Bits December 2025

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. A couple of months ago, I told you all that our accounts were low, but now we have enough to be working on two projects: a Tupanatinga apartment (parsonage essentially) and the Batalha project. Thank you all for your faithful and generous giving! 

Sarah had a wonderful time planning the annual Tupanatinga Christmas tea. They had a great number of people, volunteers, and help. They plan on doing two next year, as they had more women they wanted to be able to invite. Cindy Cook, who leads this same tea in Chattanooga (at a slightly different level of having thousands of women), was able to be present and help out. 

Cindy’s husband Jeremiah, came down with his coworker, Kurt and put on police and firemen training for medical and firearms. Later, he delivered 100 thank-you bags to the police. The police couldn’t believe that someone was actually giving them something and thanking them. They are usually delivering generous gifts rather than being on the receiving end. 

For Christmas, we share a dinner together as a church. We had one in Arcoverde on the 21st and Tupanatinga on the 26th. Everyone enjoyed the food, fellowship, and a shorter message. 

We closed out the year with a pastor's family from Recife who came to get some relaxing days. We hiked out at Catimbau, the national park close to our house. We have missed our families a little more this year, but we haven’t been alone here! We are so grateful for many family and friends! Happy New Year! God bless!

All for HIS glory,

David, Sarah, and my polylinguist, Evelyn, who is learning Russian, and our talented artist Anna Claire, who is crocheting up a storm. 

Christmas with the Cooks and Wondraceks