The Glock Family - our missionaries in France

Dear NHC family,

A big praise for us right now is the way God ministered to us through the teaching of Alexander Strauch at a missionary family conference we attended at the end of August. We were renewed in our spirits and given a greater vision of who God is. God is love. We also learned more deeply of his love for us. We pray that you will be filled with the knowledge of his love.

The CEP (the French church Matt and Sylvie have been serving for the last 7 years)..
We are praising God for the arrival of Jean-Yves, our French pastor, and his wife Marie-Salomé. This is a huge step in the life of the church. Please pray for Jean-Yves as he begins his ministry that he will be filled with God's Spirit and that he will be able to discern how to serve the CEP. Pray for me in the year of transition that I would be a support and encouragement to him, able to give him the space he needs to do his job. Please remember Marie-Solomé, she's a school teacher. The good news is the French school system allowed her to transfer to our county. The bad news is she's working in a school that's 70 minute drive from Grenoble! Pray for the CEP that we as a body would grow in our love for Christ and the world around us.

The ICG (this is the English speaking church we've planted in partnership with the CEP)...
As we begin this ministry year we are looking to God to build us up so that we may be likeminded and seize the opportunities to be salt and light in France. I like to call this church an english speaking French church. Pray that we will grow in our love for each other and our love for the members of the CEP. Pray that God will provide for our needs.

The Glock's...
It's back to school here in France. Anastasia is in 9th grade, Pascal 7th and Juliet 5th! They are all well and as the Bible says, "growing in the grace and knowledge of God." We praise God for them. Please pray for them as you would pray for your own children. Could you please pray for Pascal he's been diagnosed with a scoliosis and we are seeing a specialist to better know how to treat it.

Sylvie is doing OK physically. Her chronic back pain is somewhat better. Please pray that God will bring healing. She is looking to get involved in a new ministry team that is being created from members of the churches here in Grenoble. This team will focus on how we can better minsitry to the poor and needy in our communities.

I'm doing well. I still am trying to get my thyroid medicine at the right level.

Financially things are both good and not so good... The dollar was very weak for a time and we ended up with some personal debt, on top of that our car died. On the other hand the dollar has recovered and we are no longer losing money each month. We've also been blessed by the ICG as they have helped to support us. I will be teaching two English classes at a local university this year and that will help some to relieve our debt. I need wisdom as I seek to raise some funds to help pay off the debt and buy us a car. Also I'm praying that we would be able to raise some more regular support so that we would not be dependant on the ICG.

With Christ's love,
Matt