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Whew! Summer Missions Team


On July 13 we picked up 8 people at the Petrolina airport,
then we ran and ran and ran for 16 days with a small pause
in the middle to deal with a Covid case.


The group was great and included our first born, Pastor Will, 
and our lovely daughter-in-law, Kerri, 
as well as six young people from 
the Community Baptist Pulse group.


They came well prepared and assisted with church services
and kids' works in various communities along our route
and in the big city.


Of special importance was the start of outreach in
a new community which was targetted during the weeks
just prior to the team's arrival with Pastor Mike 
and his daughter Amber along with our summer intern,
Pedro Pereira.


We were also blessed to be able to use a VW Kombi for the days 
of the NC team.  This was a tremendous help with the transport
of the group and with various projects.


Pray for us as we work to build on the contacts and impacts
of our summer teams and assistants.  Sometimes the days are long and hot and seem rather barren and dry,
but we look to the Lord of the Harvest for
fruit in His time.




 

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