Une CONVERSATION: fille athéiste

This morning, as with the last two, our team split into groups of 3 or 4, heading for several different universities around Paris. There we set up our Bible stands before walking around trying to talk to people/invite them along to our evening events/both.

My little group, with Polish teenager Matthew* and Korean-French stagiaire Mia* as well as myself, were at Cité Universitaire. I had but one conversation - yet a definite point for prayer:

I met one student, native French, who was sunbaking on the grass but quite happy to talk to me. I think we must have conversed (in French) for at least an hour! She said she was an atheist, but had a good number of comments & questions to ask. We talked about the existence & actions of God, the Bible, suffering, poverty, life, quite deep issues really. I did not wave Deux Façons de Vivre (ie. 2 Ways to Live) at her, although by God's grace & kindness, He enabled me to talk a little about most of the issues raised in boxes 1-5 of that tract.

PRAISE God
^for the conversation;
^for her openness in discussion;
^for His work in me His unworthy servant;
^for His answers to such prayers as we've prayed this week!
I am really thankful for that opportunity to converse for so long - 1st time, in fact, that I've experienced that level of discussion! (And yes, in case you wondered, she did pretty much an equal share of the talking, thanks be to God!)

Please would you PRAY
^for the salvation of this girl;
^that God will continue to work in her heart;
^that she will think about the Biblical truths raised in our discussion;
^that she remain open to Biblical ideas, even if she doesn't personally agree with them (which, of course, she didn't - that's why you're reading this!)

Please continue in prayer for the unity of the team. Sometimes it feels like a few of the native-speakers (even 1 or 2 of the stagiaires, shock, horror!) keep to themselves a bit much, in that they spend lots of time chatting to each other - not so bad, really, except that we foreign members of the team can have difficulty attending since
(a) they're not really addressing their comments to us
(b) they're not talking slow enough for us to understand anyway.
(I'm sure they don't mean to do this, it's not deliberate; but it's starting to rankle just a TINY little bit.)

We can also be thankful for the steady trickle of non-Christians connecting with the team this week, in our evening activities so far. Pray for God's name to be honoured & glorified in our witness to them - AND in our relationships with one another within the team!

Love to all & thanks for your partnership in prayer,
L/T.