Joyeux Noel

  Dear Friends, Christmas shopping in France is delightful as for some reason contemporary Christmas worship has made its way into every store and shopping mall in the country.  Yes, O come O come Emmanuel and He Shall Reign Forevermore have pushed aside Snoop...

blessed and thankful

Dear Epaphras, Gratitude fills our hearts as we daily experience the outpouring of your love, prayers and support.  France is in a 3 month state of emergency, but God is good! Each day brings new developments of possible terrorist threats, and the discovery of...

Praying for Paris

Dear Epaphras, I checked with our people in Paris and all are accounted for in the wake of last night’s attacks.  We are all terribly saddened and shocked.  These attacks were different from January’s attack on Charlie Hebdo, a notoriously satirical...

Awesome Leadership Conference

Dear Epaphras, Last week I (Steve) was in Thailand with 650 leaders in our movement for a week of prayer, intercession, worship, teaching and encouragement in Christ.  Church planters from over 50 nations gathered and the sessions were translated into Spanish, French...

Thursday Update on Julia

Dear Epaphras Thanks for patiently waiting for news and praying for Julia. Julia’s surgeon came in just a few minutes ago and let us know that according to the blood results from last night and the ultrasound of this morning, the surgery was a success! Julia is...