Al & N!cole Fer!a serve with Internat!onal Te@ms in Paris, France.  Al first settled in France in 1988 and Nicole in 1996.  Al is co-team leader of ITeams’ Paris Arts Min!stry Team.  This team is in partnership with the French association “La Fonde!e,” (www.lafonderie.org) a min!stry to artists in Paris and beyond.  La Fonder!e runs an arts center in central Paris called “Le Pavé d’Orsay” (www.lepavedorsay.org).  Al is part of la Fonder!e overall leadership team.  He has been responsible for its overall communication, as well as short-term intern and team program.  Some events are for the disc!pleship of artists and those in creative professions and who are already followers of Chr!st.  Other events are relationship building ones with artists and art lovers who aren’t yet followers of Christ.

Al also organizes and coordinates short-term internships, teams, and Paris ministry immersion experiences in Paris.  He also helps with some one-time, city-wide and nation-wide ministry projects, like Passion Paris on June 3, 2008 with Louie Giglio, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, and the David Crowder Band.

Nicole’s primary ministry at this stage is being a full-time homemaker.  She keeps busy keeping Joel, Emma, and Elizabeth clean, fed, clothed, and on-time to school.  In the course of this, she develops many contacts with children, parents, and others in our neighborhood.  She offers hospitality to neighbors from near and far, both in our home, as well as outside of it.  Our children also have opened the door to many relationships in Paris.  They are an integral part of our overall ministry, as the French love children.

To learn more, check out our web site at http://al.feria.free.fr or blog http://justwalkacrosstheroom.blogspot.com.  We’re also on Facebook at “Alfonso Feria.”