A heart for france
HAPPY NEW YEAR !
BONNE ANNEE ! BONNE SANTE ! This is what the French wish for each other at the beginning of each new year. They send out SMSs or electronic cards, some still send traditional cards by snail mail throughout January. Most Christmas decorations were taken down after 6th January when they…
MoreWorking together
In the midst of a busy week (nothing new there - each week is busy!), I drive 2 hours to attend a committee meeting for the Women 2000 South Eastern region group. It even snowed lightly when I went over the 700m altitude mark! I always stay the night after these meetings, so I enjoy getting to…
MoreWhere does this road lead ?
Today I went to visit Murielle to buy half a lamb (organic and locally grown!) She gave me fairly precise directions to find her - she lives out in the country. But I forgot to ask how many metres, no, kilometres, before each section. My mobile phone stopped working. Here I was in a city…
MoreOne month on ...
I've been back in France for exactly a month after a 2 month Home Assignment. It's been a long landing : the time home was so intense and busy. The main thing I've noticed is how much I felt at home in Australia and how disconnected I felt at first in France. Even after 22 years in this country I…
MoreOne month on ...
I've been back in France for exactly a month after a 2 month Home Assignment. It's been a long landing : the time home was so intense and busy. The main thing I've noticed is how much I felt at home in Australia and how disconnected I felt at first in France. Even after 22 years in this country I…
More4th October - back to work
My first meeting after my return from Australia was to finish preparing our Combined Women's groups day 6th October. ,"Welcome Eternity in our lives," was the theme chosen for the day. Ecclesiastes 3:11 My pastor-husband was named 'honorary member of the Women's Group of our Church' and…
MoreHOME ASSIGNMENT
This is what I will be sharing on Saturday at the SIM World Day. Home at last – but where is home ? Where will I lay my head tonight ? I know that God is on His throne, But why do I feel that this part is such a fight ? They've given me a whole 2 minutes to talk ; to…
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Somewhere in Australia ...
Hi everybody ! Sorry about the long silence. I arrived in Melbourne Airport last Friday and my uncle was picking me up. Suddenly he said ,"It's Friday and it's Melbourne!," I looked at him sideways wondering why he had said that and he replied - ,"Well, you have moved around so much, I thought you…
MoreOn the road again ...
Sorry for the long silence, but I've been on the road - quite widely travelled this time! In the first half of July, my daughter and I went to England to catch up with friends, but especially to see my parents singing in their excellent amateur choir as part of a European tour and competition in…
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femmes 2000 continued
Thank you for praying. It was a full and blessed day. 500 women were challenged to see the Spirit of God at work in a different way, using different words, and none were indifferent to the music, dance, theatre sketch, artists exhibitions, mission information and especially to our conference…
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About Us
God's ways are mysterious, but I must say that since my commitment to follow Jesus Christ in 1985 life with God has been one big adventure. While teaching in a small town in Western Victoria in Australia I felt called to look into mission, to understand what it meant and if it was still relevant on the 20th Century. In 1989/90 I went to Niamey, the capital of Niger in French West Africa, for a Short Term Service as a French teacher at Sahel Academy, a school for missionary kids. This was a life changing experience, because I realized two things: I really wanted to study the Bible full time and I needed to improve my French! Solution: do a 3 year Theology Diploma in an Evangelical French College in the Paris region. The Lord led the way and not only did I realize how much Christian workers were needed in France but the Lord organized for me to stay in France permanently - yes! I met my French husband Pascal, at Bible College. Together we have three wonderful children. Pascal is now pastor in a French Evangelical Church Union and I am a supported missionary working alongside him.
What are we doing?
My ACE ministry consists of;
A=Accompanying (counselling, discipline),
C=Coordinating (particularly the Vitality Pathway, revitalizing
churches), and
E=Evangelism to bring more into the Kingdom.
My ministry is recognized by the Union of Free Evangelical Churches in France with whom my husband serves as pastor. I coordinate a national team seeking to create healthy, missional churches. Ministry involves equipping the local church to reach its community by: discipline, mentoring, counselling and training others; organizing events and coordinating children and youth ministries and particularly reaching out to women.