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National Missionaries

  The vision of our ministry goes beyond just us. Since the beginning of our work in Vale do Salitre we have sought to encourage national young men and women with calling, commitment and compassion to join us in evangelism and church planting. We thank the Lord God for these who have been called. Pedro is already helping in Abreus, and will live in Lage dos Negros starting in June of this year.  Another young man named João, a graduate of the Word of Life Bible Institute of Bolivia will be assisting him. Carlinhos and Clarinha are preparing to get married at the end of 2024, and intend to help with a new work in Curral Velho.  This community is close to Abreus.  Carlinhos and Clarinha will be able to live in the area and reach out to both communities as well as others. Felipe and Paola are arriving in Sobradinho this month and will help with various aspects of the missionary work up close and personal with their experience and with their VW Kombi as a ministry tool. ...

Spring Cleaning

  It's that time of the year when I see lots of posts on social media from my USA friends about all things spring.  Here in my little part of the world, NE Brazil, it is the end part of our "summer" rainy season.  Soon we will move into our less hot and more windy "winter" season.   No one around me is talking about "spring cleaning," but I have that feverous desire to move things around and organized my life because it is almost time for a furlough.   My home organization revolves around the cycles of our furlough travels and not the seasons of the year. And yesterday I bought our furlough airfare!  So I guess it's time to clean out the drawers and cabinets and throw out all the crazy things that have accumulated over the past few years.  It's time to get the dogs to the vet, buy gifts for grandkids and find a person to stay in our house while we our gone, ah, and hide all things I don't want anyone to mess with! This morning I had set up ...

February Video Letter

  Another letter for my kiddos. Can you find out what these words mean: chuva, água, rios, buracos, borboletas, lama, escolinhas, futebol, casamento e amor? Let me know! Background scores from free music found at bensound.com And yes, we have tickets for furlough finally! June 11 we will arrive in Greensboro. Counting days!