Ministry Center

Oct. 12, 2016


As our time here draws to an end, I thought I would give an overview/update on what we have actually been doing here in Troyes.

Most of our time here has been loving on our Missionary family, and being an extra set of hands to help them with daily routines and chores. I don't know how well we have done, but we hope it has been a help to them. We have loved playing with the children, taking them to the park, playing games and listening to their stories and jokes. We have thoroughly enjoyed listening to the piano music as they practice, and helping (as much as we could) with school work. It has been a looooonnnnggg time since I have had to do chemistry, math, science and the other subjects these children are learning. The eldest goes for PSAT tests this weekend in Paris. They all are doing great in all their studies, thanks to the hard work and home schooling by their parents.

Our other time has been at the Ministry Center, where our Ed has been helping with the video taping of sermons and study/daily devotional films for distribution in France and around the world.
At the center, Peggy (my able bodied assistant) and I have removed wallpaper, and re-papered the chapel area where Franck Alexandre, the evangelist and Ministry founder, is holding services for local Christians/Pastors to come and seek the power available to us all through the Holy Spirit. There have been healings, and deliverances through these services and Franck want to continue them. In France, the local churches believe that once you accept Christ and are saved, that is all there is to being a Christian, But we know that in order to live an overcoming and fruitful life, there must be discipleship and training. That is a huge part of Franck's Ministry as he is a prolific, annointed writer and teacher and his training videos and books are a tremendous tool for the French churches.
We also have done some painting and minor repairs that were needed at the Center. I was able to hange 8 lights in a new studio, so that more videos and training can be conducted. Franck told us today that we can watch in a few weeks on his web site, the new videos he will be doing in the new studio. Franck is a fire-ball of energy, preaching or teaching all over France and the world. His vision for ministry and how his ministry has been born and the miracle of the beginning is one that is only God directed. In fact, he was called and asked to provide TV shows for broadcast not having any resources or finances. But in four days, he was able to put a team together, buy cameras and equipment and begin production, a miracle in action. All because he saw the need and said yes, he can do it with God's help. Here is a link to his website, although in French, you can get a glimpse of the ministry.  https://www.gospelvision-international.com/

Last night we were blessed with a meal at Franck and Liliana's home, and had a wonderful time with them and the Missionary family.

Today, we asked Franck to tell us of his salvation story and how he came to be the Evangelist and Director of this Ministry..It is truly a miracle.

Briefly, he came from a home were finances were not available, due to his father not having work and his mother became a spiritualist and a witch who dealt in the occult. It engulfed his whole family, including an older brother and younger sister. Franck was only 16 and and one night he saw how this lifestyle was killing his family, and himself, as an evil spirit told him one night if he wanted to escape this hell all he had to do was commit suicide. As he stood at his open window, about to jump, a voice told him if he jumped, he would live forever in the hell he was experiencing. He realized this was a voice of help, and he fell to his knees, praying, "If I can be saved from this, please save me."
He left his home that night and wandered the street till the next day, when he met a group of young people who gave him a tract about the life of Nicki Cruz, who was saved from a similar lifestyle. He attended a meeting that night and God miraculously saved him and called him into the Ministry. He went home and shared with his family the good news, and his entire family was saved and delivered from the occult lifestyle.

This is a brief summary, but we have 6 of his books, describing in detail what I have tried to share in a brief paragraph. Anyone wishing to read it, contact us when we get home and we will send you a copy.

Anyway, we leave next Wednsday for Texas to see Michelle and Robert and Justin, then back to Florida to get ready for our next MAPS project. Pray as we travel next week and for guidance on our next project.

God has been so good to us with blessed good health, productive work, new friends and lives we have encountered and a wonderful time with our dear Missionary Family.

Please continue to pray for the Ministry Center and all our missionaries around the world. You can never imagine what they face daily, just as we do, but without the support of close family nearby.

Love Peggy and Ken