Introduction

Hello to you, my faithful prayer supporters.

I want to thank all of you for your prayers over the last week as I have started training in Richmond. Through the last 2 weeks there have been times of trial and times of peace, but through it all I have a learned a great deal.

Most of you know me and have met me, however, there are a few readers who I have never met, so I wanted to take a second and introduce myself. I am Courtney Hail, and I will be going to Marseille France as a Journeyman for the next 2 years to spread the gospel. I have lived in Arizona my whole life and just last May graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in choral music education. I can't wait to serve God in ministry using my passion for music and people. And if you ever have a conversation with me, which I would love, I apologize now for talking to much! :-)

As I prepare to go to France, please continue to pray for Gods guidance. I have been in contact with the French consulate concerning my visa (necessary for living in the country) and contrary to what their website says, I have to go in person to apply. So I will be flying to Phoenix for one day to meet with the honorary consulate representative. Please pray that a date for this meeting can be agreed on quickly as it will take 2-3 months to process the visa and every day only pushes back the date of my arrival in France.

Second, continue to pray for my team here in Virginia. I will be working with two other Journeyman, Katie and Del, and together as a team we are working on learning the French language. We have some people here that are helping us as well as some great language programs, but as you can probably assume, it isn't the easiest thing we do here. SO pray that God would give us patience and retention of what we learn.

Finally please pray for the post modern movement as a whole. For those of you that don't know what the word 'post modern' means, I would encourage you to google it. Post moderns (a word that describes a large percentage of college students all over the world) are a group of people that do not believe in absolute truths and do not believe in a one true God. What is you believe is true is fine for you, but don't try to make me believe. So pray that GOd would open up their heart to an absolute truth!

THankyou so much for your prayers. Please send me your prayer requests so I can be praying for you as well!

May God Bless you and keep you my friends!

Courtney