Dave Guiles (center), executive director of Grace Brethren International Missions, is the convener for the CHARIS leadership gathering being held at Chateau St. Albain in France this week. Monday consisted of reports from Grace Brethren fellowships in all parts of the world regarding what progress has been made in implementing the Commitment to Common Mission document generated at the CHARIS gathering in Bad Homburg, Germany, in 2008. Monday evening’s meetings closed with prayer groups in three languages–English, Spanish, and French–for God’s direction on the remainder of the conference.