April 1, 2003

Dear Co-laborers, We hope this finds you enjoying the Lord's blessings. Your prayers, financial support and words of encouragement are a great source of blessings to us. During the past month we have had the blessing of beginning a new Bible Study which is progressing quite well. The other Bible studies, Sunday worship and youth meetings continue in an encouraging fashion.

To celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary, Judy and I took a five-day trip to London, England. We thoroughly enjoyed visiting many historical sites. At the British National Library we were able to see a copy of the Guttenberg Bible and many old copies of the Scriptures. There was one copy from the Gospel of John on papyrus from around 250 A. D. We also saw the Metropolitan Tabernacle where Charles H. Spurgeon preached.

What a joy it has been to have Judy as a teammate as well as a spouse for all of the years of our marriage. When I was living at home, my parents encouraged all of their children to pray for God to give them the spouse that He wanted us to have, if indeed, He wanted us to be married. The Lord has wonderfully answered that prayer for me. I would encourage all Christian young people reading this to pray seriously considering this matter.

During this month we also had the privilege of filling in for a Baptist missionary in the city of Montpelier. This is possible without interrupting our own work because Philip, our son, and his wife work with us. They, also, are sent out by Emmanuel Baptist Church of Evansville, IN. Philip works as a programming engineer for Motorola. In addition to meeting the needs of his family, this job also allows him to build relationships in which he can witness for the Lord. Working as a team enables us to have Sunday School classes, good music and contacts on many different fronts.

Keep up the good work where you are and continue praying for us.

Witnessing for Christ in France,

John and Judy Hatcher

Prayer Partners from many countries: France, New York, West Virginia and Kentucky