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David & Debby Smith & Family 1275,
rue Gilles Gatineau
(Québec) J8R 2G8 Tel.: (819) 669-2318 – home (819) 669-7222 – church DavidSmith316@cs.com www.EgliseBibliqueBaptiste.com |
David & Debby SMITH & Family
Reaching French-Speaking Québec with the Gospel
February 11, 2004
Dear Co-Laborers in Christ,
“I hope I am just the tip of the iceberg!” was Michel’s
response when I told him how much I appreciated his faithfulness and love
for the Word of God! Michel is saved,
but is still very young in his faith in Jesus Christ as his personal
Savoir. He is very analytical as he is
a financial planner. Michel always has
lots of good questions.
Like most French-speaking Quebecers, he grew up with a Catholic
background, and having practically no knowledge of what the Bible
actually says. The Catholic Church
and priests here actively discourage people from reading the Bible, saying that
only their priests can correctly interpret the Bible.
Michel and his friend Pierre-Charles,
a dentist, began attending our mid-week services at the same time. They each have a sincere hunger for God’s
Word. I have told them time and
again that it is good that they are like the Bereans in Acts 17:11, “…in that they received the word with all readiness of
mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”
Michel also has a sincere
heart for the Church and work here in Gatineau, (Ga
tee no), Quebec. He wants to see this evangelistic
church planting effort succeed. He has become
increasingly faithful in attending our services over the past weeks and
months. Michel
is growing spiritually and prays often to be bolder
to share Christ with others.
He also has a sincere burden for the salvation of his wife,
Lise, and his 6 year-old son Jude. *Pray that God will use Michel in a
mighty way in this ministry.
We had a successful Christmas dinner with all the
trimmings at the church. There
were 21 people that attended and 3 first time
visitors, Roger, Patrick and Isabelle. We had good fellowship as well as games with
prizes to help get to know each other better. After dinner I gave a Chalk talk with
an evangelistic gospel message about the birth of Christ and the Cross. Many were impressed and stayed afterwards to
ask questions. I gave the Chalk
drawing to Christiane and her twins
Philippe-Antoine & Louis-Vincent.
They said they would put it up in their house and use it
to share the gospel of Christ with visitors.
* Please pray for the following people who have
attended or visited our church services recently. Pray that the Lord would draw them to
himself and that they would have a desire to attend
services regularly in order to hear God’s Word and grow
in faith in Christ: Stéphane & Monique & baby Samuel,
Gerard, Daniel & Lise & family, Marcel-René & Joanne & baby,
Lucielle, Jean-Pierre & Sylvie & daughter Marie-Pierre, Christiane &
twins Philippe-Antoine & Louis-Vincent, Carole & daughter Caitlin,
Claude, Roger, Patrick, Paul & Nicole & grand-daughter Isabelle,
Sophie, Julian, Susan, & Denis.
* Pray that the work will continue
to grow and that the Lord will bless our efforts in sharing the gospel.
Debby & I thank you for your continued prayers & financial support in these days
and months
to come!
Co-Laborers together with you in the Great
Commission,
David
& Debby, Sarah, Rebekah & Joshua