We also met a family with two girls and a boy who grew up in Florida. They have been here for a couple of years and we just met them this past month. Thursday they plan on coming over for a Fourth of July party.
Pray for our scheduling and time management. This month we hit a peak of working too hard and not taking enough time off. We are working on healthier working hours and taking more breaks. (Monday is our day off, so I am trying to finish this update Sunday night after church). I have scheduled myself to preach less in both churches! We have multiple preachers for both churches, praise the Lord! God has blessed us as we have both developed leadership and grown.
Pastor Douglas preached for the first time this past month. After pastoring in several churches, his last church, near Arcoverde lasted for six years before he suffered from burnout. He and I walk some mornings and he has been helpful to me. They decided not to continue in ministry and have a sweets business that they had started when their previous church was not able to pay them much. Their lessons are good for us and their plan for now is to be at Koinonia. Pray for them as they recover. He is not ready to go to a non-healthy church situation, but they feel at home at Koinonia.
Earlier in the month the Huegel family visited. They were friends of friends who were looking for an adventure. Jon and Sheldon have two daughters Shelby and Charlotte. We had a couple of English conversation nights, visited a school, and had them teach our youth. It was neat meeting them and seeing their willingness to serve. Shelby shared her testimony in front of over 100 kids in a school in a nearby city. It was a neat opportunity.
Thanks for all you do, whether it is reading, praying, supporting, or sending encouragement. We understand that we have many partners in ministry in reaching out and growing God’s kingdom here in Brasil.
All for HIS glory,
David, Sarah and our ministry partner Evelyn and our headed to camp tomorrow Anna Claire
