CORNE & DAVID’S NEWS - MAY 2012
France Overland at Easter...
After a couple of years’ worth of chat and prayer and recruiting and
visits to Nottingham, we finally set off on 30th March with the first student
mission trip from Joshua’s church (He is the church Student Pastor). It took a lot of administration and
persistence and flexibility but we were off, together, Marseille bound!
But first a detour to Strasbourg to meet with a couple of
missionaries who work amongst people from all over Europe who are connected to
the European Parliament, the Council of Europe and European Court of Human Rights. This couple spent a day with us explaining
the purpose of each EU Institution and some specific things we could pray about
in each place. The group highlighted
this as one of their most significant times of learning & prayer.
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Marseille – 850,000 people, the second largest city in
France, approx. 5% of the population from the Comoro Islands and approx. 9%
from the Maghreb (Morocco & Algeria).
Both of these people groups are almost entirely Muslim and unreached
with the Good News of Jesus Christ. What
an opportunity this represents for mission to Muslims in France!
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This was my first visit and we connected with several WH staff and
an excellent, lively, mission minded French church – I was very impressed,
WOW! This French speaking church was
made up of many nationalities (though majority French), had members from all
age groups, had some Muslim background believers in Christ, was looking to reach
out to its local French and immigrant community and was involved in mission
trips to Algeria and Libya that month.
We spent a day in the city and went up to a high place to worship
and pray over the city, had an afternoon swim at the beach, helped with the boys
and girls school classes during the week, were hosted by members of the church,
walked around the community giving fliers for the Easter church service and
organised an English evening. An English
evening was just what Joshua (American) and I (Scottish) were prepared for!
The evening involved games, a quick English language lesson and cooking
50 baked potatoes and making various toppings.
A couple of mornings were spent in the community again to invite locals
to the evening. The church said it was
great to see so many new faces, including 2 local
Muslim families - one of these women was so happy that she was the
last to leave & gave everyone a big hug.
‘Mission’ and ‘evangelism’ don’t need to be tough or hard work! An invitation to an evening with food, then a
simple friendly chat at the dinner table as you eat. This simple and natural expression of love can
change people’s lives!
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Clothes for Africa...
In February Corne felt strongly to do something 'small' to raise some
money for the famine in the Sahel region at the moment.
World Horizons have strong links to local communities and churches in
Burkina Faso and Niger and are well placed to help some of the most at risk
including widows, orphans and the sick.
Grain prices have doubled in some areas and will continue to rise.
So all the money raised goes towards buying emergency grain for those
hardest hit by the current food crisis.
It is currently £40 a sack of grain.
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