Sunday, July 11, 2010
We arrived in Vence, near Nice, late yesterday. This week’s lodging is in the care of nuns about a 15 minute drive from the English-speaking Baptist church – which is just outside the walled city of St. Paul de Vence.
Nice is a beautiful mountainous area along the Mediterranean. Some of the roads leading up the mountains to Vence and St. Paul are, not surprisingly, twisting and narrow.
This morning we attended services at the Baptist Church, and met their regular attenders, as well as the new part of our team for the week – a group from the Dallas area. Sadly, we lost much of our Marseilles team at the end last week, including many of our French speakers – but were able to replace them with incoming people.
The members of the church welcomed us with a lavish spread of food at a potluck lunch following the worship service.
Some of those we met were seekers who have been attracted to the lives of believers in the church. Just as Jesus ministered “life-on-life”, the believers are encouraging these seekers to consider Jesus for themselves.
Following the completion of set-up for our VBS session this week, we had time for a little R & R, so to be well-rested and prepared for the busy upcoming week.
Pray for us as we complete registration in the morning and communicate God’s love to a fresh group of eager and energetic children.
-Carol Parks
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Sounds like things are going great. We pray that the new team gel well with the original.
ReplyDeletePlease have Charis Gibbs call home as soon as she can. Mum wants to talk. Thanks