Ron & Sharee McMahon

Ron & Sharee McMahon
Shadow Mountain Community Church
El Cajon, CA
May 1 – 12, 2008

Our May 1-12 Impression Team had a great time serving the Lord in France. We spent a day in Douai with France for Christ missionary, André Schwab, distributing coupons for a free coffee or cola at the local coffee shop. Many coupons were redeemed and people were introduced to the coffee shop ministry. We also enjoyed meeting the young people who work at the coffee shop while we sipped coffee with the patrons. A highlight was meeting Jean Pierre, a new believer led to the Lord just two weeks prior by André. Jean Pierre has that joy of the Lord that we see in a new creation in Christ. He recited John 3:16 for us in French! Praise the Lord for each one who comes to the feet of Jesus!

We spent two days working at the Kapitanuik farm, preparing the grounds and buildings for the young adult retreat that was held May 10-12. We got to meet some of the young people who attended the retreat and observe the fruits of our labors.

We worked in the print shop for two days preparing Children's Bibles in comic book form.

Sunday, May 11, we joined the congregations from ten French churches in Northern France as we all worshipped together at the Community Center in Feignies. What a joy it was to worship with believers from several churches and to renew acquaintances with missionaries we met in previous years with teams we have led.

A day in Paris and another day at the Pierrefonds castle were added bonuses for us. Kevin & Debbi Eggleston and Mary Cayot from our home church in El Cajon took good care of us and we enjoyed seeing them again. We will continue to pray for BLF and the missionaries in France as they serve the Lord. We praise the Lord for giving us the opportunity to serve Him, and encourage everyone to give missions a try through BLF!

Submitted by Ron & Sharee McMahon, Team leaders