10 September, 2011

2011 début de semestre - à l'étranger

This month my thoughts and prayers rest particularly with the French Christians and their international mission partners trying to reach university students across France with the gospel of salvation in Jesus.

A few groups in cities like Paris and Strasbourg are running something like an Aussie university "O-Week" campaign..
..minus the postering, the walk-ups, the soapbox evangelism (great initiative from the SUEU a couple of years back) the actual being permitted a presence on campus property.
No such freedoms exist on any French university campus.

So keep them in your prayers, with reference to:
* COL. 1:28-29
* COL. 4:2-6

And pray that they will be reminded of 1 COR. 2:4-5 as they attempt to have conversations with local students about the only One that stands between them and eternal condemnation.

Because there is much less openness in this age group in France than in Australia - less willingness to engage, less willingness even to stop & talk..

L/T.