Jerry and Zoobi Jones have big plans for an old convent school in France.
By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle
LA CHAPELLE AU RIBOUL, France — When nuns listed a vacant Catholic girls’ school for sale in this sleepy French village in 2017, American Jerry Jones saw an opportunity to expand Christian influence and higher education in Europe.
But his British wife, Zoobi Jones, gave a quick, succinct reply to his suggestion that the couple use their savings to buy La Maison de Perrine — “The House of Perrine” in English.
“No,” she said.
Undeterred, Jerry — a longtime minister for Churches of Christ in England and California — brought God into the conversation.
“Don’t you think we should pray about it?” he asked.
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How could she say no to that?
“We did pray,” Zoobi recalled in an interview with The Christian Chronicle.
“And I was saying, ‘Please, Lord, don’t let this happen.’ And he was saying, ‘Please, Lord, if it’s your will, let this happen.’”
This wasn’t the first time the Joneses found themselves on different pages.
This story appears in the January print edition of The Christian Chronicle.
Photo by Bobby Ross Jr.
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