To my helpers in mission,
Mission Report March 6, 2025. Athis-Mons, FRANCE

1. 11 Cor 9 :11-12. The financial gifts given cause joy to the missionary and his needs are met and they cause thanksgiving to God.

2. My Ministry:
a. Tract distribution.  End of year & beginning of year Bible calendars.

1) As I walk. Sometimes people stop to talk.  At bus stops people take.

2) In a store, in my bank, In front of a train station.  The street of my bank runs into a train station: Juvisy sur Orge. I have lived in my one room apartment for 22 years.

3) Free libraries: leave a book-take a book.  Near me there are 4. I recently left a calendar with a verse for a day and two calendars one for age 3-7 the other 8-12.   Shortly after I offered to a mother with 2 sons.  They had just taken from the free library.  By a free library nearby the cemetery of my town, I offered a tract and the man was a Jew.  Some years ago, I had a similar encounter with a Jew at the same place.  I often pass the entrance to the cemetery to offer those going in or coming out. Recently two men were near a Free Library.  They were willing to talk.  One asked prayer for his sister’s young son who had a blood disease. Roman is the name of the sick child. Recently at the same free box I met a man from Moldova-MD who did not know French of English.  In MD there are 2 main languages: Romanian & Russian.  I had a Romain gospel of Luke. 

4) There are several schools near my apartment.  The young children are often with their mothers and most of them are Muslims, and they take tracts.

b. The poster boards for Bible messages.   I want to return to this ministry.

c. In my town Athis-Mons there are two sport areas and there I meet people, and I have through the years had good conversations, mostly with Muslims.  

3. My local church:

a. They help me when I need their help.  The present pastor Leon Mondesir graduated from a French Independent Baptist Bible school. We recently baptized 6. 
  
4. Prayer requests 

a. Driving.  I do not drive at night. - eyesight

b. Resident visa renewal for France. Due to my own negligence, I missed the first 3 tries.  The visa has been given but presently it is temporary for 6 months. When the permanent card which is good for 10 years is ready, I will be notified.

c. I am 83.  What is my future? Pastor Andrew & Sephora Livingston ministering in France invited  me to be with them when I can no longer care for myself.

d. Health: enlarged aorta that must be checked each year, swollen prostate since 1990, I am spitting up blood for 6 months, which is being checked, dental care.

Bible teaching 2 groups of widows in Kenya continues. (See Image Below)
On March 29 the leader Br Fred will have the 3 groups of widows, and the church founded after we started weekly meetings with the widows.  Fred is expecting at least 150 widows for this meeting.

Response to my book on fasting would be appreciated.  Your prayer and financial support are appreciated.

Michael David Bentley 
Isaiah 58

Widows lining up for fertilizer?
I buy fertilizer for them at plowing time.  When they plow they put on fertilizer?