Thank you!

Dear Family & Friends,

Praise God for your prayers & donations! Our mission trip to Paris, France on 13-20 June was a huge blessing- God’s spirit was definitely present as He worked in the hearts of believers & unbelievers alike and as spirits and attitudes were refreshed and renewed. Although “Nothing is impossible with God” (Luke 1:37), “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective” James 5:16). And our prayers were indeed both powerful and effective!

Each day the team prayer-walked a different area of the city, mainly areas in which West Africans reside and hang out at. Prayer-walking is unique in that it allows one to use all his senses as a trigger to pray; thus we were able to hear, see and smell who we were praying for and sometimes touch or taste while praying. For example, we visited the same pizzeria we ate at during the Dec 07-Jan 08 trip to find the gentleman we had witnessed to then. In God’s providence, that same gentleman made our pizzas and while we ate, he told us how he remembered our coming and was grateful that we had come again to see him. We are praying for his salvation. Please join us, as he is a Muslim and still living a life of darkness.



We all know that prayer lays the foundation for Truth to infiltrate hearts and change lives, but through your giving we were able to go and strengthen our relationship with the missionary couple there and make and build new relationships. Without your monetary donations, that would not have been possible- thank you! Praise God for your generosity and obedience!

Please continue to pray for the missionary couple there, for the two Soninke followers of Christ, for the unbelievers that have relationships with them (roommates and family- Soninke, unbelieving West Africans- missionaries), for the Muslim who works at the pizzeria and for the other West African believers.

May God richly bless and keep you,

Bonita Brant & Jasmine Bogard

Pray for Greg; Pray with us!

At 4:30pm (around 9:30am your time) Greg will be attending a "village meeting" in a foyer to discuss the prospect of a team doing a service project in that foyer. Thankfully, the 'key' men running that meeting say they are 100% behind him; now, as long as both the men back in Africa and the attendant of the foyer (who is French) are in agreement, the church group coming in September will be able to do the service project in that foyer.

The purpose of today's meeting will be to confirm that the men are still backing Greg and this idea for a service project and to ensure that they will contact the men in the village to get their approval. Pray that both facets will go smoothly.

*Pray that the Holy Spirit will speak through Greg
*Pray that everyone will agree to allowing Greg & the other team to host this service project
*Pray that this will open the door for Greg & Angela to other foyers

The Masses and the Mosque

So today, we went to a nearby mosque for an afternoon call to prayer. This particular mosque, within sight of the famous Sacre Coeur church, was packed way beyond capacity for the weekly Friday Islamic teaching. Even in the rain, there were probably 700 or 800 total Arab and west African men crowded around the mosque for about quarter of a block on each side. It was tragic to hear the many men chanting each line of prayer (as they have five times a day for many years), desperately trying to please their god, Allah.

We prayed around this and another mosque, asking that God release the men from the bondage of Islam. On our way back, we also met a young Muslim man from the Ivory Coast. He was there for the call to prayer and is in Paris visiting family for the next couple days. We exchanged contact info with this man, "R," and invited him to meet with us soon. Please pray for God to open his heart to the gospel and for us to have the chance to meet with him.

We also prayer walked around several nearby primary schools. There we asked God to raise up a group of students who will walk in His ways and who will hunger and thirst after righteousness, not the acceptance of their peers.

Lastly, we walked around a crowded west African market. There we prayed for the people to come to Christ without fear of rejection from family and friends, for them to pursue Him rather than the things of this world, and for God to clearly reveal Himself to them. On our way back, we actually passed a west African produce store with an "I Love Jesus" sign in the window. Both the employees there are joyful believing men, which was encouraging to see in the heart of this area heavily influenced by Islam.

Schedule

Friday, 15th (*Mosques*Hotels*)
1100 - Learn about Islam
Worship
Lunch
1245 - PRAYERWALKING (Chateau Rouge area)
Mosques
Schools
Shops, market, neighborhood
1600 - PRAYERWALKING
Hotels of West African Women
1830 - Pray for West African Christians or
do handy work for missionaries, etc.

Saturday, 16th (Foyers)
1000 - Learn about foyers
Worship
Lunch at a foyer
1200 - PRAYERWALKING in Foyers
Marc Sequin, Riquet, and Belot foyers
1400 - PRAYERWALKING in Foyers (Bercy area)
1700 - Pray for African Christians in the city

Sunday, 17th (Church & Planning)
0945 - Pray for church with some members
1000 - Church
1200 - Lunch (in park, if whether permits)
1330 - Discuss future opportunities with High Pointe
Pray for missionaries specifically
Pray for High Pointe
1600 - PRAYERWALKING
For village meeting (Greg attending
this at that time regarding an upcoming
foyer project)
For Hautpoul and Lorraine foyers

Monday, 18th (The City)
1030 - Group Bible meditation & city information
1100 - PRAYERWALKING around city
Notre Dame - Pray about barriers
Hotel de Ville (Pray for city leaders)
1230 - Lunch at Louvre Carrousel
1345 - PRAYERWALKING around city
Louvre - for the people of Paris
St. Germain-L'Auxerrois (old church)
Pray for Parisian Christians
Concorde - Pray for government
Arc de Triumphe - Pray for city
Sacre Coeur - Pray for the city's
international people

Tuesday, 19th (Tourism &/or Work Day)
Tour the city and/or
Help missionaries with their physical needs

Wednesday, 20th (Travel back to the States)

Day 1 - Wednesday

We’ve arrived safely- praise God!

This morning, Troy F. drove the team to the airport-almost. The vehicle was over-heating badly this morning and a guaranteed arrival to the airport became not-so-guaranteed…we ate lunch at Austin Bergstrom, left at 3:40pm, then took off for Atlanta, GA. There, the team stretched out, walked to our gate then headed for Paris at 8:40 (est). Greg and Angela met us at Charles De-Gaulle airport; Angela & the girls weaved in & out of metro stations while Greg & Robert took the luggage to the hotel (via car) and checked us in.

**Pray**
Greg quickly briefed us on the current situation at their local church. Its members and leaders are having some difficult issues-please pray! We are leaving now to pray for the church, its leaders, its members and its witness.