Bits September

Evie helping with kids and
participating in a women's Bible study

Evelyn turned twelve years old this month! She had a nice dinner with her good friend Julia.
Evie has not had much luck with friends here. Anna Claire has about 50 girls her age at church (take that number to be slightly exaggerated), but Evie’s age is mostly boys. Her best friend for a couple years when we moved here was Alice who moved to Tupanatinga; so Evie still sees her but she isn’t around as much. After that she has met some girls, but last year she was really praying for a good friend. We got a call one day from a friend wondering if his daughter could come over and play with Evie. It turned out they had a lot in common and are both just really good girls. So she comes over on Wednesdays and they hang out and sometimes see each other on the weekend as well, like this month when Julie participated in our New Testament module. Well, this month we learned the Julie is also moving away, to the capital city of Recife, which will limit how often Evie gets to see her. While Evie is disappointed she has had a great attitude. Pray God will bless her with more good friends! 

Anna Claire insisted on
helping fill this hole

Construction is at full stride in Tupanatinga! I got to work a couple of times there; when I say work what I really mean is play in the dirt. Anna Claire has enjoyed filling the holes with dirt whenever we visit the site. We are hoping the building goes up quickly and that we have enough to finish it! We have a good bit saved, but it is going quickly. If you would like to contribute you can send it to ABWE and designate it for the Carrel church planting fund. 

Sarah’s counseling has ups and downs. Sometimes it seems like miracles happen and other times like the counselee ignored everything, but for the most part they are growing. Sarah and I have been able to counsel together a few times together and it is neat to work together and see progress. This month she helped a couple ladies with their two year olds. One of them immediately went out and advertised in the church. Sarah is even planning a parenting class with another woman in the church. Speaking of classes, Sarah has one more class to go before her dissertation year. She has done very well academically. She also was very involved this month with the weekly women’s meetings and a baby shower. 

Tupanatinga construction

This month I have felt has been a problem solving month. Lots of issues to deal with which leaves you a little tired. Pray that our rest would be in the Lord and that we can see problems as growth opportunities. I was recently gifted a book where the author says he feels like he writes a bunch of different books with the same content in them, just the title that changes. The gospel affects all areas of life and the gospel is important in our problem solving opportunities as well. 

Please pray for us this month as we have services, trips, a concert, counseling, a course, and who knows what else! Thanks so much!

All for HIS glory,

David, Sarah, my twelve year old servant (I mean that she has a good servant hearted spirit), and my other little baby sitting helper 

Evie opening presents

Evie after her surgery to take out
her adenoid