PRAYER LETTER November 2025
Christ the Incarnation – 2025 A Christmas Letter
Dear Prayer Partners,
“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.” Psalm 116:15
Much has happened since my June prayer letter. July 1 my close Israeli brother in Messiah Gideon Levytam went to be with his Messiah. We talked almost daily by phone, often in Hebrew. My church in France is praying for Brigite, originally from Martinique. She has cancer. Pastor Jean-Claude Relier who has cancer, embodies pulmonary or cancer in the lungs. His wife also has pancreas cancer. His church is in Vigneux, FR. He is in great danger. On October 6, 2025, fellow missionary Walter Streiff died. He & his wife Marie Christine have supported my ministry for years. Marie Christine has for years been active in the youth ministry of Oasis church in Olivet, FR, a suburb of Orleans. She made many Christian PowerPoint presentations for children. Guy Loiret of FR has supported my ministry since about 1996. His parents and brothers have been very active in Christian ministry in France. Their father died this October at the age of 97.
The end of the year is approaching so I ordered the Bible verse a day calendar Tresor. I ordered about 2000. I was in the hospital Oct. 7 for an operation on my sinus. While there I gave out the Tresor calendars. I forgot to stop taking my blood thinners 3 days before the operation therefore my operation was cancelled. For now, it is a matter of prayer, I do not have a date for this operation. I went back to the hospital, but nothing was decided. I want, perhaps need to go to Israel especially for dental care. I had a meeting Nov. 18 I needed to attend in France, after that I am praying about going to Israel for 3 months. I am thankful for this meeting.
Tracts are regularly being distributed. On Yom Kippur I walked past the synagogue twice. In the morning, a Jew walked in front of me to go into the synagogue. I failed to speak to him. In the afternoon as I was at the entrance to the synagogue, I offered a man a tact. I did not think about whether he was a Jew. He stopped to read the title. Do You Know Jesus? He said nothing and went into the synagogue. I’m thankful for the reception of the tracts I distribute. It is customary to give calendars for the New Year. I have given 2 tracts in Bengali recently (Bangladesh a Muslim country) and Tamil tracts are taken. The Tamil have grocery stores, sometimes gas stations. I also gave a Chinese tract. Bible verse calendars Tresor and the children’s calendars are being distributed. Nov. 1 was All Saints Day in France. Families visit the graves of loved ones. I stood at the entrance to the local cemetery for 3 hours and gave out about 75 Tresor calendars, 2 French Bibles and children’s calendars.
I try to get at least one time a week to a sport field to do an hour of exercises. Recently I met there Steeve who was born in France. His family is from Cameroon, Africa. He said he is a believer. I gave him a copy of my book on fasting in English. I met a French man in the eye doctor’s cabinet who directs an orphanage in Malawi, Africa. He took my book on fasting in English. The Romanian translation is done but there are no updates. My fasting book has been translated into French, so now it needs to be formatted for printing. I ask for prayer so that I will know how to get it printed. Pastor Louis-Marie Lemofac was born in Cameroon and is the pastor of
the Oasis Church in Olivet, FR. He communicates with me in Hebrew! Pape is a Muslim I have been meeting at the sports field for years. I have yet to present the gospel to him. On Nov 16 Sunday I was in church then went to the Turkish restaurant I have been going to after church for years. The Tresor calendars I left for his customers were gone. This time I left about 16 Tresor, some children’s calendars and 1 Bible. I then went to the sports field. I noticed a man looking at me. Eventually he came to me. He asked what I did and I said I preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and I teach the Bible. He asked about Jesus being the Son of God. He listened. I doubt he is older than 30. He is divorced with 3 children. He was troubled. His name is Touman a Muslim from Mali, Africa.
September-October was the seventh month on the Jewish calendar, called Tishri. The feast of Trumpets has passed. It speaks of the regathering of the Jewish people to their Promised Land of Israel. See Isaiah 18 especially verse 3 where there are an ensign and a trumpet. Also, Isaiah 27:12-13 The Jews shall be gathered one by one. At the sound of the great trumpet the Jews shall come home. Jewish tradition calls this Feast The New Year. Leviticus 23:23-25 The first 4 Feasts have had fulfilment in Jesus Christ and The New Testament. Trumpets also speaks of the Rapture of the born-again Christians. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 “Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump : for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” The 6th Feast is The Day of Atonement-Yom Kippur. Lev 23:26-32 This Feast speaks of after the regathering of Israel to their Homeland Jehovah will deal with them to bring them to repentance and acceptance of Jesus as their Messiah and Savoir. This will be done at the end of the 7 years of The Tribulation. This time of judgment will be the preparation of the Jews to enter the Millennial Reign of Jesus The Messiah. Zachariah 12:10 “…and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced….” All born-again believers will be raptured before this 7-year Tribulation Period. The Tribulation is the 70th week of Daniel’s 70 weeks prophecy. Daniel 9:24-27 The Great Tribulation is mentioned in Matthew 24:21 and Revelation 7:14.
The 7th Feast is Succot which is Tabernacles. Lev 23:35-44 The regathered Jews will have passed their Day of Atonement and those left alive will have accepted Jesus as their Messiah so they will enter the 1,000-year reign of Jesus Christ on the earth. Tabernacles was to be 7 days of rejoicing before the LORD their God. Verse 40. I believe Zephaniah 3:17 speaks of Messiah’s joy to be among His People Israel during His Millennial Kingdom. For Christians now Paul encourages us to “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.” Philippians 4:4
A blessed time of THANKSGIVING for THANKSGIVINE DAY. PHILLIPIINS 4:6
Nov. 5 Daniel Olteanu of Romania is under arrest in Rajastan, India for distribution of Christian literature. I know Daniel Olteanu.
The Bible teaching continues with the widows in Kenya twice a week. There are 3 groups. There are funerals and large groups come to the funerals. The last funeral was for Cerfina. I paid for 2,100 gallons of water for cooking and drinking. Tents are ordered and chairs. Someone donated a cow for food.
In Christ’s Grip, Michael Bentley