Blessings to you all in Jesus Name!

God is good.  Dental drama and complications are finally coming to a close, Praise God!  I flew up to a specialist in Washington state for a week for some serious oral surgery.  Next I came back to California for a few weeks so it could get good and infected.  Finally, I broke down and visited my dentist in Culiacan and she took care of everything in 9 days.  Thank God !

before...and  after

  So now, after several months of rest and recovery, I am at last making preparations to return to France.  I filed my paperwork last Wednesday in Los Angeles, so now we wait.  God willing it will be just a few more days before I get a long stay visa and can purchase a flight.  Maybe I'll be on my way by October 10th.

They asked for 50 pages of documents at the visa agency!

        The plan at the moment is to stay with friends while I secure an apartment in the 8th or 9th district of Marseille.  Thanks to your donations and God's faithfulness, I've got enough support to qualify for a studio, now we just need to find it !

          Dory has been waiting for me all this time in Marseille, although I might miss her more than she does me.  It's too much to cart her back and forth across country and she hates that "boîte" anyway.  

   Dory is waving hello with her tail.

I can't wait to see her and all my missionary buddies and church companions too.  I'm on the group chat for the outreaches and it simply makes me whine seeing all they're doing before I get there.  I'm just so ripe and ready to get out on the street talking to people about how much God loves them!

      Well, I sure appreciate your prayers, it can get dicey out there.  Here's how to pray:

• Visa comes quickly
• Safe travels with no surprise expenses
• Sufficient funds for travel and setting up the apartment
• Papers accepted upon entry into France
• Lodging for the first week
• Miracle apartment secured for Dory and I
• Open doors for ministry to people who really want to hear the gospel
• Health and safety to sustain me for the coming year

Thanks so much, every one of you, for your prayers and financial support. I see your donations as they come in each month and I thank God for you guys all the time.  We share together the reward and blessing of all that God will do this year in ministry in Marseille. 

Until every one has heard,

Sally

As always, donations gladly received thru either mission quest or paypal

 https://missionquest.org/131   and  paypal.me/money4France

     

    

Hi All,

Thanks so much for your prayers and support on our recent journey to Europe.  It was clear from the beginning that God was in this.  We spent our first Sunday at Calvary Shoreline North London,  A church plant out of Morro bay, California.  A lovely group of young people meeting in an ancient building welcomed us and made us sorry we only had one day there.  If you're ever in London I'd encourage you to look them up.  

         

       Glasgow was next where our friend Rhoda toured us around to different refuge outreaches and another new/old church on the north side of the river. Amazing concept.   I am pictured here with Caroline in front of their statement of faith.  Read it,  it will inspire you. 

      Then France.  I need to do a DNA check because I felt I had come home to my people.  Daniel and Sylvianne welcomed us into their home.  They are the directors of GRN France and by God's grace and your prayers I hope to be working closely with them soon.  

GRN makes recordings of the gospel in languages of people who don't often read and who rarely have access to the gospel. I worked with GRN in Mexico and was very happy to see how much they're doing with the loads of migrants in France, particularly Marseille.  

         Another wonderful surprise was to see how many different organizations and people from different churches are working together in the city.  I plan to go back in May and it's going to be hard even to choose which church to make my home.  Gambetta, Evangelical Free church is one example.  They host a free french class for anyone to come a few nights a week.  This is a wonderful way to reach out to new comers to the city, even me! 

      

 Another church goes directly to the places where migrants live.  You can see them playing a recording of the Zacchaeus story for these Albanian kids here.  That was so much fun, I can hardly wait to get back there.

        So, it's obvious I'm in love with the country and the ministry I could do there.  God's confirmation is also important.  That came when I could only find one place to look at that I could afford.  It just happens to have a small garden, be a few blocks from the Mediterranean and allows dogs .  God is amazing! 

  

   Caroline says hello from the Patio.   

         I just signed the lease today.  I'll stay there from May until July as a tourist while I work out the details with the Aix-Marseille University.  They tell me I can come on a work/study visa starting this September.  This will give me the legal rights to teach English out of my home and hopefully help my French at the same time. Whew, lots happening!

     So, please pray for what's still outstanding:

• God would provide long term income for life in Marseille
• God would show me where to make my home church
• God would continue to clarify how He wants me to do ministry in Marseille
• God would use me to reach people with His love and salvation
• I would seek God Himself over and above His direction and provision.

Thank you all so much for your faithfulness, we are definitely in this together!

Every blessing to you,

Sally

  

nearly all packed up !

Hi Friends

Well,  Caroline and I have purchased our flights, trains and BnBs so I guess we're committed to this journey now.  Thanks so much for all of your help in literally getting us off the ground.  So many of you have stepped up to provide for the trip I'm really humbled.  It's encouraging too, to see you all believing in what God is doing thru me and Caroline, and what He will do.  It's a faith boost.

            So, our itinerary in brief is provided below for those who are curious:

Friday Jan 11 midnight : eat chocolate,  drive down to LA, leave car with friend

Saturday jan 12 . 8am :  fly away to London, sleep on plane

Sunday Jan 13:  Wake up in Heathrow, go out in search of good coffee

                           Visit Calvary Shoreline North London

Monday Jan 14 . lovely train ride from London to Glasgow Scotland

                           stay the week in a BnB in Govanhill

                           Visit Rhoda UnpronouncableName at the Well-resource center

                           Teach a bible verse song to women and children, 

                            Meet others doing similar work with immigrants

                          Share the love of Jesus,  See God use us in amazing ways

                          Drink lots of tea

Saturday Jan 19 : Fly to Marseille,  meet Etienne,  hope French works,  

                          Stay two nights in BnB in Aix en Provence,  

Sunday Jan 20   Visit small north African church , worship God with all our might

Monday Jan 21  Stay the week with Daniel and Stephanie, GRN France 

                          Talk a lot,  pray and plan for strategic outreach

                          Eat delicious french food.

Tuesday Jan 22  Meet with Pioneers workers to discuss ministry possibilities

                          Do lots of outreach to north africans,

                         Seize every chance to show people how much God loves them

                         Visit with others who are working with immigrants

                        Talk and pray about visa/job/money conundrum

Friday Jan 25   Stay the weekend in BnB in Marseille

                        look at the Mediterranean sea

                        Explore the city, pray about God’s will

                        Bless someone we don’t know

Sunday Jan 27 Visit church in Marseille where lots of field workers attend

                         Hurry to catch plane back to London,  

                         Flop on bed at BnB near Heathrow,  thank God for big trip

Monday,Jan 28th 9:30am:Fly back to LAX

                       Talk the whole time about how amazing is our God

                       1pm, touch down LAX,   eat inNout,   drive back up to slo!

I trust our itinerary will serve as your prayer guide as well.  The more you all pray, the more God will show us His power and use us to spread His love.   God wants to bless us all together as we work for His kingdom.

Be sure to make it out to Renovate this Sunday for the prayer send-off !

In His service

Sally