C.P. 1511
Caraguatatuba, São Paulo
Brasil 11672-300
Dear Friends,
Here today the weather is wonderful,awesome. It is about 72 with a slight breeze with sunshine--How AWESOME is the Lord.
We have been visiting Schools for the last 2-3 weeks getting a schedule organized for the group from Virginia Beach. What we will be doing in the schools is evangelism! Yes, that is right, the program this youth group will be doing is singing mimes some tumbling/gymnastic and Preaching the Word. Yes we will be giving an invitation for the people to accept Christ. What and Awesome opportunity the Lord is giving us here--to spread the Word. What a wonderful help these Young people are for our ministry here in Caraguatatuba. Here in Brazil usually you win a family--it starts with the children and then the parents come.
As you know we are still in need of a bus for our ministry here. Well before we came home in February Barbara started a project for the ladies in the Church to help with the purchase of the bus. We were given some scrap material and Barbara purchased some rubber backing and we went into the throw rug business.When we got back from the States the ladies had already made and sold R$700 reais worth of throw rugs. It is catching on and now behind the pastors some men are also helping. My "throw rug" is about 2/3 finished (I'm thinking about auctioning it off)ha!!! Keep praying as having a bus here is a necessity for this ministry with the children.
By the way, when we were visiting the schools the principal in one of the schools offered their school facilities for us (the Church) to have a Bible School there for a whole week. This school is in the neighborhood of one of our mission points and this will be really great for the ministry in that neighborhood.
Our home, needless to say, has lots of projects to complete but all is in His time. The interior is about 90% complete and the outside looks pretty much like all the neighbors, unfinished.
We will be returning to work on the School property probably in the latter part of this month. We got a donation for finishing the dormitory and after the summer ministry projects we will be full force again.
We have been back for over a month now and either my S-10 or the van have been in the garage this whole time. First the steering pump on the van then the muffler and tail pipe. Then the air on the S-10 and now all the tires need rotating and balancing. While there in the States we really enjoyed your good roads.Here it is a necessity to balance and rotate your tires every 5000 miles. So monthly there is a need to go over the vehicles and tighten everything up--or loose it. Just before I came home one of the shocks broke on the van right in the middle of the road and the tire just turned under the van. So just like others here --repair work accomplished in the middle of the road.
We have also been working (repairing) our Church buildings. The humidity here is extremely hard on buildings. The one mission point that has been condemned is waiting for some group to come and tear it down. Do you want to be this group?!!?
Our Pastor at Salesópolis, Luis, and his wife Dani, have two boys, the smallest is in need of surgery because he is drowning during the night when he sleeps. But the socialized medicine cannot get to this little boy until November.
We have had $500 dollars given for this surgery but we need $500 more. If you would like to help with this need mark your donation "boy's surgery". I will keep you updated on this situation.
Well, as always, we would like to invite ALL to come down and see the Lords work here in Caraguatatuba. Call ahead and we will put a mint on your pillow.
In His service,
Aj and Barbara
Caraguatatuba, São Paulo
Brasil 11672-300
Dear Friends,
Here today the weather is wonderful,awesome. It is about 72 with a slight breeze with sunshine--How AWESOME is the Lord.
We have been visiting Schools for the last 2-3 weeks getting a schedule organized for the group from Virginia Beach. What we will be doing in the schools is evangelism! Yes, that is right, the program this youth group will be doing is singing mimes some tumbling/gymnastic and Preaching the Word. Yes we will be giving an invitation for the people to accept Christ. What and Awesome opportunity the Lord is giving us here--to spread the Word. What a wonderful help these Young people are for our ministry here in Caraguatatuba. Here in Brazil usually you win a family--it starts with the children and then the parents come.
As you know we are still in need of a bus for our ministry here. Well before we came home in February Barbara started a project for the ladies in the Church to help with the purchase of the bus. We were given some scrap material and Barbara purchased some rubber backing and we went into the throw rug business.When we got back from the States the ladies had already made and sold R$700 reais worth of throw rugs. It is catching on and now behind the pastors some men are also helping. My "throw rug" is about 2/3 finished (I'm thinking about auctioning it off)ha!!! Keep praying as having a bus here is a necessity for this ministry with the children.By the way, when we were visiting the schools the principal in one of the schools offered their school facilities for us (the Church) to have a Bible School there for a whole week. This school is in the neighborhood of one of our mission points and this will be really great for the ministry in that neighborhood.
Our home, needless to say, has lots of projects to complete but all is in His time. The interior is about 90% complete and the outside looks pretty much like all the neighbors, unfinished.
We will be returning to work on the School property probably in the latter part of this month. We got a donation for finishing the dormitory and after the summer ministry projects we will be full force again.
We have been back for over a month now and either my S-10 or the van have been in the garage this whole time. First the steering pump on the van then the muffler and tail pipe. Then the air on the S-10 and now all the tires need rotating and balancing. While there in the States we really enjoyed your good roads.Here it is a necessity to balance and rotate your tires every 5000 miles. So monthly there is a need to go over the vehicles and tighten everything up--or loose it. Just before I came home one of the shocks broke on the van right in the middle of the road and the tire just turned under the van. So just like others here --repair work accomplished in the middle of the road.
We have also been working (repairing) our Church buildings. The humidity here is extremely hard on buildings. The one mission point that has been condemned is waiting for some group to come and tear it down. Do you want to be this group?!!?
Our Pastor at Salesópolis, Luis, and his wife Dani, have two boys, the smallest is in need of surgery because he is drowning during the night when he sleeps. But the socialized medicine cannot get to this little boy until November.
We have had $500 dollars given for this surgery but we need $500 more. If you would like to help with this need mark your donation "boy's surgery". I will keep you updated on this situation.
Well, as always, we would like to invite ALL to come down and see the Lords work here in Caraguatatuba. Call ahead and we will put a mint on your pillow.
In His service,
Aj and Barbara
