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Tuesday, July 10th Summary We'll start with Tuesday by talking briefly
about the end the day. Pastor Dave preached for the Tuesday evening
service at Bernard Dodeler's church in Vernon. He preached from Matthew
22:37-38:
The day began with Mr. Dodeler telling us about the institute. This fall, he expects to have 11 students that he will train to bring God's word in different areas throughout France. His classes are taught in French, even to students who do not yet know the language. Mr. Dodeler helped us start the day with the right attitude when he told us why he gets up for work every day: "Because each day I'm impressed more by God's love." He said that every day serving God is the most important thing that he does. He also told us that he regrets that he has only one life to give for God. That's how we all should live our lives, as Jesus told us in Matthew 22:37-38.
Once the scraping was finished, it was time
for lunch. We've been blessed all week with wonderful French cooking by
Mrs. Dodeler. Today we had beef bourgonion over noodles with, of course,
French bread. Tres bien. Then it After a long cleanup -- most of us needed
to use paint thinner to get our hands clean -- it was time to head to Mr.
Dodeler's church. The Mr. Dodeler's Tuesday was extremely fruitful. Not only
did we get to work hard for God's Again, we love you all and pray that everything is well back in Green Bay. (Written by Steve Bruss, 7/10/01) Pardon the pics we had to take off the video tape--we forgot the digital camera. |
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The
message was perfect for this day. In essence it means, if you love God
with all your being, your life will show it. We came to France because we
love God and want to serve him. On Tuesday we tried to do just that. For
us, that service was helping Mr. Dodeler around the Bible Institute.
The
cleaning began with us scraping paint from windows and cleaning woodwork
and baseboards around the Bible Institute. The institute is housed in a
three-story building in the heart of Limay. The bulk of our work was on
the first and second floors, including the library and the 
main
hallway. Two of our guys, Nathan Jensen and Tristan Shaft used a power
sander to get old paint off the hallway ceiling. In addition, some of the
women spent time helping to clean the kitchen. There also was time to mow 
the
lawn and do other outside work.
was
time to paint. Brushes in hand, we split into teams and repainted the
ceiling, woodwork and window frames in much of the house. We worked under
the leadership of Robert (Pronounce it Robe-AIR) and his wife, Joyce. We
worked from about 10 a.m. until about 5:30 p.m. A solid day's
work for everyone. But, as with everything we do for God, the work was a
joy. It also gave all of us more time to get to know one another and
reflect on why we are in France.
half-hour drive to Vernon took us through beautiful French countryside,
and past the building -- partially built into a cliff -- that housed the
headquarters of Gen. Erwin Rommel during the German occupation of France
in World War II. We also drove past Claude Monet's home in Giverny. Not
only are we serving God, we also are getting a history lesson, too.
church
is in a small building in the middle of
Vernon. It is a building that will be paid for within a few years -- God
truly is blessing his ministry. Our group sang again for the congregation,
then Pastor Dave preached his message. The entire congregation was
repeating the two verses, the Americans in English and the French in
French, over and over during his message. I'm sure none 
of
us will forget the message.
glory, we also got a chance to learn why we labor for God, and found a way
to make sure that we always do -- by obeying God's simple command to love
him with all our heart, all our soul and all our mind. That is how we
intend to live the rest of this week, serving Him in any way we can.
Please continue to pray for us, that we would do this.