Serving CHRIST in FRANCE
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Field Address: 1 rue du Traité de Boves * 80440 Boves* France* csabbett@msn.com
Home Address: Baptist International Missions, Inc.*PO
Box 9* Harrison, TN 37341 *(423)344-5050
February, 2016
Dear Co-laborers
and friends,
You may not realize this, but writing a
prayer letter is not as easy as it may seem.
There are times when I can’t wait to share a particular news with you
(such as the salvation of the little boy in our December letter). Other times deciding what to share in a positive
way is a challenge. Then again, on other
occasions my heart is heavy and do not feel like writing – not because I do not
want to share with you what is going on, but because I feel the need to share a
news that is not pleasant – which is the case this time.
We have been asking you to pray for us and
with us for many years now for this elderly lady we have been visiting and
witnessing to almost on a weekly basis. Her name is René Lemarchand. For those of you who follow Susan’s Blog (her
blog’s address is in the letter head) you will already be aware that René has passed
away in January.
I would love to say that we know she accepted
Christ before meeting Him face to face.
We do not have that assurance. We
don’t know whether she responded to the Gospel she received these past years,
even perhaps in her final hours before passing away. Only in Heaven will we know.
This sadness does not discourage us, but it
motivates us to keep witnessing and reaching to those we still can. Our heart may be heavy and burdened, but that
is a good thing. We rely upon you to
help us use the burden as a motivation to go out and share the Gospel.
We know you all have your own trials and
burdens, which is why we are happy to take time to pray for you as well. As I have said for many years now: we need
strong churches in order to have strong missionaries. We need faithful churches in order to help
missionaries to remain faithful. In the
end, God is the only one who should receive any glory for what is done.
We continue to work with our coworkers and
friends, the Dodeler family. We thank
the Lord for the good and strong connection we have between our two
families. Jeremie and I have been
looking for a building that would be suitable for a meeting place. Unfortunately, we have not found anything yet
that would either meet the security requirements or meet our budget. I am
assured the Lord knows our need and will give us what is best for His
work.
We thank you for your sacrifice and
faithfulness! You are very dear to us
and we never cease to thank God for each one of you.
Servants of
Christ,
Carey &
Susan Abbett
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