Dear Friends and family,
Well another month has passed and we have been busy for the Lord. Our out of town evangelism is going very good and our home church members are getting experience in other territories. We went to Salesópolis, one of our out of town mission points, this month and our door to door visitation yielded results. We got there for Sunday School and participated in the morning service then went out to eat then hit the streets. We visited several hours doing door to door visitation and then went back to Church for the evening service. We were glad to see the couple that came to Church last month after our evangelism with their 3 kids. Also there were three visitors as a result of the afternoon visitation. It is always encouraging to see the results of your labor. It is a little harder here in this town as it is so small and hard core Catholic. So to God be the glory for the harvest.
Last night in our evening service we were celebrating the act of baptism and after 4 young people were baptized Pastor Epitacio brought a salvation message. And again God gave the increase, the parents of one of the candidates for baptism accepted the Lord as their Savior. How AWESOME is the God we serve!!!
The work at the Vocational School is at a temporary standstill as we are putting all our efforts into getting our home finished for us to move into in 2 weeks. We are painting,cleaning,repairing walls and floors. Pray for us as we complete this and move our furniture and belongings to the new home. Sometimes you don't realize how much you have until you move.
Our election for the city officials was this week and it is a little different than back home there. There were 10 positions on the City Council and we had about 200 candidates running for these positions. Our prayer is that those who were elected will govern with knowledge and better the situation of the people.
The weather here is very out of the ordinary in respect to the expected. It is the time for our dry season and we are having rain every day.I think we can all say that things are not a predictable as they used to be.
The young couple and their children that came to stay with us until they can get their visas to come to the States have been a blessing for us. Paul is helping in the reform of the house and Brenda is helping in the preparing of the meals for the workers. Pray with us and them that their paperwork goes smoothly and that they get to go to the States quickly. Paul has been able to preach at the main Church a couple of times and was received well by everyone.Their three children have brought new life to the house and are helping us get ready for the new grand daughter that will be arriving shortly. Mary and Walmir will be welcoming Chelsea into the world at the last of this month or the first of November. That will be our second grand daughter as Bryan and Jill have given us Briley as our first. Oh the blessings of being a grandparent.
Well, our bus took its last trips this week, as last night it broke down for the last time for us. We are going this week to see if we can sell them for scrap metal and perhaps use this as a down payment on a different more dependable bus.Having a bus for us is very important as the people here do not have transportation and this is how we bring the children to Sunday School and the adults to Church. We use the bus as a tool to bring people to Church to teach then about Gods word and to feed their souls. I don't think that there is a price for this because we are training the future workers for the Church. I am saying all this to demonstrate a need----the bus!! Here is an opportunity for you to be a blessing is the ministry here. Your financial help would be greatly appreciated along with your prayers about this purchase. Just to show you a little more the need, last night after the bus broke down we put around 30 people in the van that seats 16 and payed for at least 10 more to catch the city bus. This was just to get those that were on the bus back home after the Church services.
Once again I want to say that without your prayers and financial help our work would not be able to go forward. So THANKS for your love for us and the ministry here in Caraguatuba. We would be honored to have you and some of your friends come down and see just what God is doing with your prayers and money. Just let us know and we will pick you up at the airport and show you all the works here. Your bed is made and ready for your visit, so come on down.
In His service,
Aj and Barbara
Rua Prudencio Baeta 280
Caraguatatuba São Paulo
11672-300
E-mail: ajcaragua@gmail.com
Phone: 011-5512-3888-4189
Well another month has passed and we have been busy for the Lord. Our out of town evangelism is going very good and our home church members are getting experience in other territories. We went to Salesópolis, one of our out of town mission points, this month and our door to door visitation yielded results. We got there for Sunday School and participated in the morning service then went out to eat then hit the streets. We visited several hours doing door to door visitation and then went back to Church for the evening service. We were glad to see the couple that came to Church last month after our evangelism with their 3 kids. Also there were three visitors as a result of the afternoon visitation. It is always encouraging to see the results of your labor. It is a little harder here in this town as it is so small and hard core Catholic. So to God be the glory for the harvest.
Last night in our evening service we were celebrating the act of baptism and after 4 young people were baptized Pastor Epitacio brought a salvation message. And again God gave the increase, the parents of one of the candidates for baptism accepted the Lord as their Savior. How AWESOME is the God we serve!!!
The work at the Vocational School is at a temporary standstill as we are putting all our efforts into getting our home finished for us to move into in 2 weeks. We are painting,cleaning,repairing walls and floors. Pray for us as we complete this and move our furniture and belongings to the new home. Sometimes you don't realize how much you have until you move.
Our election for the city officials was this week and it is a little different than back home there. There were 10 positions on the City Council and we had about 200 candidates running for these positions. Our prayer is that those who were elected will govern with knowledge and better the situation of the people.
The weather here is very out of the ordinary in respect to the expected. It is the time for our dry season and we are having rain every day.I think we can all say that things are not a predictable as they used to be.
The young couple and their children that came to stay with us until they can get their visas to come to the States have been a blessing for us. Paul is helping in the reform of the house and Brenda is helping in the preparing of the meals for the workers. Pray with us and them that their paperwork goes smoothly and that they get to go to the States quickly. Paul has been able to preach at the main Church a couple of times and was received well by everyone.Their three children have brought new life to the house and are helping us get ready for the new grand daughter that will be arriving shortly. Mary and Walmir will be welcoming Chelsea into the world at the last of this month or the first of November. That will be our second grand daughter as Bryan and Jill have given us Briley as our first. Oh the blessings of being a grandparent.
Well, our bus took its last trips this week, as last night it broke down for the last time for us. We are going this week to see if we can sell them for scrap metal and perhaps use this as a down payment on a different more dependable bus.Having a bus for us is very important as the people here do not have transportation and this is how we bring the children to Sunday School and the adults to Church. We use the bus as a tool to bring people to Church to teach then about Gods word and to feed their souls. I don't think that there is a price for this because we are training the future workers for the Church. I am saying all this to demonstrate a need----the bus!! Here is an opportunity for you to be a blessing is the ministry here. Your financial help would be greatly appreciated along with your prayers about this purchase. Just to show you a little more the need, last night after the bus broke down we put around 30 people in the van that seats 16 and payed for at least 10 more to catch the city bus. This was just to get those that were on the bus back home after the Church services.Once again I want to say that without your prayers and financial help our work would not be able to go forward. So THANKS for your love for us and the ministry here in Caraguatuba. We would be honored to have you and some of your friends come down and see just what God is doing with your prayers and money. Just let us know and we will pick you up at the airport and show you all the works here. Your bed is made and ready for your visit, so come on down.
In His service,
Aj and Barbara
Rua Prudencio Baeta 280
Caraguatatuba São Paulo
11672-300
E-mail: ajcaragua@gmail.com
Phone: 011-5512-3888-4189
