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10028Peeble

Cincinnati,

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Dear

FelLow Workers and Friends,

The

past

three months

have

been busy

and

exciting ones

for

the

team here in

France.

As

ve

mentioned in the

last update

that ve might

be

moving into another

building

in

the

center of

town,

well,

we have moved. Charles Crane,

president

of Boise Bible College (who was

with

us

for

a week of

encourgement

in January)

has

said

that the three most important things in planting

a new

church

are

1.

location

2. location

3.

location, well,

we have

those

three

things

wrapped up.

There are two

main squares

in town and

ve are

now in

one

of them.

We do happen

to be

on the

third

floor which is the only inconvience

- the two

flights

of

steps that

is. The

building is

well

over

400 years

old

and listed as a

historical

monument. Zacharie calls

it

the "castle" church because

the steps

are

in a winding staircase made

of stone;

most

of vhich

is

the origina l stone

of the building. We now have a large meeting room

and

three other smaller

rooms used

for

children's church and foyer. We hope now

to

begin

to

attract

families. One lady that now

comes and brings her children told us

that

the

Reformed

Church in

town

has no

Sunday

youth

prpgran a nd

we ali eady knew that

the

Catholic Church here does not

provide a

Sunday

youth program. Anot her

lady

was really surprised but enthusiastic

that

we

actually

teach the small children

about Jesus and

the Bible.

PLAas,&

This

is

what we ve been

needing, some

stable

family

groups.

Nothing

against

students but for planting

a

church we do need people

who

live

and work in the

community. We praise God for

the

students

we

heve now

and

will continue to

follow up

with this

important aspect of our

work

but we realise

that

many or

most

of

them

will

only be

in Poitiers

a maximum

of

two

to

four years

and for

planting the

church in

Poitiers we wonder if there will

be

anything left

when

they leave. For church plan ti ng in general it can be a great thing as each one

will take his

faith

with him. Jonl and had already decided

t o

put most of

our effort into

reaching the

couples or families and leave most of the

student

work to the other team members since they

themselves

are still

students

in the

university language

program. Continue to

pray for

our

efforts.

We

moved

into

the

building on

March

first

and planned a public opening for the

25th.

We

had about 40 counting

the

kids which

was. a

good

turn nut.considerlng_

that our regular attendance has been running

around

20 for

this

year. The day

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have happened which have

brought

about

our nee d

to up our support

is

just

the

simple

fact of inflation

and

the

high

rise

in the cost

of

in France. Much of this

can be

attributed to the drop in the value

the

dollar on the eur opean

markets. Our

budget figures

were based

on

a

dollar bu t

as

the dollar weakened our budget er oded

away

as well.

o u r decision t o return h o m e

m o r e o f t e n has u p e d our

monthly b u d g e t by

(not

really that terrible

-

u t i f

it's n ot

coming in , it c a n H

go

out).

the house

w e

a re renting is being

sold

and

we must now move. We h ave

r e a l l y

b l e s s e d by t h i s

h o u s e b e c a u s e

t h e o w n e r (who d i e d r e c e n t l y w a s a

rich old

lady and she d i d n ' t bother to

keep up

with the

current

rent

fees

o we were

renting

for

about

half the

price

than

what we

normally

should've

p a y i n g . N o w ,

w e w i l l

h a v e

t o p a y

. t h e

f u l l p r i c e w h i c h u p s t h e b u d g e t

b y

( h ou s i n g i s

d e f i n a t e l y a need not a

extra).

our move to the building in town

is

going to cost the mis sion an extra

50

a

month.

new

budget

falls a r o u n d $3550 p e r m o n t h a n d

o u r

c u r r e n t support i s at

per month so we need an increase of $850 per month.

824

AND ^2,476

^ 3 8

78

Needed

Monthly Bud get Fig ures

Salary

8

Benefits

2400

Gas, meals, furlough 4 20

Auto-ins.,

t a xe s ,

etc. 120

Postage 50

Printing & Copying 4 0

Telephone 30

A

word

about the cost of livung in F ra n ce

Most

hous e hold

a n d food

i t e m s

a r e t wo t o

three times higher than in

America.

An y

petroleum

by-products; gas, oil, plastics,

are all

three

times

higher. Clothing

is

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God s FellowWorkers,

Inc

Steve

Petty/Mike Dummitt

10028 Peeble

Creek

Cihcinnati, Ohio 45247

0 ^

God's

Fellow Workers,

Inc.

Financial

Report through

Septeniber

1990

1989

TOTAL

1,656.78

INCOME BREAKDOWN

INCOME--> Sept

+23,445.93

CONTRIBUTIONS

21,418.75

EXPENSES

-25,613.64

INTEREST

66.

5

SALE

OF CARS FROM

86

AND

SEPT

TOTAL

-510.93

FURLOUGH

479.05

BOOK SALE

33.66

CAR RENTAL 1

.080.00

RE-IMBURSAL

RENT

DEPOSIT

 

368.32

TOTAL INCOME 23

,445.93

EXPENDITURES THRU

SEPTEMBER

TELEPHONE

452.63

SALARY

7,655.50

MISCELLANEOUS

102.37

HOUSING

4,830.42

EDUCATION MAT.

3.76

MEDICAL INS.

2,151.30

RETREAT,CONFER.

370.51

LIFE a

RET.

495.00

VISA a

FEES

1

,493.67

GAS,MEALS,TRANSPO,

 3,845.86

EXCHANGE LOSS

312.09

AUTO INS,TAX.UPKEEP 2,344.53

WORK

FUND

968.13

POSTAGE

584,85

BANK CHGS

41.22

PRINTING,COPYING

136.80

TOTAL

EXPENDITURES

25,613.64

Needed

Monthly Budget Figures

Salary S Benefits 2400

Gas, meals, furlough

420

-Jcuto-^ins.,

-taxes,-etc. 120

Postage 50

Printing

&

Copying

40

Telephone 30

Miscellaneous 15

"ducational Mat

&

Equip

50.

.;.-etings, speakers, etc. 85

French visas & fees 90

Bank Chgs, exchange loss,

commissions 50

Building rent, work fund 150

Publicity S evangelism 50

A word about the cost of living in

France

Most household and food items are two to

thr-QO times higher than- - i n Amer ica Any

petroleum by-produ cts: gas, oil, plastics,

are all three times higher. Clothing

is

from two to four

times higher.

Car parts

-

two

to three. Car insurance "liability"-

 1000 / year.

There

are various french

taxes

plus visa fees

that

we

normally

wouldn't

have

to

pay

if we weren't here.

These ome

to

1000 / year. We have

tried

to

b e very realistic with our figures and

we

welcome

your

comments

and questions.

TOTAL

 3550

BUDGET

current

TOTAL giving

 3550

-

2300

amount needed

per

month

 1250

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We have very much

appreciated

your

concern

for

our

work

in

France and the

prayerful

support

we

have received from you. You will find enclosed our latest,

update information which w i l l

catch

you up on o u r status. Als o enclosed i s o u r

latest

financial

report and

as

you can

see

we

are

in the red.

 

This is

the first YEAR

that we

have

ever been in

the red

since our beginning

back in 1981.

That is

a good track record but now the

budget

has outgrown the

income. This

is

primarily due to the rise In

the

cost of

living

in France

(many

budget

items are

as high

as four times

the

cost i n America)

and the

continuing

drop in the

value

of the dollar on the European markets.

Our budget

was

set on

a

ratio of 8 French Francs to the Dollar and now the

dollar is

at 5.19

FF to the Dollar.

The

Do llar dropped

as

the cost of living

climbed but our income hardly moved

and

therefore the reserve funds were

eaten

away. For exampl e, average

giving

in

1989

was at $2600 p e r

month but

for

1990

giving has dropped to $2300 per month.

Just

the last

few months

have

brought

about alot

of the decrease.

A s you can

see

from the report, we

need

$3550 p e r

month

t o live

and work

i n

France. A t

present,

both our

living

needs and

work needs

are

not

being met.

This

year's

monthly salary

and benefits

have been at onl y $1650

per month

which leaves nothing

for

budget

items that

must

be

paid

on

a yearly basis.

Support

must be increased

o r

w e

w i l l b e obliged to return

t o

t h e

States before

we f ee l that

we

have completed

our

purpose here.

A l l

of this

comes

at

a time

when the

work here

in

France

is

at

its

highest

since we 've been here.

In

1989,

we

had four baptisms

and

this year

alone we

have had another six more and

the year is

not over. We have moved into a

wonderful building which has allo wed

us to divide

up the ages

and

provide

teaching

at

each

level.

We

have started and

completed and are

still

starting

Bible studies. Since

entering France in

1984,

the past several months have

been

a

great enco uragemen t and

there

is

still much

to

be

done. The

theme

for

this year

'89/'90 is the

FAMILY

and we

hope to

win some

of the families that

have expressed

interest over these past

months.

The

point is: WE NEED SUP PORT. Many of you already support us and

we

thank

you and ask that you continue on.

If

you don't support us already, we ask you

to consider

our

need

and possibly

make a

monthly

committment.

I'm not

much on

gimmicks

but

I do recognize that a gimmick

does

help to

motivate

us

and joggle

our memories so here's a gimmick

that

might help

you

help us. You might recall

the

television series Frank Buck,

bring

'em back alive ,

based

on

the

real

character,

Frank Buck,

known

adventurer of the 1940's . During safari escapades

of capturing animals and

bringing

them back alive Frank would sometimes

encounter the Nazi war machine and

inflict

some damage for the american cause.

Frank

became rather popular to the

point

of

having

his own

fan club. What does

the Frank Buck fan club got to do with the cause of the church in France?? .

Absol utely nothing,

but

now here's the gimmick:

just

as Frank Buck

brought

'em

back alive, we

would like

to start a Buck Franc cl ub to keep 'em there alive.

In other words

as

we change

your

Buck$

to

French Francs we will

be

able

to

stay

and continue our work

in

France. Perhaps

you can start

a

Buck Franc club

in

your congregation

o r

class

by using this l etter

to

explain the situation

and

by serving as

a secretary to

collect

the monthly

committments

and

forwarding

them

on to

us. We

need to

raise 1250 extra per month.

You

can

help

ol'

Buck

Franc,

keep

'em there

alive

through

prayer and financial

support.

Let

us

know what you think.

For t h e F Uier in France, Make checks payable to :

God's Fellow Workers,

Inc.

1 28 Feeble Creek

Steve PETTY Cincinnati,

OH 45247