Foust Tom Debbie 1995 England

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OCTO ERWe were blessed with the visit of Lanis Kineman Larry s father who was the preaching minister at BethanyChristian Church for 29 years. Lanis had the opportunityto participate in some of the activities at the church andwas also able to preach at our Harvest SundayService.Harvest Sunday is a time to bring in food to show Godof your appreciation for the blessings He has given youduring harvest. (Harvest is similar to our Thanksgiving,but the English have no reason to celebrate the safearrival to a new country, a plentiful crop, or the survivalof a harsh winter ) It was a real joy to have Lanis withus

We started a new program with the Sunday School. Wehad previously been having Sunday School at 10 a.m.and worship at a.m. Worship service now starts at10 :30 a .m . w i th th e children in th e se rv ice wi th us . Wesing, have announcements, greet one another, and have aspecial time of singing for the children. At about 11,justafter the singing and just before the quiet times ofprayers and communion, the children and teachers areexcused and go to their Sunday School rooms. This newarrangement has been well received. Also, we haveincreased in the number of children attending; thechildren and the teachers enjoy this new format.To meet the need of educating the adults, we have begunCELL (Christians Evangelizing, Learning, and Loving)groups. There are five of these groups, and theymeet indifferent homes. We have four adult groups and oneolder youth group. By meeting during the week, theSunday School teachers get to be in a Bible study.Attendance has been exceptionally good; we are pleasedwith the growth in numbers and in spiritualmaturity.Please pray for God to raise up spiritual leadersof the^romsgrove Christian Church through these CELLgroups.N O V EM E RWe werepleased to have my parents,Larry and DixieGibson, come for a visit. They came for one reason andone reasononly: to spoil their grandchildren They didawonderful job ofthat Our children were able to t^e theweek off school, and they thoroughly enjoyed theindulgence of their grandparents. It had been two yearssince we had seen them. Samuel was a little shy at first,but he soon came around and was giving hugs andkisses. It was a quick visit (only seven days), but it wasso good to see them.

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Tom and Debbie Fous tChristian Missionary FellowshipP.O. B OX 5 01 02 0

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The youth had their second annual Autumn Retreat,which proved to be a big success with them. There were25 in attendance, and the weather cooperated as it was abit wanner this year than it was last year. Last year thetemperatures were freezing during thenight andonly upto about 40 during the day. This year it stayed in thehigh50s during the day. Everyone was pleased aboutthis.

Our youth enjoy getting together for whatever reason,and this just cemented their friendships even more.There were two youth who went on the retreat who hadbeen sporadic in their attendance at events until thisretreat. They have both been very active since.Alan Marshall, a friend of ours who ministers inStreatham, London, came with us on th e retreat to leadthe worship time and to preach. Alan s wife Luz andt hei r son J ake we re abl e to be wit h u s fo r th e weekend aswell. The youth retreat took place from Friday eveningthrough Sunday afternoon. Following the retreat, Alanand his family came back to Bromsgrove ChristianChurch with us, and he gave a concert for the wholecongregation.Please pray for Tom as he has a major project going onalong with the church work: He is finishing his PhD Heshould have it done by the end of 1995. It will mean a lotof work for him, but.I think we will both be glad when itis finished. Please pray that all would go well as hewrites up his research.Love,

Debbie Fous tI .S. I know that there have been many prayers said onour behalfconcerning our housing situation. Ourlandlords dec ided to sell th e house and to l ive inAustralia. We may have found another four-bedroomhouse to rent It is a little older than the house we a represently living in, but manyof the rooms are a lotbigger Please continue toprayfor us aswe search fornew housing.

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Tom Debbie ous t22 Melbourne Road Sidemoor, BromsgroveWorcestershire B6 J 8P E England

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March 1995Dear Friends,To m and I want to share with you some items that weknowyou have been praying about.We moved into our new house on February4, 1995We have a four-bedroom house, plus an office forTom. It isan older housewhere the front groundfloor ha d been converted into a convenience store. Alo t o f w or k h ad to been done to convert t hi s ar ea intoa living room. We hada lot of help from people atBromsgrove Christian Church and CMF co-workers.The people have been wonderful helping us move,paint, and do repairs. Many hours were spent gettingthis house ready to live in.Wewould like to thankyou for all your prayers andfinancial giving thatmade it possible for us to moveinto this house.Recently, I madea two-week trip backto the US formy grandfather s funeral. Samuelwent with me, whileTom and the older three children stayed in England.Since I came to the States onlyten days after movinginto the new house, I left alotof the unpackingundone. So, I still have sorting and arranging todoamonth after moving.Another item that Iwould like to give you someinformation on s Tom s back. Many people haveprayed for Tom and his back pain. Foraboutoneyearnow, Tom has been having back pain. Hehad beenunder a doctor s care during this time, but hewasunable to determine the cause of the pain. He finallywent to a back specialist. Theydid anMRI and foundout that he has a degenerative discin the lowerlumbar region (the lower back). The doctors said that

hewas a bit young to be having this problem, but thatit w a sn t u nh e ar d oTom had been exercising regularly, so this is probablywhyhe didn t have problems earlier. (He played soccerwith some high school kids at campwhen someonetripped him, and he landed hard. This iswhen hestarted feeling the pain.) The doctor told him that hehadvery good back muscles, and, with regular exercise,he should be able to live withoutmuchpain, avoidingan operation. He feels much better.I would like to update youon thechurch s cell groups.Westartedthe groups in October; theywere goingvery well. InJanuary, we decided to change the groupsaround to make thema littlemore even. They havebeen awonderful source of learning andencouragement. The people love to get together, laugh, study,eat, and fellowship. Thank you for praying foryourbrothers and sisters inChrist inEngland.p u r new address is:

T o m an d D e bb i e F o us t2 2 M e l bo u rn e R o adS i d e m o o rBromsgrove, WorcestershireB61 8 PE E N G L A N D

Our phone number, also, has been changed byontnumber: 011 44 1527 832272. ^Thanks again for your prayers concerning ourhouse.Love,

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Autumn Angela. David. Tom Debbie. Samuel

Tom DEBBE FOUST22 Melbourne Road Sidemoor Bromsgrove

Worcestershire B 6l 8PE England

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September 1995TH E WATER HOLES HAVEALL DRIED UPAN D WE HAVEN T SEEN AN Y BUFFALO INW E E K SThis summer has been the warmest driest summersince 1727, which is when they started keepingweather records inGreat Britain. Temperatures havebeen in the 80s and higher since June. The Englishll have tans Of course, we are also having grass firesandhosepipe (garden hose) bans. We have ticenadvantage of the weather by going to the park oroutto the back yard to play or to sunbathe every chancewe get. We have had several cookouts and enjoyedgood fellowship. We are having a true summer andthoroughly enjoy it.I apologize for the length of time it has been since mylast prayer newsletter. We have been very busy andhave had a lot ofcompany, so Iwill try to fill you inona few of the things that have been happening.M R H

The majorevent in March: our carwasstolen. It wasin the parking lot of the leisure centerwhere Tomexercises. Hehad torun into town for aquick errandbefore going in to exercise; when he came back, hecouldn t find the car. Hequickly made a few checksto make sure that I didn t have it and that it hadn tbeen towed away, then he reported the theft to thepoHce. We went for a month without a car. Thepolice recovered it, and, after major repairs, w gotth e ca r backBecause we had towalk or depend on rides fromothers whereverwewent I was thankful that we livedclose to town and the church. Thank you for your

prayers and financial support thathelped to pay forrepairs to the car.A P R I L

April always brings a bright note into England. Theclocks go forward one hour which meanswe haveone extra hour ofdaylight in theevening. After along, dark winter, this is awelcome sight.Easter is also a bright spotinApril. Tom was asked todoan Easter program for theSidemoor FirstSchool.We di d a little skit for the children that includedHarvey and Zelda from Skituations. The childrenenjoyed themselves and To m and I had a fun timegetting to act like children for a fewminutes.Tomwas also invited to preach atAll Saints ChurchofEngland for the Bromsgrove community Good

CMF-GreatBritain Team Retreat 1995: (back row) TimAho,LarryKineman Rebecca Michael Ruth Walls, DebbieKineman Kirsten, Will Walls, TammyAho Andrew,Debbie, Tom, Minnie Phillips, Woody Phillips, Teresa Fittro;(front row) Samuel, DavidFittro NathanaeU Aaron Lincoln,Autumn Jessica Aho, Angela, Diane Lincoln, andDavid.


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Friday worship service. Itw s good to worship withpeople from nearly of the congregations inBromsgrove.The week after Easter is also the time when we haveour annual CMF-Great Britain Field Team Retreat.At the retreat this year, we welcomed new teammatesWill and Ruth Walls. We are excited to add thiscouple to our team as they bring a much-neededdimension. Will has a counseling background andyears of experience working with churches. Also atthe retreat, we were honored with the presence ofWoody and Minnie Phillips who spoke and sharedtheir wisdom with us. Our family was able to enjoytheir company fora few days after the retreat.MAY

May is always filledwith color as the flowers are infull bloom. Along with the new life that the earthbroughtforth, we welcomed several people into newlife with Christ. On May 14,1995, Ryan Taibert,ColinYoung, and Michael Kineman were allbaptized. Also, on May 21, 1995, Phil and CathyDrabble placed theirmembership with theBromsgrove Christian Church. Please keep thesepeople in yourprayers.

BaptismofRyan Taibert.

JUNEAlmost overnight, our weather in England went fromtemperaturesin the 60s to temperatures in the 80s. Iwas sure that after just the first few days, we would goback to our good ole English weather. But, it didn thappen. We crammed a whole summer s worth ofactivities into one weekbecause that is all the longeryou can guarantee beautiftil weather here. I guessGod must have taken me seriouslywhen I asked formore that beautiful weather I have not failed tothank Him daily for the sunshine. I just wish I could

bottle some and keep it for the long winter ahead.) InJune, we said goodbye to Angela and her friend KateAllardice as they headed forAmerica.JULYIn July, we welcomed the Christ inYouth CIY)group, awonderful group ofyoung people led bySteve Sigler and Brenda Hawkins who came over andhelped us. They did many things for us. They startedoutby helping us do some much-needed cleaningaround thechurch building, which had not hadagood spring cleaning since ourarrival three years ago.They also painted some children s chairs andrefinished some children s tables. The Three-to-Five-year-old Sunday School class now fights over who getstositin the two silver chairs As the group waspainting-thcm, they-alMaugked-and-said there-weuWprobably be arguments over whogot those chairs.Theirprediction came true. The bad partisthatourson Samuel is usually the oneyelling the loudest forone of the silver chairs. He has had a lot ofpractice infighting with his oldersiblings to getwhat hewants.TheCIY group also helped us do aHoliday BibleClub HBC is like VBS). We had a tremendousturnout with a total of 54 difi^erent childrenattending, ranging in ages from two to ten. SundaySchool averages 20 on Sunday mornings with thesesameagegroups. A couple of families beganworshiping with us because ofHBC. Please keepthese people in yourprayers.

The Bromsgrove youthgatheredfar afun night.

Also in July, wehad a couple of special visitors. JackBallard, who wastraveling back from Zimbabwe aftervisiting his brother, stopped in England to visit us.Jack is from Evergreen, Colorado, but we met Jack in


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Norfolk Nebraska where his son Jeff attendedNebraska Christian College. Wehada good visitwithJack; I put him to workdoing repairs around thehouse. Wedid let him gosightseeing someOur other visitors were Jim and Sandy Garrison fromBethanyChristian Church in Anderson Indiana. Itwas wonderful to visit with the Garrisons and to show

them around the beautiful country ofEngland.F MILY

Our family s doing fine. As I said earlier we enjoyedthe weather this summer and took advantage ofit asmuch s possible. Angela was inAmerica for sevenweeks andhada wonderful time. I hope some of youwere able to see andvisit with her. We are glad tohave herback with us chough. School beganSeptember 5 andwe have been trying to geteverything together for that. Life is not so quiet at themom nt

We aremaking plans for our furlough nextyear. Weplan to be in the States sometime in the summer of1996 and will be in contact with you assoon asourplans become more definite.PR ISESThank G od with us for: Angela s safety in her travels. New families in attendance at Bromsgrove church. Baptisms of Ryan Colin and Michael. The Drabbles placing theirmembership withBromsgrove Christian Church.REQUESTSPray with us for: Ryan Talbert ColinYoung and Michael Kinemanall recently baptized. Angela Autumn and David as they begin school. Tom and I as we begin to plan for our furlough.

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Autumn.Angela. David, Tom,Debbie, Samuel

Tom DEBBIE FOUST22 Melbourne Road Sidemoor, Bromsgrove

Worcestershire B61 8PE England

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Twelve youth, four sponsors, and Samuel attended theretreat. Although Samuel was the group smascot, theboys {lads) in the youth group decided that Samuelwas bigenough to run aroundwith them. Theyofficially made him a lad The young people hadawonderful time as they ate, sang,worshiped, andplayed. Thiswas the first majorevent that internsCyndiVest and Michelle Kakac led. They did awonderful job.The Bible Studycontinues to meeton Thursdaynights at our house, averaging about 14youthwithtimesof twenty-two in attendance. Weare verypleased with the growth of thisgroup. They listenintentlyand take notes on what issaid so theycan beprepared to tell otherswhen needed.An example of this is found in a younggirl named

Allie Louch She ha s been

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D ecember 995Dear Friends,I would like to take this opportunity to bring youup-to-date on a specific group within theBromsgroveChristian Church: the Youth Bible Study. A lot hasbeen happening with this group.This study started inJanuary1993, initially attendedbysixyouth plusTom,who led the group. They havemet from that date to thepresent onThursday nightsat 7 p.m. They have been involved in many excitingactivities: retreats, camps, bike rides, concerts,stringed orchestras, overnighters, and parties forEVERY imaginable thing These activities have beenvery helpful in cementing their relationships with oneanother, as well asstrengthening them spiritually.On October 20-22, they went on their third annualfall retreat up north to

needed because of the The Youth Bible Study Septembicoming of the industrial from left; Joel is secondfrom the >age. The buildingmusth av e b ee n b ea ut if ul whenit was first built, but went into disrepair as attendancestarted to drop.About ten years ago, the church was no longer able tokeep up the building. A coven ofwitches found outthat the buildingwas for sale and got the cashtogether to pay for the building in full. The people ofthe village found out that thewitches had the moneyto purchase the building andgot together to try andstop it. Therewas one manwhowas so concernedthat he took hispension and life savings to pay for thebuilding. This action kept the buildingout of thehands of the witches. The village was then able toapplyfor grants; with thismoney, they restored thebuilding and turned it into a retreat center.

The Youth Bible Study, September 1995- Allie isin thefront row, thirdfrom left;Joelissecondfrom therightontheback row.. Uie isin thefront row third Several students visitedthe back row. the Union one night anddiscussed the subject ofbaptismwhether theythought itwas necessary or not. After theothers hadput in their two cents worth,Allie could stand it nolonger. She spoke upand told them the biblicalreasons for baptism andwhere to find those verses.The group got very quietafter that, thenwent on toother things. She was very pleased at being able tobackupwhat she saidwith Scripture.

JoelMarshallis another person in the YouthBibleStudy. He has been able to share his faith at schooland started bringing anotheryoungman from schoolwith him to BibleStudy. It iswonderful to watch ouryouth grow in their relationship with Christ and toshare it with others


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Since we arrived in England, 11 youth have beenbaptized: JerryCline, Rebecca Crane, Richard Crane,Mark Ingram, Lucy Matthews, David Gappy)Godwin, KateAllardice, Joanne Allardice Banner, JoelMarshall, ClifF Cox, Ryan Talbert. Please keep themand the other Bromsgrove youth in your prayers.S O M E N EW S F RO M T H E H O M E F R O N TOur family isalldoingwell. Tom isbusy finishing hisPh.D. That means that all the rest of us are trying tostayout of hiswayso that hecan have peace andquiet. Wearenot always successfulAngelanow has her learners permit and has taken tothe road. Learning to drive in a manual shift is muchharder than learningto drive an automatic. Since theschools do not teach drivers education asa class, I goout withAngela forone hour, three times a week. Sheisdoingvery well. Wewill give her lessons withaninstructor aswell. Since thiscan beveryexpensive,though, wedecided to do some of the lessonsourselves.

Autumn David, and Samuel are all fine. Schoolkeeps Autumn and David busyas the work loadincreases with eachyear. Samuel is having a goodtimelearning to play Nintendo. He and I playtogether, and he is almost as goodas me. I guess thatjust about sumsup myNintendo ability.

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T om and D e bb ie FoustChristian Missionary FellowshipP.O. BOX 501020

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PRAYER REQUESTSPray for: The youth ofBromsgrove Church, that theymightcontinue to growin their relationships with Christ. Allie Louchasshe adjusts to life at the University. Joel Marshall as he continues to share his faith at

school. Tom as he f inishes his Ph.D. The restof the family aswe attempt to keepsane

u nt il t he Ph.D. is done.Love,

Debbie FoustP.S. Our car was stolen on November 23 1995Thanksgiving Day ), for the SECOND timein justeightmonths. It was found on November 30, 1995oneweeklater . The car isnow in the shop beingrepaired. Please keep us in your prayers aswe needextrameasures of patience, strength as wedo morewalking), and understanding. Thanks

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