. But I
believe what the Bible says, that in casting our bread (the word of God)
upon the waters (humanity), it will come back some day (souls will be
saved). God will honor and bless His word, and only Eternity will reveal
the results of billions of tracts given out by His faithful people, all
around the world! Thank you for helping us in this ministry.
Hand Bells!
The Church is again able to have a Hand Bell Choir! Solofo, Claudie,
Emmanuelle, and Robert had joined, and we are planning and practicing for
the Christmas Concert, with a chalk drawing, and a small "brunch"
afterwards. Please pray for visitors for this event and that the Lord
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Cowboy Tract
The life of a cowboy was hard. The hours were
long, starting at dawn, and ending often past dark. The days were filled
with boredom, except for the rare moments that exploded with a cattle
stampede, or with an Indian attack. They worked for about 30 dollars a
month, which disappeared quickly at the saloon in town, where a beer could
cost 2 dollars. They lived hard, and often died hard. But the hours all
alone on the range gave them time to think: "Did that pretty filly in town
remember me?" or "Why did God made cows so stupid? Why am I on the earth?
Does God really exist? Is there life after death?
A modern day cowboy found himself alone 6 months at a
time in a line shack on the range in West Texas. He began to watch the
cows. They would get up in the morning, eat a bit of grass, drink a bit of
water, lie down in the shade and chew their cud. They would then get up,
eat, drink a bit more, lay down and chew their cud. Then they would sleep
for the night. In the morning they would do it all over again, day after
day after day.
Jim Roggenkamp realized that his life was no different
than that of a cow. His life had no meaning. He would get up, eat a
little, drink a bit, and work some. Then he would eat a bit more, drink a
bit more, and work a bit more. Then go to sleep, and get up the next
morning to do the same thing, day after day after day. He realized that he
was not making any difference in this world. He began to listen to a
Christian radio station and he heard the gospel for the first time. He
also had a Bible that his grandmother had given him when he graduated from
high school. He began to read the Bible to see what the preacher on the
radio was talking about during the message. He realized that without Jesus
in his life, he was no different than his cows. But with Jesus, he
could make a difference. So he asked Jesus to come into his life, and he
was saved out in the line shack. Today, Jim is a missionary to Mexican
cowboys, and he makes a difference in their lives.
How about you, my friend? Does your life have meaning?
Jesus can make a difference in your life. He offers us not only
forgiveness for our sins, but eternal life, abundant life, and a peace
that only comes from knowing God personally. To receive Jesus as your
Savoir and Lord, would you pray this prayer, or words to this effect:
"God, be merciful toward me, a sinner. I believe that Jesus is the Son of
God and that He died on the cross to pay for my sins; that He rose again
the third day in order to offer to me the pardon for my sins and the gift
of eternal life. I want to accept Jesus into my life right now as Savior.
Amen." |