Our church has been assisting missionaries, Craig and Katie Young in Marseille, since 2015. They have spent their adult lives doing mission work in France, have raised their daughters there and are working with a committed team of other missionaries in training local French speaking people. They are impacting their community in what is a predominantly atheistic, agnostic and Muslim city.

In the mountains, about 3 hours from Marseille, is a tract of land with a lodge that the Christians in France purchased in 2005. It’s an amazing story of God at work. They got a tremendous deal on the land and the lodge/chalet, which will sleep 200 campers and staff.

Another church from New Jersey has been going and assisting in the upkeep of the camp, every other year, since 2007. A team from our church joined them first in 2015. We were so impressed with their hearts, hard work, and their longterm commitment to establish indigenous congregations, that we have taken a team of 12-16 three times and are preparing for a fourth.

The small number of Christians in France cannot yet maintain and make necessary improvements to the camp to put it into shape for the year around activities without assistance. In addition to getting the camp into tip-top shape for the children’s camp each summer, we take on major projects each summer to put the camp into better shape than it has ever been in before. Because the property had been both vandalized and neglected for several years before they bought it, the list of needed repairs is still long, but it is growing shorter every year! We’ve made huge strides of progress, but we still have significant work that needs to be completed in 2021. In 2009 we started the annex plumbing, septic, electrical, insulation, sheet rock, tile and ceiling work, but we have still not been able to completely finish the work needed in the annex. We hope to finish that work next summer, as well as doing significant repair work on the soccer field, and the typical cleaning, organizing, carpentry and painting.

Dave and I are leading another team to work on the camp next summer. We deeply appreciate the generous help of our community in past years. We hope and pray you can help financially, but please do not take any money away from your existing church commitments. But, over the next 2 months, if you have anything extra that you might want to help the young people of France to enjoy a Christian camping experience, I’d love it if you remember our efforts to evangelize in France.

Dave and I are primarily self-supporting, but we continue to raise extra funds to help others close the gap in fundraising. It takes about $2200 per person. That money goes to airfare, ground transportation, food and supplies for camp. We are hoping to have our funds early so we can book cheaper tickets and give more for supplies.

If you can help, tap the button above, and I will mail this letter to you or email it, with the link to mail a check or deposit online. Continue to pray for our trip as we make preparations. Leading a large group of workers on an international trip is daunting!

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Your friend,

Anne Dovel - The Fit Quilter