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Bibles & Literature in French - Prayer & Praise

BLF Prayer & Praise - January 18^th, 2012

Dear Friends,

Thank you for joining BLF in our weekly Prayer & Praise.

We appreciate your fellowship and partnership in this ministry.
Thank you for praying for these items of interest and concern to BLF. Your prayer is important. May God richly bless you!

Pray for BLF US board member Lynn Lockwood and Mountain View Presbyterian African missions outreach group.
Last week we asked for prayer for the Francophone countries of the African Continent. Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, January 24th to spend a few times throughout the day to lift up Lynn and the Mountain View Presbyterian Church group as they go forth to Diagle in Senegal – a Francophone country. Pray for those that go and those they encounter would be focused / refocused on knowing, sharing and glorifying God and His purpose for their lives. Pray that Lynn and the group shows them His love in such a way that they are forever changed – all to His glory. We'll keep you posted as we hear progress!

Please Pray for BLF USA this week....

Please pray for a new West Coast representative to replace the Zurfluhs.

Please pray that God would stir the heart of someone with leadership gifts that would consider the position of Executive Director for BLFUSA.

Praise God for the testimonies we’ve received on the Sunday School material for Africa.
(To see more about this project, click HERE.)

Praise God for Nathan and Annie’s engagement.
(We don't have a lot of details on that quite yet - but Wow! That's exciting!)

Pray for a potential IT team for Canada this summer.

From Zachariah Kenney, Assistant to the Director, and the staff of BLF Canada...

Praise the Lord: BLF Canada has supplied 4200 mini-Bibles to a couple named Wayne and Edith Clark in conjunction with the Fellowship of Christian Farmers in Canada. The Clarks are on a mission trip to Berkina Faso, Africa (where French is the official language). They are currently on-site and need your prayer that the distribution of the Bibles their outreach might go well and glorify God. Here's a few updates...
We arrived safely last night (Friday 1/13) in Mahadaga. No problems at the airport security or customs. The airline provided us with a hotel room for the long layover in Casablanca so we were able to nap and arrive in Burkina well rested. The terminal in Ouagadougou has had a complete makeover. Wow! It looks new and modern.

We spent Thursday night at the SIM guesthouse in Ouagadougou and left early Friday morning for the 8 hr drive to Mahadaga. We had a rented car shared with two other short-termers.

We're being spoiled! We have a 7 room house all to ourselves - we are staying at a missionary's house who are home on furlough. We had a tour of the grounds today and the medical clinic. Tomorrow (Sunday 1/15) we will go to a French / Gourma church service.

Please continue to pray for a safe journey, and that the literature they bring will be useful to the work of the Kingdom.

Wayne Clark, FCFC

Walter and Nancy Zurfluh
Retired West Coast Reps for BLF USA

From Walter and Nancy Zurfluh, Retired West Coast Reps for BLF USA ...
Please continue to pray for Nancy. She had a "rough" day or two after part of the fluid was drained from the pleura by her right lung last Thursday. She is feeling better now. On January 17 she is scheduled for her next chemo appointment and on January 19 she will see her lung specialist regarding the removal of the remainder of the fluid. Pray for minimal side effects and that the cancer cells will soon disappear. Thanks very much for your faithful prayers.

as he stands by Nancy as her care giver and that the Lord will give both of us peace and strenPray for Waltgth for each day.

Praise for over 55 1/2 years of ministry and for the Lord's provision all these years enabling us to be active in His service. Pray that God would provide a suitable replacement for us as BLF West Coast representatives in 2012. BLF also needs additional volunteer reps who can give more exposure to this French literature ministry.

Pray for additional Impressions Teams for 2012 as well as hosts and hostesses for the teams.

--Nancy and Walt Zurfluh

Tom Rice,
BLF US President, Acting US Executive Director of BLF USA

(Map of the Francophone areas of the world)

From Tom Rice, BLF US President, Acting US Executive Director and the staff of BLF USA...

Pray for BLF International. BLF International is the amalgamation or partnership of BLF USA, BLF Canada and BLF Europe - that agrees to work together with the common focus to provide Bibles and Literature in French - to reach the Francophone world for Jesus Christ.

Please pray as God leads us toward that purpose, the BLF family of all involved (which includes you who pray, support, participate) will be flexible, creative and innovative to accomplish that goal. We are excited to see how God will lead - please pray that all of us will be open to whatever He has prepared that He might be glorified this year of 2012....

This week, we would ask you, (you - personally, your Bible study, prayer group, small group, Bible fellowship, Sunday school / church group, etc.) - to focus in prayer on the following Francophone countries ...
- this time, the Eastern countries, islands, territories and ocean areas where French is predominate:

Eastern Countries, Islands, Territories And Ocean Areas Where French Is Predominate

Indian Ocean
Comoro Islands (Comores)
Madagascar
Mauricius (Ile Maurice)
Mayotte
Reunion Island
Seychelle Islands Middle East and Asia
Lebanon (Liban)
Syria (Syrie)
India esp. Pondichéry province
Kampuchea (Cambodia/ Cambodge)
Loas
Viet Nam Pacific Ocean
French Polynesia (Polynésie) including Tahiti
New Caledonia (Nouvelle Calédonie)
Wallis and Futuna (Wallis et Futuna)
Vanuatu (formerly Nouvelles-Hébrides)

While Wikipedia is not always accurate, nevertheless, there are some interesting statistics regarding a "List of countries where French is an official language". As you look over the stats, please remember another important concept - for every 1 Christian book published in French, there are about 300 in English. God's Word in print - a powerful tool God uses to reach people for Jesus Christ.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_where_French_is_an_official_language

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