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In Depth Description of the FEEL Project

What are you doing in France?

While in France, we will be involved in serving in two ways.  First, we will be working with two local churches in the Lyons area helping with their outreach and ministry programs and Hilary will also be serving and blessing people with her gift of hospitality.  Second Daniel will be taking the role of the primary software engineer for the French Evangelical Electronic Library project.
 
Last December, we were contacted by Éditions Clé, a Bible Publishing Group in Lyon, France, who have been praying for a software engineer to coordinate the FEEL project. The French Evangelical Electronic Library (FEEL) is an initiative to create and distribute a comprehensive French Bible study library in electronic format for use by individuals, seminaries and Bible institutes and schools.   After much praying, we have been led to partner with CrossWorld Ministries (formerly UFM) to move to Lyon, France for the next 3 years, where Daniel will take the role of technical coordinator for this project.

In addition to the FEEL Project, we will be working with two church plants in the Lyon area, one in St. Priest, that CrossWorld established in 1979 and with its new church plant in Corbas. During the first year, Hilary and I will be house sitting for the Dailys, a missionary family who are going on furlough to the United States for a year. This means, first all that we won't be pressed to find housing as soon as we arrive.  Isn't God faithful in small things?  It also means that we will be able to continue many of the ministries the Daily's worked on, while they sojourn in the United States.  

While talking to the missionaries in France, we've been told that there will be "no lack of opportunity to minister," and many of the ministries are hospitality based. For those that know Hilary, you know this is her strong suit and she loves to host guests and build relationships. Some of the established ministries include helping with the Kids Club that meets on Tuesdays called "Éclats de Joie." There is a rotation of people responsible to keep it from getting too heavy a load. There is also a weekly Jr High youth group, called "Groupe Carrefour". As well as a seasonal gingerbread house ministry in the Winter and an English club that meets on Saturdays.