Dauner News Update August 27, 2007
VISIT TO NORTH AMERICAN SENDING TEAM
It gave us great joy to visit and spend time with at least most of you--churches, families and individuals--whose sacrificial generosity has kept us active and well supplied for our mission in France:
The Central Church of Christ in Topeka, Kansas Everett Dauner of Topeka Marlon Dauner of Wichita, Kansas Littleton Church of Christ in Colorado Darrel and René Vanhooser in Aurora, Colorado Graton Church of Christ, California Mountain View Church of Christ, California Art and Val Fleming, Beamsville, Ontario, Canada Beamsville Church of Christ, Ontario, Canada
Thank you all, too numerous to name, who received us so warmly and made our short stay a time of spiritual refreshment. A special thanks to
Everett Dauner, Rick and Jennifer Mastalka, Tony and Gloria Pires, Helen Nelson, Darrel and René Vanhooser, Art and Val Fleming,
for putting us up in your homes. Your loving care went well beyond the offices of mere hospitality. It was all more than we deserved.
Although your part in the French mission is mostly behind the scenes, it is no less essential. Just like front-line soldiers in the military, no missionary can function in the field without a lot of people behind him. Rambos and Lone Rangers are extremely rare in the army of Jesus Christ.
MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH…
Both the CEM Summer Session and 2007 Harmony Bible Camp were effective in publicly communicating the gospel message. The Summer Session was highlighted by a three-hour a cappella concert presented by Harmony Chorale and Agapé-lla (singing group from the Paris Church of Christ) at the 25th Gospel Music Festival in a suburb of Marseilles. There was hardly a emtpy seat in the outdoor theater, which holds 800!
127 campers and 41 staff members attended the two-week Bible Camp organized around the theme of the exodus and the entry into the Promised Land. Three young people were baptized, including Marseilles youth group member Raphael Enderlé, whose parents had made him wait for his baptism til he was legally an adult (18th birthday).
May God shine his face upon you this coming month and bless the new church year that has begun.
Max and Prisca Dauner