The ladies in Tupanatinga have enjoyed getting more involved in teaching the kid’s class. Here are Julia and Mary, new kid’s teachers in Tupanatinga. This month we had a time to call up the kids and pray for them as they head back to school. We have seen growth and excitement in them to learn the Bible. This month they will have a chance to say all the books of the Bible and earn a Bible; which will help them then be able to look up references in their class time.
Stefan had a module on Evangelism he wanted to do and we were able to teach it this past month. We had a great group of people wanting to learn. He did a great job and had an interesting, illustrated way of teaching the gospel. We plan on putting it to use in town on the day of the Independence Day parade. We hope to have a good group from the church there.
In a couple of weeks, we are doing a church service in Batalha and one of the couples from church is supposed to do the presentation of the gospel. We are excited about it! Pray for conversions; as we do not know of any in the community that are actually saved. They all have faith in God but don’t understand the gospel and do not really know much about the Bible. That is really common in the culture. High in faith in God, but low in Bible knowledge (unless they are in certain evangelical churches).
This month we had another police training with Jeremiah Cook from Rescue 82. He is a full-time police officer in Chattanooga, but travels to several countries a year to do humanitarian relief and police/first aid/shooting training. If you know any first responder that is interested in trips like this, feel free to ask me how to get in contact with him. They have made trips to Ukraine, the Bahamas, and Central America and have others scheduled as well.
We have a good group of guys in the church with varying skills. Jailson is a huge help to us in preaching and teaching, both in Arcoverde and Tupanatinga. He also welds and works on wood projects. He and a few other guys who like to do projects like this, worked on a sound booth for the church. We now have a nice-looking sound booth and the projector and a monitor in the rafters! It feels like a big upgrade. Soon we will finish the flooring at the church. We have challenged the church to raise the money for all of this and it is coming in, slowly but surely.
Thank you for all your prayers and support! We feel so blessed to be ambassadors for the gospel in Northeast Brasil!
All for HIS glory,
David, Sarah and our soon-to-be 15-year-old Evelyn (Sept 20) and Anna Claire. Both were daring in our vacation/adventure/celebration of Evie’s 15th birthday- a trip to a water park. She chose to go on a trip rather than have a big party. 15 is the coming of age year in this culture and we are very proud of the young lady she is becoming. Right now she is on a language learning kick, trying to advance in her Spanish and now picking up French.
