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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