Noah’s Nice, France Update

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99 sake, not only to be-
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called lieve in Him, but also
to suffer for His sake,
to go out to the place which he would receive experiencing the same
conflict which you saw
as an inheritance. And he went out, not in me, and now hear
knowing where he was going. to be in me.

Last Weeks of
AUGUST.
August 15th / BACK TO FRANCE:
My return to France was a smooth but quick en-
trance. I arrived on the 15th of August and I
immediately had a visitor. His name was Powell.
Powell was refreshing! I had been kinda scared to
return to France and he helped to remind me
what it was all about. Thanks Powell for coming The Castle: Millstatt, Austria
and visiting! Kate arrived the next day and there
we were back in France together after being apart
most of the summer.

August 18th / DATE OF BIRTH:

That Saturday I celebrated 26 years of being
alive and would have to say that I have been a
blessed man. I have got to see and experience
many places/things for how young I am. I spent David Downs riding the town lion The Castle
my birthday on the beach and like many pon-
dered about the year I had just finished, and The castle in Austria
wondered what was to come.
was a refreshing time
to meet with other
August 19th - 24th / MISSIONARY CONFERENCE: missionaries from all
The next day after church Pierre, Nancy, Jeni, over western Europe
Kate, and I all piled in to the car and made our and get to fellowship
way to Austria. Once a year there is a missionary and share stories of
conference there in the small town of Millstatt
what God is doing!
located in the Alps of Austria.

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If your going to get married you might as well do it in a castle
MISSIONS CONFERENCE continued:
At the castle we met many other missionar-
ies from all over western Europe. For me
especially it was a great blessing to hangout
with about thirteen other young men like
me scattered through out Europe serving
and answering the call that God has placed
in there lives. We had great speakers, but
the one that stuck out to me the most was
the pastor from Boise Idaho, Bob Caldwell.
He spoke a few times and all the messages
seem to pierce through me and challenge
my spiritual state as well as my attitude
about certain situations. All in all we had a
very blessed time and a great start to a new
year of serving in France.
GERMAN WEDDING:
After the conference we headed to Ger-
many where two friends of ours from Nice
were going to be getting married. They
both met and served in Nice with a mis-
sionary couple from Switzerland and now
were tying the knot the way Germans do
best.
A German wedding is a sight to see
and for those who have never experienced
a wedding outside of the normal American
wedding there is a lot to take in. The wed-
ding started about 3 p.m. and would last
into the next day. The ceremony was beau-
tifully set in an old castle on a hill top
where the stage was set simply for the king
and queen of the day. One of the best
parts about the ceremony is that the bride
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King Manu and Queen Esther
And Jabez called on
and groom get to sit down for the major- the God of Israel say-
ity of the time. There of course was some ing, “Oh, that You
worship music, special songs, a small mes- would bless me in-
sage and the legal side of things. But it was deed, and enlarge my
the vows that really struck me. They actu-
territory, that Your
ally had them. They actually took the time
to write something special and then to re-
hand would be with
cite them one to another. This is an art that me, and that You
seems to be foreign now in weddings in the would keep me from
States. evil, that I may not
After the ceremony there were bev- cause pain!”
erages along with delightful German baked
goods on the grassy lawn next to the castle.
Following that everyone got in their cars
and honked there horns while driving
closely behind the king and queen to the
reception hall. Here there were tables of
drinks and even bigger tables of food. Eve-
ryone ate and drank and were completely
marry far in to the night. There were skits,
games, special music, and dancing. The
whole evening reminded me of the first
miracle recorded in the gospels. Jesus was
at a wedding, which back then could last
up to a week, and they ran out of wine,
this being an important part of the cele-
bration Jesus went ahead and turned water
into wine so that the celebration could
continue. Well the Germans did not run
out of beer at this wedding, but Jesus was
defiantly there pouring out his blessing on Kate and I borrowing the wedding car
this wonderful for a few pics.
celebration.
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There has been many things go-
Michael and Nathaniel sun bathing.
Brother Yann enjoying the slide
Jeni and Eddy enjoying Italy’s fine coffee
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PICNIC:
Every now and then we as a church have
an after service picnic at a nearby park.
Its always full of good food, desserts,
sports, and conversations. Our last one
was especially fun because we got to see
a dear friend that had been in the hospi-
tal since the beginning of the summer.
Please pray that the Lord would con-
tinue to heal Craig.
FRENCH CLASS:
Well I first have to start off by saying
thanks for all yours prayers in the lan-
guage department. I have been improv-
ing. This September will mark my third
semester in the language school here in
Nice. Every semester they test you to see
what level you are going to be placed in
to. There are six levels in the program
and last year I completed level one and
two. So naturally after six weeks in the
states and not using my French while
home I thought that I was going to
maybe move up to the third level or even
have to do the second one again. But
boy was I surprised when looking at the
placement test results to see my name on
the level four list. Its amazing what our
brains can remember! Praise God and
thanks for your prayers! Keep praying
that I would continue to progress in the
language.
DEPRESSION HITS:
Before I even left for France a strange
depression began to make its self in to
my head. For the entire month of
September I seemed to be stuck
in this vegetable state. My mind
felt like mush and I couldn’t
seem to focus on anything. I
was constantly beating myself
up, and when I realised
that I was doing that I
then began to beat myself
up for beating myself up.
It seemed like an endless
cycle. I decided to
read the Psalms and
Proverbs in the Bible
and so everyday I did that, Ventimiglia Italy
but it didn’t seem to help.
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I would read of the hard times of David
and would find great similarities in the
way I felt, but at the end of each Psalm
it was if I was forcing myself to simply
say praise the Lord.
ing on this last month that I think made
it harder and harder for me to really
praise the Lord. I had a difficult time
choosing an apartment, roles and things
are changing here in the church, finan-
cially I am at a place I have never been
at. I am totally dependant at this point
on the generosity of you guys, and that
is a very humbling place for me, I broke
a rib just before leaving for France, and
also Kate and I’s relationship has been
back and forth like a ship in the middle
of a storm. It was if it all came at once,
and I didn’t see it coming so I have been
getting hit hard.
It seems that my time with God
has been bad as well, funny how all that
is connected. I feel so distant right now
and I ask for your prayers. For a renew-
ing of my mind and refreshing of the
Spirit. I know right now is a great time
of testing and
refining in my
life and that is
when the Lord
is transforming
us and building
character, so for
that I thank the
Lord!
Noah Beumer
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Personal Prayer Support:

• That I would daily seek the Lord and His I believe that the Lord
will for my life, for His joy, to know Him bet- uses the entire body to
ter and that I would live to please the Fa- work and minister and thus
ther and Him alone.
the entire body is blessed
• For my language skills
when it comes together for
• That I could be a light to my non believing
friends and classmates here. the sake of the gospel. I
• For a passion for God’s Word and a heart would like to ask each one
for His people. of you to first earnestly
• Focus & unity amongst the group serving pray for the work being
in the church done out here in France
and for the hearts of the
people in the country of
Financial Support: France. Second, I would
W ou ld y ou plea se pra y erf u lly consi der su pporti ng m e a n d ask that you prayerfully
th e work i n Fra nce b y ei th er a one ti m e gi f t or b y a f a i th f u l consider supporting the
m onth ly com m i tm ent of ;! $ 2 0 / $ 5 0 / $ 1 0 0 / or Oth er. work done out here
through a one time or
Plea se a ddress & send ch eck or m oney order to:
monthly gift/donation. It
! N oa h Be ume r costs me about $1000 to be
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You m a y a lso send su pport v i a Pa y Pa l i f th a t i s m ore con- study the language in
v eni ent f or y ou to m y em a i l a ddress (noa h b eu m er@ gm a i l. com ) France on a monthly basis.
With your faithful support
I am then able to focus my
Thank You! time on the ministry that
God has me doing in
Th a nks to a ll wh o a re su pporti ng m e a nd th e work th a t th e
France.
Lord h a s a sked m e to do ou t h ere i n Fra nce. It i s b y th e
gra ce of God a nd you r contri b u ti ons th a t I a m a bl e to
sta y a nd serv e h ere. I th a nk God
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