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8/2/2019 April 2012 Prayer Letter
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Reach Europe. Change the world.gemission.org
APRIL 2012 Mark & Marti Mylin
Neighborhood Bible study groupsIn our last letter I wrote about our goal to equip someone in each group to lead meetings and look out for the
welfare of group members. Mark has spoken to two men about taking on this responsibility. One said “no”, but Mark will
try to meet with him to pray for group members anyway, hoping that he will begin to see that God can use him to help
others grow in faith and life in Christ. The second man said he’d think about it. He has never had a leadership position in
the church but already serves many church members in a quiet way, especially the elderly and widows. Please pray
that God would put it on the heart of these two men to care for these groups. Pray that Mark would be effective in
passing on the skills and attitudes important for this kind of leadership.
The new group we launched in January, meeting in our home, is off to a good start. One couple has been inviting
a neighbor couple to come. At our most recent meeting, they showed up! They dove right into our discussion of the
Gospel of Mark. Pray that God would work faith in the hearts and minds of those who come to read and study the
Bible.
March & April TravelsAt the beginning of March, Mark attended our church’s national assembly meetings.
He is now an “official” pastor in the denomination and so was able to participate actively.
While Mark was in meetings, I visited the ancient city of Nîmes, which was an important
Roman trade center for two hundred years. The
eroding stone columns of the Maison Carrée in center
city made me think of the eroding foundations of the
Church here in France. Without Jesus Christ as its solid
foundation, the Church has been slowly eroding over
the last couple of centuries. Pray that God would
strengthen the foundations of his Church in France,
that Christ and the gospel would once again become
central.
From Nîmes, we drove north of Paris where Mark finished the third of
five leadership training sessions for GEM France. While Mark studied, I cooked
for the group of 11. A week after our return to Montauban, I flew back to Paris
for a week-long training for women in “Discovery Bible Study”. The techniques
were not new, having taught them myself many years ago as an Inter Varsity
Christian Fellowship staff member. What was new was doing it in French,
learning how to communicate and train in a French context. I hope to
eventually bring this training to Southwest France, making it accessible to a
larger audience.
This month, Mark will be away again for a week to attend a Reformed
pastors’ conference near Lyon (6 hours east) and to visit a colleague nearby. Pray that Mark might be an
encouragement to the many faithful but isolated pastors he will encounter in the weeks to come.
Thank you for your support and encouragement in Christ,
Marti Mylin
Serving with Greater Europe Mission, 18950 Base Camp Road, Monument CO 80132 1800-436-4488