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giBBEC CHRlSTiaM MISSI( NEWS- MAX, 1968 'Miss iona r i e s ;
Joan Marc Methot
Hon r i Moreau
In March, 1968, on his thifjd trip to the U. S., Brother Joan
lfe[rc Methot and histraveling companion, George Bourbonnais,
traveled through several states. Beginning on March 3i Bro, Methot
spoke to churches and Bible colleges in Ohio, Indiana,Kansas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Il l inois, spent throe days at a missionary
rally inOlney, 111, ^diere he was one of the principal speakers,
and returned to Indiana onMarch 30th. Both men were quite weary and
Bro. Methot was suffering with a severecold. In spite of that, he
spoke on Sunday morning, then he, George, and the QuebecMission
committee met for a pitch-in dinner, a business meeting and
discussion of theQuebec work for the ba lanc e o f the afternoon.
In the evening, Mr, Methot spoke a tthe Cumberland, Ind. Christian
Church, where he was well received, and on Monday,af ter a vis i t
to t he doc to r, he started h is retu rn tr ip home.Following are
excerpts from Bro. Methot's report dated April 1^:"Dear Christian
Friends: I9m sorry to be so late in giving you some news. First
ofall , I must say how I did enjoy my itinerary throughout the
Christian churches or theChurches of Christ I was privileged to
visit during the month of March in the U.S.A.1 met hundreds of
Christians really concerned about the French work in Canada. Ihope
to be in a position to keep them duly posted or informed through a
regular newslet ter concerning our activities on tho missionary
field.When I got home, a long distance call from Quebec City
reached us that my oldestbrother, Maurice, had been trapped under
his t ractor for 12 hours on Tuesday, April2 from 8 A.M. t i l l
8:15 P.M. in a creek. The tractor fe l l over him and he was
caughtin under i t , in the cold water up to the ears. When he was
found at night ho washalf frozen, but s t i l l alive. He was taken
to the hospital at 4rthabaska in an emergency. And i t took a
couple of days to unfreeze him. Then, he was able to recognizethose
who vis i ted him but unable to hold a conversat ion.Finally, after
some days of terr ible s^fering, he passed away on Sunday
afternoon,April 7, by 3 P.M. He was 6l He is leaving belund a wife
and 3 children, all ofthem R, Cs.Now, here are some more
interesting news that are going to be a blessing to yourhea r t
;
w '(1) We did begin to hold scane meetings in Lachute on Sunday;
this implies the Lord'sSupper, o f c ou rs e.
(2) We are going to arrange to have seme meetings in Montebello
and Thurso.(3) We are going to resume our door-to-door vis itat ion
this week following Easter.This means tha t we11 have to make about
400 and 500 miles per week.(^) On April 13, 1968 we were most happy
to attend the ordination service of ourbrother, Henri Moreau, the
minister of th e Poin t St. Charles Fir s t Christ ianChurch. About
100 people were in attendance. I t took place in Montreal, Que.(5)
We are expecting for some time in May a young couple from Moberly,
Mo. I metthis young man at Moberly Bible College when I spoke out
there on March 5 1968.He is a student and a convert fi-om Romanism.
We had supper at their home ands tayed overnight. We had a real
good time with them. They have a l i t t l e boy.This couple plans
to come up and evangelize the English-speaking peqple of this
part of Canada-for a couple of months7~^They plan t o r ^W" th
ei r o ^ ^ppoH^,^ "We have a larger missionary field for them. I t
' s Mr. and Mrs. David DeVild^r,423 McKiiiley, Moberly, Missouri
65270.We also have another couple interested in coming up this way
by next June. I t ' sand Mrs, George Griff. Right now they a re s
ta tioned at Cardin, Okla. I metthem on March 14 and 15 when I
spoke there, George Bourboxitiais and I had a goodtime with them.
Mr. Griff i s a student a t Ozark Bible College. I t was a
realblessing to witness their official dedication to the Lwrd's
work during MissionsEmphasis Week at Ozark Bible College, Joplin,
Mo. For i t was really challengingto see Mr. Griff, his wife and
Mr. Geo. Bourbonnais going forward to dedicatethemselves to the
Lord's missionary work. Mr. and Mrs. Griff are ministering tothe
Christian Church of Cardin, Ckla., 7^335 (P.O. Box 428.) They have
a nicel i t t le gir l . They are a lso rai sing their own
support.
In closing, I like to mention this as a challenging appeal to
the American ChristiansQuebec, the very heart of French Canada, was
fo\inded by Chait5)lain in l608. This is360 years ago. Quebec was
next floor t^o theaU.S.A. where there are thousands of
Bible,believing Christians who are living under very good
conditions, both spiritually and
