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IT'S A
CIBL
Most
o f
you
probably know by now, It's a girl ' Rachelle Nicole
was born
on
Feb. 8lh, 1989;
7
1/2 l b s.; 20 i n s . N e e d l e s s t o say
t h e
n o t h e r w a s v e r y happy
and s o
was
eveybcdy
else. She looked
a l o t
like Zacharie
did
when he was
born,
alot
o f t h i c k
b l a c k
ha i r b u t her othe r
features
ar e
finer, t i n y
n o s e
noulh,
and
tiny hands. The first
two
weeks were pretty
hard for
Zacharie. He wined
around aore than usual
but now he's
back to
normal
and
talks
to and
about Baby-
Chel l e (he has a hard time saying Rachelle,
which
is pronounced
like
Michel l e
except
with
an R a sound at
the
beginning
and
not like the Rachel of
the
Bible;
although
Rachelle
i s the Rachel of the
Bible
in FRENCH'>
She
has begun to
Coo
S
G o o
and
even rolled
over
t oda y a nd o f c o urs e
s h e
is b e a u t i f u l .
Zachari e
is a i l
b oy
and i s talking a mile a minute even though we
don't
understand everything
we
a r e a b l e
t o
c o m m u n i c a t e . H e ' s
a b i g b i k e rider
n o w
and will
a l s o
spend
a l o t
of lime coloring. Another pass-time
for him
is p u t ting thi ng s in order. He will
e m p t y
a
c l o s e t
b y l ining u p a l l the s h oe s in t he ha l l t w o b y t w o. He has a
s et
of
t o y s which have
men with
ha t s and
each
man
has his
own
hat,
if a
h a t
get s
misplaced the man is considered
froke
(broken) and o u s t be put up somewhere
u n t i l t h e hat
is
f o u n d
o r
Z a c h a r i e
w i l l
thr ow him away. A s y o u c a n see, w e have
t o k e e p
a
g o o d e y e on him.
TWO
YEARS
IN POITIERS
W h a t
has
h a p p e n e d
over
t h e p a s t
t w o
y ear s? Everything
has grown
a l i t t l e .
The
ovagolistic team in
Foitisrs
went from just us to include The Hansons a nd Karen
Richardson.
Our
p e r s o n a l family grew w i t h t h e b i r t h of Rachelle. The c h u r c h
family
i ncr ea sed
w i t h t h e b a p t i s m s of
t h e
Ki m s.
Our
financial
support i n c r e a s e d
each y e a r t o m e e t t h e b ud g et needs. The city of.Poitiers i t s e l f i s g r o w i n g
p a s s i n g
from 100,000
in
p o p u l a t i o n
t o
120,000
t h i s
y ear. All
ar ound t h e
c i t y
t h e r e is
construction
g o i n g
on. Due
t o a c t i v i t i e s t h a t w e have or g a ni sed or
t h a t
w e are
involved
in,
w e
n o w h a v e
a
c o n t a c t
g r ou p
of a b o u t
50
p e o p l e
t h a t
some o f t h e t e a m m e m b e r s
s e e s
r eg u l ar l y. W e are continuing w i t h o ur r eg u l ar
activities, c h u r c h services, B i b l e studies, E n g l i s h
t h r o u g h
L u k e ,
t h e
correspondence courses, a nd t h e
a c t i v i t y
nights. Attendance f or t h e
c h u r c h
services continues
t o
be small. Not i ncl ud i ng
t h e t e a m
m e m b e r s n o r
t h e
Ki m
family,
t h e r e are
a b o u t
8
p e o p l e w h o c o m e f r o m t i m e t o
time,
b u t t h a t ' s
8
m or e
t h a n
w e h a d a t t h e beginning. Two p o s s i b l e
6 m o n t h
interns are on
t h e
l i n e ,
either
for
this year or next. The Woods, the
Blackmores,
and Scott
Vincent,
all
i n t e r n s from
t h e
past, are pr ep ar i ng
t o r e t u r n t o
France a nd hopefully b e g i n
a
n e w
w o r k
i n
o n e
o f
o ur
t a rg e t ed
c i t i e s . A s
w e retur n
home
t o t h e
S t a t e s f o r o u r
furlough (mid-June t h r o u g h Mid-Sept.), o u r t h o u g h t s are p o i n t e d
toward t h e
n e x t
t w o ,
four,
s i x years. W h a t w i l l h a v e h a p p e n e d
then?
Please c o n t i n u e
t o
pr a y
f or our
efforts
in
France
and
for
t h e p e o p l e
of France.
PROGRAMS UPDATE
DIGLISH THROU GH LUKE There a r e n o w
f o u r
p e o p l e i n v o l v e d
i n
t h e English p r o g r a m
one o f w h i c h has J u s t s t a r t e d o n t h e
B o o k of
Acts.
CORRESPONDANCE
COURSERS 60 p e o p l e
have received LUKE b u t
have not
returned it.
5 people have received LUKE S
ACTS
but haven't
yet
returned ACTS.
6
eople have
completed LUKE
&
ACTS but
haven't
yet made
an appointment
for us to deliver the
Bible.
5 p e o p l e
have
received
Bibles.
A C T I V I T Y NIGHT W e continue
t o
h a v e
f r o m
5
t o
1 0 p e o p l e f o r t h e activity nights
u s u a l l y t h e
same
p e o p l e ev e n t u a l l y w e ' l l s e e t h e m i n c h u r c h.
OSEZ VIVRE This program
is
actually
now completed
since
it was a
citywide
literature distribution for an evangelistic
meeting.
We received 10
letter responses
and
10 people
came for
the meeting.
FURLOUGH
NEEDS
We
w i l l b e
s t a y i n g
i n
Vanceburg, KY
and in
Zanesville. OH
w h i c h a r e m y
a nd
J o n i ' s homes. The a d d r e s s e s
and
p h o n e n u m b e r s
are
l i s ted in
t h i s
u p d a t e
if y o u
w o u l d l i k e t o contact u s . We h a v e r e a l l y
only
one need for furlough a n d t h a t i s
a
vehicle (anything but
a
compact,
s i n c e t h e r e
i s
n o w f o u r of us).
We w o u l d
consider b o rrowi ng , renti ng , or even
b u y i n g
( i f the pri ce
is
right).
P l e a s e
l e t
u s
know
if
y o u h a v e
a
v e h i c l e
and w o u ld b e
w i l l i n g
t o do
one of t h e above.
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45247
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FURLOIIGH 1969
We
vill
be in the States this June through this September
I m
not
sure who
is
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God s FellowWorkers,
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Steve
Petty/Mike Dummitt
10028 Feeble Creek
Cincinnati,
Ohio
45247
Dear friends and supporters,
I t
has been a l o n g t i m e since
o u r l a s t
update
due t o
t h e fact
t h a t
w e were i n
the
States
and saw many of you in person. Then with our return
to
France,
t h e r e w a s
a
p e r i o d o f " s e t t i n g t h i n g s " i n o r d e r
a n d c a t c h i n g
u p t o do. So n o w
t h a t these t h i n g s
are
done, we're finally g e t t i n g a r o u n d t o a n e w update a n d
what an
update
it is.
The s u m m e r
was
really
great f o r o u r families.
The
children
r e a l l y e n j o y e d
t h e
g r a n d
p a r e n t s
a n d a l l t h e
a u n t s , u n c l e s , a n d
c o u s i n s
a s I ' m
s u r e t h e y e n j o y u e d
th e
chil d r e n . Bot h Zacha ri e
and
Rache l l e
a r e
d oin g
fine; g r o w i ng t o o
fast as
m a n y o f
y o u
c a n i d e n t i f y w i t h . Z a c h a r i e g o e s t o s c h o o l e v e r y m o r n i n g a n d w e
think he i s learning to
speak
French.
say
think be cause he w i l l
not
speak
i t
to
u s
at
h o m e
but
the
teacher
says he
is
doing just
fine.
Experts say
that
children w i l l separate t h e t w o
l a n g u a g e s
a n d speak t h e m t o t h o s e whom
he
knows
s p e a k s t h a t l a n g u a g e . q u e s s t h a t ' s w h a t
h e d o e s ? ? R a c h e l l e
l o o k s l i k e s h e
i s
g o i n g
t o
b e
a n e a r l y
w a l k e r
a n d
t h e r e
i s n o n e
p r e t t i e r .
T h e
s e p a r a t i o n
f r o m
f a m i l y i s w h a t i s h a r d e s t
f o r
us t o
e n d u r e
o n t h e f i e l d . The r e s t
c o m e s
e a s y i n
c o m p a r i s o n . P l e a s e p r a y
f o r
a l l
c o n c e r n e d
a s t h e C h r i s t m a s s e a s o n a p p r o a c h e s .
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With HIS Love
and
Ours,
Steve, Joni,
Zacharie, and Rachelle
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WISHYOU I N I
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During
the summer, we
had communicated
with our
co-workers in
France and had
learned that
a french fellow had shown up one day
wanting more information
about the church. Mike invited him
to
study the Bible
and started a series of
four
lessons
with him.
I
finished the last two upon
arrival
in France and
B e r n a r d
Si lve
(early 30s) wa s imm e r s e d into Ch ris t in
S e p t e m b e r .
T h e
s t r a n g e
thing
about this story
is
that
Bernard came
to us
because
he
had
received a
correspondance card
back in
the
summer of 1987
the seed
planted then took
two
years
to mature.
Bernard
had
kept this simple card all that time. He came to
u s
at
a tim e o f ne e d in
h i s l i f e .
He h a d l o s t h i s j o b
and
w a s o n
u n e m p l o y m e n t
at
t h e
time. He
is
also
an
alcoholic
b u t
has
that u n d e r
control,
b u t t h e s e
tw o
facto r s
t o g e t h e r w e r e b e c o m i n g t o o m u c h
f o r h i m . Had h e
have not
k e p t o u r car d
h e
m a y
h ave g o n e u n d e r o r s o u g h t h e l p e l s e w h e r e . No w , h e is in a w o r k p r o g r a m
and
g iv e s G o d the
cre d it
f o r hi s n e w
l i f e .
We have
continued
a d i s c i p l e s h i p
study with Bernard and have also
started
other
new
studies and have
more
in
t h e
working. Pray
f o r t h e s e
studies and
t h e
people
w h o
come.
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In October, the church group had a
"Fa
bible study
invitations.
In other
words
t o
God t h a t
t h e y w o u l d
invite
1 7 0 pe |
them
on a
one to one
basis
or in
small
before Christmas
which is the
goal.
were t o d o
t h e
same
O u r p r a y e r
i s
w o u l d b e i m p o s s i b l e
t o
a c t u a l l y d o
l ^ l l
up but we have found that most will no
way.
We
pray that
of
the 170 that some
say yes to the Lord.
We
now
have 13
Please pray for these efforts
i th
Promise"
but not f o r money - fo r
our group of ten Christians committed
sons
to study the Bible
personally
with
groups
that
we would start.
All of
this
ink of what might
happen
i f your church
i { r
quality
not
neces s a r i ly quanti t y.
It
studies unless
the
people
would group
and one
to one is more
effective any-
will say y e s t o the
study
and
eventually
people involved
i n seven
study groups
Our regular p r o g r a m s a r e s t i l l w o r k i ng
present, we have no one involved
in th
still runs from 2 to 8 adults
of
whi
Hansons, Karen Richardson, and two
n
an d Kar e n Engel s w h o w a s h e r e l a s t ye a
The
Kim family
continues
to
come
and
no
l ong e r working
on
Sunday. Mike ha
th^servTce^as his Fr ench
i s
p r og r e s s
door to door with me each week which h
We mostly
find
no one
home
o r
a t
l e a s t
o f t i m e s w e w e r e in v i t e d in an d ha d g o
t h a t
w e m i ght b e
m o v i n g r i g ht i nt o t he
can
find someone
t o r e p l a c e
us
i n
t h
move. The new building
w o u ld b e
i n o n
h a v e p l en ty o
pa rk ing
s p a c e .
We w o u
now plus three smaller rooms ideal for
wh a t highe r
but
a l l th ing s c ons i d e r e d
t h i s a t o p p r i o r i t y in your p r a y e r s be
c oul d
be
gobbled up before w e g e t t he
e x c e p t
f o r t h e Engli s h cour s e s . At the
a t p r o g r a m . The Sund ay m o r ning m e e t ing
ch s e v e n a r e t he m i n i s r t y
t e a m ;
us, t he
ew arrivals; Julie Heaton (6mos. intern)
r
an d
h a s r e j o i n e d
us
fo r t w o
m o r e y e a r s .
B e rna r d i s no w a l w a ys p r e s e n t s i nce he i s
s
begun to take
more
of an active
part
in
ing.
One
o f th e gi rls
h a s
been going
a s
be en a go o d
e x p e r i e nc e
fo r bo t h of
us .
no on e
c o m e s t o t he
door,
but
a
couple
o d c o n v e r s a t i o n s . There i s a p o s s i b i l i t y
center
of town. In
fact, as soon as
we
e
uilding
w e a r e i n w e w i ll be able t o
e
o
t h e m a i n m a r k e t s q ua r e s of t o wn and
Id
h a v e
a r o o m
l a rg e r t h an wh a t w e h a v e
the kids and
an
office. The rent is some
i t
w o u l d
be
a
gr e a t m o v e . Please
m a k e
cause t h e
building
i n t h e c e n t e r o f t o w n
opportunity
to
rent it.
I
uppose
there' s
not much e l s e to sa y for now. A financial r e po r t w ill follow
i n January. We r e a l l y
a p p r e c i a t e d
t he
dur ing o u r v i s i t a nd w e
w a n t t o
e x p r e s
Gael's Fen«w Workers, nc,
S t e v e P e t t y Mike
Dummitt
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Creek
Cincinnati,
OH
45247
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Joyous Birth
Anericans
would
Joyeux No^ll
I sup^se most
say/ "Merry Christmas
"
At this
time
of the
year, the French re
member "le petit
J§sus*
(the little
Jesus) meaning
that
the little baby
Jesus
was born and
that's
about as
f2u: as
it goes.
The little baby was
born in a
manger.
What a
cute story
Then
in
a couple of months the story
changes to
that
of the poor ol'
Jesus
who was hung on the cross. What a way
to go. Such a shame It's true that
Jesus was
born
and died upon the
cross
but
many fail to
realize
that
Jesus
was born to
die
was not
an
acci-
to think. Many
simply in the
wrong time and
nocent
victim
stances. The
that Christ's
even
before
himself
said
take
His
life
lay
it
down
of
Jesus was not
the "THEY"
that
cross were inst-
hands for the
If people can
little baby in
poor
fellow
on
what
He said
a
of
an
impact
on
only
when
people
was
born
to
die
of their sins*
ually a part of
put
Him on
the
not an
accident;
His life volun-
for their sins.
It
dent as
they like
think
that
He was
wrong
place
at the
was
simply an in-
of unjust
circum-
Bible
tells
though
death
was
planned
creation and Jesus
that
no
one
could
but that He would
His
own free
will,
simply
a
victim
hung Him on the
ruments
in God's
salvation
of man.
keep Jesus
as the
the
manger
or the
the cross, then
did
will
have
less
their
lives. It is
realize
that Jesus
for
them because
that they are act-
the THEY that
cross; that
it was
that Jesus gave
tarily;
it is then
and only then that
Christmas can
really
have a significant mean
ing for their lives. Even
though Jesus was not born this
month in
reality,
we should make
good
use of all the
publicity
HE gets
during this time to help people real
ize, it
was
not just the little baby
Jesus that
was
born
2000 years ago
but
the
Savior
of
the world.
And
now for
a little
news from
the
family: It's
a
GIRL
or
at
least the doctor said it's
a
9
out of 10 call.
Everyone
is doin'
fine.
Joni
is much
first 3
months
of
were
terrible,
but
ing the growing
says will be big-
was. With Zacharie
really sick
but
ling
with this one.
month
and continues
to us. He
now
goes
4 times
a
week and
say french
words
ones. Joni & I re
lish
at
activity
and have met
many
are both
looking
to
the Mid-Winter
which
is held every
Christmas
Holidays
in Europe. We will
our families
during
thank everyone in
cards
and
letters
receive.
We hope
you receive this
update
in
time
for Christmas be
cause there is a postal strike
here so we don't know if it
will get through in time
for Christmas or
not.
better. Those
this pregnanc
y
now she is enjoy-
baby
which
she
ger than Zacharie
she was never
she's been wrest-
Zacharie is
2
this
to be a uiessing
to day school
3
-
is beginning to
as well
as
english
both teaching Eng-
centers in t wn
new
friends.-
We
forward to
going
Rally in Germany
year during the
for missionaries
once again miss
the Holidays but
advance for
the
we have
& will
GOD'S FELLOW
WORKERS,
INC
Steve PETTY/Mike DUMMITT
10028 Feeble Creek
Cincinnati,OHIO 45247
UPDATE
DECEMBER 1989
Missionary Family:
Steve, Joni, Zacharie,&
?
"Season's Greetings
from
France
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8/17/2019 Petty Steve Joni 1989 France
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Sing
them over
again
to
me, Wonder
ful
words
of
life. The words
you are
about to
read
are just
that,
wonder
ful words of
life .
You might
remem
ber the Kim fauoily (Koreans) who have
been attending for
about
a year or
so.
Well the non-instrumental church
of
Christ in Toulouse
also has several
Koreans attending,
enough to pay for
a Korean evangelist to come
from
Kor
ea
to
France for a month
of teaching.
We
took
advantage of the
situation &
invited the Kims to go
to
Toulouse
with us
for the weekend.
Their
French
is not very
good so we
didn't
really
know how much they had
been getting
out
of
our
services
&
studies.
We went down on
Thursday and
ceune
back Saturday.
That Sunday,
they
were
immersed
into
Christ. Where would we do it
was
the
question.
There
is
one
of
the public
pools
set
aside for religious services
and you must
reserve it 2
weeks in
advance with the Mayor's office. We
hadn't done that
and probably never
will since we baptize on the spot as
the
Apostles
did. Anyway
the
river here was
already
cold
and it's
always
scummy. We
then
thought of Dany. She is
one of our friends
who
lives in an
apartment building which just
happens
to
have a pool which had not yet
been
winterized.
She
was a little
afraid
of
what the
other residents would
do
but
invited
us to
go
ahead and we did.
On October 30th, The first baptisms
at
the church
of
Christ in Poitiers took
place.
Mr. Kim
is
a bike racer
and
when
a biker wins a race he raises his
hands
as
he
crosses the finish line
and
Mr. Kim
did
this after his
baptism.
We have
started
an
activity
night
on Fridays. We usually have some
kind of
activity but
the main goal
is to give
people
a place to come
and drink
some coffee or pop
and
to
talk.
In November,
we had a
Anglo-Franco-American party where
the
French
speakers spoke English
and the English apeakers
spoke
French.
Six nationalities were
re
presented among
the 35 people that
attended. We've also started a book
stand in
the
public markets which
take place
twice
a
week.
With
the
stand we sell Christian books and
make free literature available.
The stand is
always
up
in
the
church building so the books
pro-
voque some good conversations at
the activity
nights
which
is
what
we
hoped
would happen. The weekend
of the 12th
of
Nov. we
had a ret
reat
at la
Rochelle. We
had 15
who
were supposed to go but ended up
with 8, It was really
good
and
one gal became interested in
the
Faith from it all, Richard
Andrew-
jeski, a
Christian from the Lille
church
of
Christ (non-inst.), was
our speaker. Karen, an american
Intern,
and Helen, a british
girl,
both went swimming in the ocean. Remem
ber
it
was in
Nov.
Needless to
say
the
two gals were the only people in the
water.
We
still
have 5
people
involved
in the English through
Luke
program.
This month we
start
stuffing mal l boxes
for a new
progreun Dare
to
Live . This
program developed by our non-inst.
brothers consists
of
three
booklets
sent
In
the
mall to
those
that
return a
request
card.
These booklets
treat
problems
In
life,
human
relation
ships, spirituality. Then
in
Feb., we
are
having
a 2 day conference on the same subjects in which we will invite
the people who
have
responded as well as the public. Alot
is
happening and
there's alot
in
the planning so continue
to pray for
our
efforts.
The
team
has
contact
with
about
30
people
that have expressed interest in what we
are doing.
None
of these people seem
ready to
make any committments but
they are at least responsive in a positive way as opposed to the negativism
ve've experienced in
others. Many
people still think of
us as an
american
club
or
something. In a
sense,
I can see how
it
would be easy to think
that,
what
would
you
think
if
5 Arabs moved
to your community
and started
propoga-
ting Islam? Little by littl e, people
are
coming
to
understand our purpose
and goals. Remembering these folk in prayer
is
very
important.
I
could list
all of the
names but I think
the
Lord will know better than
you
who you are
praying for
but
I
will
mention
just
a
few
who seem
to be more
interested than
some of-the
others;
Isabelle (went to retreat and
started
taking correspond-
ance course); Benoit (mentioned in
other updates
_wi 1 be,
mqyljig inland
to work); Tourya
Rosa—(taking our Luke English course);
Nathalie ^taking
Luke ccmrse- as well for over a year now,
she
had
planned
to
go to the re-
^rea^fwhich was a committal move
for her
but the timing didn't work) The
Kims (now christians-pray for their continual growth. We have
purchased
a
Korean Bible for
them
which should help) One
last
thing-We will be in the
U.S.A. summer 1989 and need housing. We would like to find something for fr^
''MyD avoid
paying
2 rents. If you know of something,
lej:
us knowl
