- Pray for our family as we are trying to find a sitter to help with Sarah Beth so that Tara can teach part time in the fall. Pray that we will be able to find the person that God would have help our family.
- Pray for the many volunteer teams that are coming to partner with us this year, that the work would be fruitful, and many would be brought into the Kingdom.
- Pray for Matthew and a team from the Seminary here as they are in the process of creating a curriculum framework for discipleship and training of lay leaders in the interior. Pray that God will give them guidance to select from the correct materials.
- Pray for Matthew's proficiency in Portuguese as it is essential to his job performance.
- Pray for us as parents and for our children as they learn and grow in Christ.
April 28, 2009
April 11, 2009
Updating...
Life has been busy. I just returned from two river ministry trips by boat. On the first trip, three other missionaries and I trained several local churches in Evangelism and Discipleship at a retreat during the week of Carnival. We had one hundred twenty in attendance (adults, youth, and kids) and celebrated a joint baptism with eleven being baptized. Twenty-four persons accepted Christ for the first time (the last two worship services were open to the community) and many committed their lives to serve the Lord faithfully by winning and making disciples or committing to full time Christian service. The second trip was with a volunteer team from
Fish for dinner (the whole fish)
One of three river villages where we witnessed house to house
Our team has created a webpage. It is still in the works but take a look.
www.reachingtheamazon.com
www.reachingtheamazon.com
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