- Serge and
Sandra Nadeau (Joshua, Adam)
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Commended from: Kearny Bible Chapel, Kearny, NJ '99
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September
30, 2005
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We
will be going on furlough
shortly (notice the change of address at the top of this letter).
Sandy and I are very tired. Please pray for us.
News
from Centro
Bíblico, the assembly where we fellowship: they
are very sad that we will be going on furlough.
Jorge and Elisabet
are getting married on the 15th. Henry
and Lisa Sardiña
are praying about coming back again in January. We would like them
to come back in the will of the Lord. Please pray as the enemy is
trying hard to destroy this small assembly where the Word of God
is preached faithfully. Bob Billings
is visiting from New Jersey and will be speaking on Sunday, the
9th of October.
The
prison ministry, has been going
very well. The weekly attendance, this year, has been between 12
and 26. The meetings last for two hours so there’s plenty of
time to do diverse activities. We start off with a time of
sharing, this is followed by a time of singing led by Reginaldo,
an inmate who brings a guitar, then I show part of an evangelistic
video, I usually make a few comments about it afterwards and ask
some questions, this is followed by our regular interactive Bible
study which I lead, we’re studying the gospel of John, verse by
verse (we previously did Romans), we end up with a short time of
prayer. I always bring lots of free evangelistic materials for
their use. Some of the men are very active during the week and
share those materials with other inmates who for various reasons
cannot or will not come to the meetings. This is not so easy, it
costs them a lot! Please pray for these brothers who face much
opposition on a weekly basis. Javier,
from the assembly,
will be taking over that ministry now that we’ll be away. Rogerio,
a brother from Brazil, has indicated that he would like to
help too.
Esteban
has completed all 35
Emmaus courses
in Spanish and will be receiving his certificate shortly.
He is the fifth man to have done too! The previous four were
prisoners at the jail. Three of them, Cesar
Julio, Raul,
and Mark
have been released. They are now working in other parts of Spain
and continue to grow in the Christian life.
Family
news: Josh,
21, has decided to stay in Spain to finish school. He is getting a
small apartment with Daniel, a friend of his to share expenses. We
will miss him greatly!
Please
keep us in your prayers,
Serge
& Sandy, Josh & Adam Nadeau
Romans
10: 9-17
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July
4th, 2005
Hi everybody, Happy 4th
of July!
Here's a thought from
today's Choice Gleanings Calendar:
For, lo, He that formeth the mountains…the Lord, The God of
Hosts, is His name. Amos 4:13.
The beauty and immensity of the Colorado mountains inspired
Katherine Bates to write the text for “America The
Beautiful.” She felt deeply about its message and said,
“We must match the greatness of our country...with personal
godly living”. Another patriot said, “The moral strength
of a nation rests upon the knees of God's people”. On this
Independence Day let us remember that our national dependence
upon God begins with individuals like you and me. —E. Dyck
O beautiful for pilgrim feet, whose stern impassioned stress,
A thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wilderness!
America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy
soul in self-control, thy liberty in law! —Katherine Lee
Bates
About
Centro Bíblico,
the small assembly in Valladolid where we fellowship: José
Antonio, a Spaniard recently saved,
has been baptized
and added into fellowship. His wife, Luisa,
had patiently and prayerfully waited for over a decade for his
salvation. Rogerio
and Kátia,
a lovely Brazilian young Christian couple, have been received
into fellowship too as have Javier
and Belén,
a middle-aged Spanish couple. Carlos and Rocío have sadly
decided, after a quick look at the assembly, to go and worship
somewhere else.
Henry
and Lisa
Sardiña have been in Spain since January and went
to Madrid yesterday afternoon as they are living for the
States tomorrow morning. We’ll all miss them greatly! They
and their family have been a tremendous encouragement for
us and the assembly. They’re praying about coming back in
January. We all hope they will! Later we’ll find out the
will of the Lord.
Please
pray for Betty,
Sandy’s mom, as she will be having knee replacement surgery
on July 7th. Sandy, a nurse, left last week to be
with her parents in New Jersey and help them through this
ordeal. We understand that the rehab will be very painful.
Josh, Adam and I have to make do without her until the middle
of August! Please, pray for us! Before leaving Sandy was able
to complete the Emmaus course:
Lecciones para la vida
cristiana (Lessons
for Christian Living) at the ladies’ meetings she started
and has been leading.
The
prison ministry, as usual, is
going very well. The weekly attendance this year has been
between 14 an 26. We’ve finished a verse by verse
study of Romans and are now on chapter 3 of John. Cesar
Julio, Raul,
and Anya
have completed all 35 Emmaus
courses that we have in Spanish
and have received their certificate.
Mark is almost done while Javier
and Esteban
have done more than half of them. They do them during the week
and I correct them later on. Franco,
a converted Jew and Emil,
a new Christian from Russia, have asked me to baptize them at
the jail. All three of us need to write letters to the warden
and ask his permission. Please pray! I have been writing
evangelistic articles in El
termómetro, the free monthly magazine at
the jail for a full year now!
God
bless you. Thank you for praying for us.
Serge,
Sandy, Josh, and Adam Nadeau
Romans
10: 9-17
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February
28, 2005
Hi
everyone,
Hope
you're doing well. Here is some news from Valladolid, Spain:
We’re
still meeting with José
Manuel and Josefina
several times per week. They’re a very religious couple with
whom we have had many good opportunities to witness to. Through
them we have also met their friends Jesús
and Ana and Jesús’
friend, Emilio. We are
also becoming good friends with all of them. Please pray for their
salvation!
Maya
finally called Sandy! They met and Sandy was so pleased to hear
that Maya had read all
of the evangelistic materials she had given her during the
Holidays. We had not heard from her since and Sandy thought she
might never hear from her again, instead they had a lovely meeting
and Maya had several questions about our faith in Christ. Pray!
Javier
and Belén are now
attending most meetings and have shown much interest. Belén even
has been coming to the weekly ladies’s Bible study that Sandy
has been leading. Pray that they’ll be asking for fellowhip into
the assembly shortly.
I’m
still writing articles for El
termómetro, the free magazine at the jail where I have
weekly meetings with the prisoners. Well over a thousand inmates
receive it besides the guards and administrative staff. The gospel
is clearly explained each time. I thank God for such an opportuniy!
Last week, 26 inmates
came to the meeting, a record! PTL Please pray for safety and
courage for Jawod, a Muslim,
who is seeking the true God. He is being persecuted for coming to
these meetings. He’s an avid reader and I have given him much
good, evangelical literature in Spanish, English, French, and
Arabic languages.
What
a blessing it has been for our family and
the assembly to have Henry
and Lisa Sardiña
with us for five weeks now! Three of their six children are here
too. It has been a pleasure to watch as they have all
embraced the Spanish culture! They’re working so hard to learn
Spanish too! Henry, of course, having been born in Cuba speaks it
fluently. He has been teaching extensively about New Testament
principles of gathering in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Everyone
is being blessed and is learning much too! DV they’ll be here
till July and are looking for guidance from the Lord beyond that
point. Pray!
This
winter, Valladolid has been hit hard with the flu, we all had it!
It has also been a much colder winter than normal! Valladolid is
infamous for being foggy and from November though January it was
foggier than London! We’re so thankful it’s over now! It's so
nice to see the sun again!
God
bless you and please
keep us in your prayers.
Serge
& Sandy, Josh & Adam Nadeau
Romans
10: 9-17
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November 25, 2004
Valladolid
,
Spain
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Dearest Friends, Family, and
Prayer Partners,
Happy
Thanksgiving!
As I am writing this letter, I realize
that all over America, people are celebrating Thanksgiving. What a
happy time of year this is as we give thanks to God for His
wonderful provisions, blessings, and mercies for all of us! It’s
also the time when families get together in sweet fellowship with
one another. How good is God to our country!
Here in Spain, it is not a
holiday and life goes on as usual. Both Josh and Adam have school
today and Sandy and I are going about our ministries. We will
however have a bit of a special meal on Sunday in between the Lord’s
Supper and the time I have to leave to go to the jail for my regular
meeting with the prisonners. We are so thankful to the Lord for the
privilege of serving Him here in Spain! Thank you also to all
of you that make it possible with your prayers and practical
fellowship.
As we look back on 2004, we have much
to thank our God for. Following are a few of the highlights of this
year.
So far this year alone, I have
corrected 94 Emmaus courses and 11 courses from
Everyday Publications, all in Spanish, of course!
We have had numerous meetings and get
togethers with many good contacts that we have made over the
years both here in Valladolid and in Palencia where we used to live.
As many as 18 men have attended
the weekly, two-hour meetings at the jail.
Thousands of tracts have been
distributed and much other evangelistic material too.
June 6th, D-Day, we
started to fellowship with and helped re-open Centro Bíblico, the
small assembly that had been closed for 15 months. There are now 12
adults in fellowship.
July: 1) We helped out the assembly in
Soria with a GLO team during their evangelistic campaign. 2)
I started a leadership training program at Centro Bíblico
that included three Spaniards. One of them, José Manuel, has grown
much and is showing signs that he will make a good elder in the
future. 3) My mom survived a heart attack!
August, we attended the european
assembly missionary conference in France.
September saw my first monthly article
in El termómetro, the magazine of the jail.
October and November, Sandy’s 18-day
visit to New Jersey, where she spoke at the Regional Ladies’
Missionary Conference held at our commending assembly in
Kearny. Please pray for the salvation of our neighbors
and dear friends, José Manuel and Josefina.
Serving the Lord Jesus
Christ in Spain for the glory of God,
Serge & Sandy, Josh & Adam Nadeau
Romans 10: 9-17
August 20, 2004
Valladolid
,
Spain
Dearest Friends, Family, and Prayer
Partners,
The jail ministry
is going very well. The weekly attendance has been very good (up to
18). I show a short video testimony or part of an evangelistic film.
We’re also doing an interactive study of Romans together. They have
many questions and comments. I give them Emmaus Bible Courses
to do during the week. After finishing their exams, I correct them
and make comments then return the exams to them the following
Sunday. César Julio has completed all 35 Spanish
courses! Therefore, he has received a certificate and a William
Macdonald New Testament Commentary in Spanish. He is now doing the
courses from Everyday Publications in Canada.
Since the last newsletter, the Lord has
led us to go help and fellowship with a tiny assembly that
had been closed for 15 months. We are thankful that on June 6th we
were able to help them reopen the building and that there are now
nine people in fellowship. Additionally, 7 children plus 4 teens and
a few adults come on Sundays. One mother, Pili, has been
teaching Sunday School. We have enjoyed and been blessed much during
the Lord’s Suppers. I have started a leadership program with three
men.
The Bible
studies with the gypsies will restart in September. Seeing
the changes in some of them over the years has been a real blessing
to us. In July, we helped out at an assembly in Soria, a
small town less than three hours away, with their
evangelistic campaign. A GLO team from the assemblies in
Scotland came with many young people from the UK.
Friendship
Evangelism is a large part of our ministry.
Sandy
meets regularly with several women. Some of the men I meet with are
Arabs from North Africa; many of them enjoy speaking French
with me. Other men like to practice their English. Most
conversations are with Spaniards or Latinos, though. We have a good
relationship with our sons’ friends and their parents too. We enjoy
meeting with them as we are able to.
Besides tract distribution, I’m also
offering much free literature: Bibles, New Testaments, Gospel
of John, calendars, books, booklets, Emmaus courses, and the Jesus
video & DVD. Thank you for your prayers and for making all of
this possible.
Serving the Lord Jesus
Christ in Spain for the glory of God,
Serge & Sandy, Josh & Adam Nadeau
Romans 10: 9-17
December
12, 2003
Valladolid
,
Spain
Dearest
Friends, Family, and Prayer Partners,
We spent most of the summer on furlough.
Because this was our first time back we felt we should
spend most of our time in
New Jersey
, our home
state. We also spent two weeks
in Canada
where Serge was
born. We saw his entire family, some relatives, and he spoke
at several assemblies in French, English, and even Spanish!
Sandra and I want to express our greatest appreciation
for all the loving kindness that
was shown to us during our visit by so many of you. We tried to
visit as many assemblies
as we could but obviously in such a short time it was not possible
to go to each one.
If we didn’t get to see you, please forgive us. DV next time
we’ll visit with you.
After a short period of readjustment, we’re back in the
swing of things. The jail
ministry
is going well. The attendance has been very good (about 10)
and we have seen many
blessings. The guys are so glad that I’m back! I started doing an
interactive study of
Romans with them. They love it and are really participating. What a
joy for me! Please pray
as many inmates are still not
allowed to come to these weekly meetings.
The Bible studies with the gypsies
have started again. This time we’re studying Proverbs.
Considering their lifestyle, I think this is a very important book
for them.
A brand new program for us is the free distribution of evangelistic
calendars. In
the past, we worked with an assembly in another town,
Palencia
. These include
daily
devotions,
stories, testimonies, etc. It can be a wonderful tool and we hope to
make many good
contacts through them.
We found a reputable printer, Felix, who printed 5,000
invitations. Then I made some
changes for a second batch of 10,000. I have been going door-to-door
and started to distribute
those also. Please pray that God
will truly bless this evangelistic campaign. We bought
200 calendars and we would love to have to get more! Of course, Felix,
who is not saved,
received the very first calendar!
Recently we bought hundred of Bibles, New Testaments, and
Gospels of John for free
distribution. I’m also looking to buy good tracts and other evangelistic
materials.
Serving
the Lord Jesus Christ in
Spain
for the glory
of God,
Serge
& Sandy, Josh & Adam Nadeau
Romans
10: 9-17
Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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