New missionary called from Street ministry

Many of you know that we have supported Jeff and Tonda Street and their family as they minister to the French speaking communities throughout Quebec and in their summer mission projects around the world.

I received the following email from Jeff and thought I would pass it along to all of you so that you know that God is at work in the missions we are supporting and so that you can pray specifically for Christina.


Greetings from Quebec!
I want to thank each of you for your continued prayers for our ministry and take a few minutes to tell you more about one of the young people from our youth group.

Below you’ll see a picture of Christina. She is 19 years old. She is the youngest of 5 children from a christian family, however the 3 oldest children are not believers.

It has been exciting to see how Christina has grown spiritually over the years. We met her when we came to Quebec in 1997 to start learning French. She was a member of our first youth group and participated in our first overseas trip in 2000 (to the France & The Czech Republic). It was during this trip while distributing copies of the “Jesus” film and inviting children to attend our VBS in Toulouse, France that she was attacked by a muslim teenage girl who kicked her in the stomach. I’ll never forget as I walked her away, crying, from where she’d been kicked I asked her, “Are you ok?” Her response? “Yes, I’m not crying because I’m hurt; I’m crying because I want to hit that girl back, but I know that’s not what God would want me to do!” Later that day the same muslim girl returned and asked our group for a copy of the “Jesus” film. I’m convinced that that girl had already seen a little bit of Jesus in Christina and wanted to see more.

After finishing high school in in 2003 we helped Christina organize a year in Brazil to attend the Word of Life Bible Institute in Belem. While there, God did great things in her life, including calling her to full-time missions. Today she is going to college back here in Quebec City and preparing for how God will lead her into full-time ministry. She is also our most faithful attendee at our monthly prayer meeting for world missions.

Please pray for her as she goes about her studies here. Her older siblings discourage her from serving the Lord and the vast majority of her college professors are atheists and antagonistic towards spiritual things. Also, please pray for her ministry in her local church as she is heavily involved in the children’s ministry. Lastly, please pray for direction to where the Lord wants her to minister in full-time missions.

Thanks for your participation in Christina’s life!

Blessings!
Jeff (& Tonda) Street