APRIL 2022
Dear <<First Name>>,
Prior to returning to France, one of our prayer requests was for protection over our health. We were all very healthy at the time, but I understood that spiritual warfare manifests itself in different ways. Although we are not in a third world country, I remember countless occasions of severe illness while serving as a missionary in France. This time, I (James) was not only sick for almost two months from Covid and possibly a reaction to the medications, but also in the month of March I was very sick with appendicitis. I had surgery to remove my appendix on March 14th and by God’s grace I am recovering well so far.
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It has been a challenge being sick while living out of our suitcases in different places since we arrived in France in September. While searching for a place to live, we were turned down about 20 times by rental agencies, property owners and even while searching for temporary housing on the internet (Airbnb). Reasons such as being a “pastor” or we do not receive our salary from France were given as reasons for rejection. We finally found a rental agent who understood our situation and really wanted to see us get a place. She reassured us by saying, “We do not discriminate.” By God’s grace we have an apartment to rent and have started the moving process.
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It's official! James signing our lease to our apartment with our rental agent Marie
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The church plant is doing well as I mentor Manuel Brambila in the EBTC program, and Julia and I serve wherever needed. Our main goal for now is to equip the core group with solid doctrine, so our church will be faithful to God’s word as we proclaim His pure gospel together. Along with services every Sunday, we have men’s and ladies’ prayer groups, church fellowship dinners, and I will be teaching a Fundamentals of the Faith class soon. Please pray for the Lord to bless our church as we press on for the glory of Christ in faith.
Even in trials the Lord provides opportunities to proclaim HIM among unbelievers. Our doctor, who treated all of us when we had Covid, and in addition treated me again when I had appendicitis and needed to go to the hospital, came to our Easter service and dinner on Sunday with his wife. Please pray for the salvation of Dr. T and his wife, and two other unbelievers who heard a clear Gospel presentation. We all had a wonderful time celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
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Thank you for your faithful prayers and support. We thank God for each of you who are a vital part of our ministry.
Love & Prayers,
James, Julia, Elijah, William and Wesley
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Left: a hike and picnic with our ministry partners, the Brambilas
Right: our boys on Resurrection Sunday
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Left: our first ladies prayer breakfast
Right: James talking with a new attender to Le Chemin
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- Pray for James's complete recovery from surgery.
- Praise God that we found an apartment and will move in soon.
- Please pray for our family as we adjust to living in a foreign country again and we continue to live in transition, that we will all be flexible and adaptable and teachable and grow in our faith.
- Pray for the necessary administrative tasks involved with moving to a foreign country under Covid Restrictions.
- Please pray for God’s blessing on our church plant as we work to establish it with our national partners - the Brambila family.
- Please pray that the French government officials will be stopped in their attempt to create laws that take away the freedoms of the people and are harmful to Christian families.
- Please pray that our family will maintain a close walk with God.
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Be a part of our financial support team for full-time ministry in France:
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Via Internet: visit www.gracechurch.org/march to fill in your information in the blue window underneath our bio, which says "Support James and Julia March". After clicking “Add to Giving” you will need to log in or create a new account.
Via Post: write a check payable to “Grace Ministries International” and specify “James & Julia March - France” in the memo line. Send to:
Grace Ministries International
13248 Roscoe Blvd.
Sun Valley, CA 91352
Via Phone: Call 818-909-5700
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