Postcards from Paris

Our mission focus is on the work of CMS in Paris, France. The Anglican Church Missionary Society has a small team of missionaries seeking to reach students on the very secular campuses of universities in Paris. Our link missionary, Libby Leach, is one of the CMS team. She is an Australian from Sydney and many of us had the pleasure of getting to know her better when she came here to St Matthew's for a week last year when she was on home assignment. She is a thoroughly delightfrul and vibrant young woman who is passionate about telling French students about Jesus Christ. She has recently written and asked us to pray for her ministry in three different areas.

In January Libby was involved in a Conference specially geared for women who were open to consider full-time ministry. That is a tough call in France when opportunities for women to have official ministry positions are rare. Pray for those who went to that Conference that they would be open to God's call to ministry, and have the courage to move ahead in that direction.

The second prayer request is for a Cinema Camp she is arranging for the end of Feb/beginning of March. The idea is that those who go spend most of their time looking at films!! The films are carefully chosen because they raise interesting life questions and could open the way for Christian input. The Christians are right now inviting their friends to sign up for the Camp. Pray that there will be a good response and good opportunities for talking about Jesus.

The third prayer request is for a very interesting programme being planned for the beginning of April. In Paris, this month, students are being given questionnaires with just one question on it. What is the question? "If you could ask God one question, what would it be?" The five most asked questions will be publicly answered over three nights. Pray that many will respond to the questionnaire and that many will gather to hear key questions answered. The Christians will need to work hard to distribute the questionnaires and collate the answers.

Let us pray for them and for Libby as she seeks to inspire them to involvement.

Blodwyn Timms