Pastor Airton Previous Trip

Since I mentioned the Bible distribution, thot I'd post a picture of that too. Pastor Airton is pictured here with a few who received Bibles on a previous trip. We appreciate this man's love for Northeast Brazil even though his main ministry has been Stateside for years now. He has a tremendous salvation testimony himself out of Spiritism.

Precious Children in Outback

The team that was here and in the Outback recently had a great time. They were encouraged to find people reading and studying the Bibles they had given out on previous trips. They had some interesting stories of various ones in these rural areas that are professing Salvation by grace after being taught their whole lives that Christianity is a works religion. Pray for these and the next generations - that they may know Christ and His transforming power.

News from Carlos and Dinalda's ministry

Yesterday we had a group get here from North Carolina. Some from the group have been here before and others are first-timers. Carlos has organized the time in the Outback with them again and we would appreciate prayer for their time of evangelism and ministry these days. The group has both Americans and Brazilians who live in the USA so they have their own translators along and all. Pastor Airton Pupo is also with them again and gives the dimension of his knowledge of both cultures since he ministers to Brazilians in the States.

Carlos and Dinalda were recently blessed with a motorcycle to use in the Outback. Fellowship Baptist Church in Lakeland, Florida are buying it from my nephew Andy who has been living in Brazil for a few months but who is returning to the States on Tuesday. We appreciate this gift, as well as a recent financial gift given to help us with our national missionaries' efforts in the region.

Mike and Anne's Wedding

Thot I'd get a picture or two posted of the wedding. We were sure glad that everything went well. Our prayer is that the wedding brought glory to God as many of the guests were not believers in Christ. It was sure a different experience for Marcy and I to be parents of the groom. We have been parents of the bride twice. The wedding was held in a reception hall on our main beach road so that cerimony and reception could all be in one place. It was a beautiful evening and Anne's parents did things up great. Thanks to each of you for your prayer.

Showing Compassion

When the last group came from the USA and went with Carlos to the Outback various new villages were visited. In one of these the group visited this home where an invalid woman lives. Carlos has been able to visit and help out this family in practical and material ways thanks to funds that were left for that purpose. We have another group scheduled for early September that will be doing more evangelism in these and other villages. Many times the needs overwhelm us, but we realize that doing a little is better than doing nothing. And as Christ showed us, these acts are received by the Lord himself when done in his name and for his glory.

Arcoverde

There is an important city called Arcoverde (Green Bow) that is considered the doorway to the Outback. It is a place we almost always stop at on our trips, at a filling station that has a quickshop and restaurant. Recently Carlos was able to lead the manager of the restaurant to the Lord. His name is Adegilson and he is showing a hunger for God's word. We have also seen a waiter there saved recently whose name is Joelson. Joelson was a religious young man, but really confused. We are curious as to what God would have for us and this important city. Please remember them, would you? The picture is of Adegilson.

Sports Ministry

A few months ago we were able to make a rustic sports quad on the Ingazeira property. Carlos, as we have mentioned before has a sports ministry in the region and has a passion for this tool to reach youngpeople and the young at heart. He was able to hire local men to level the property and get it ready for indoor soccer. The problem is that this "indoor soccer" is still outdoors and we would love to cover the quart as a multi-purpose space. If you ever visit the Outback in the summer heat or have been to Arizona, you know how precious shade can be. Pray with us that we will be able to have wisdom doing some fund raising for this project and others to benefit our outback outreach. We will be informing more details soon. Pictured here are the brothers that did the work on the sports quad.