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This is my first blog from the cyber cafe close to home. We have had our second week of our in-home missions conference and our group was a bit smaller this past week. We had 18. Ben had a great turn out with several visitors. Davi too had six visitors which was Shawn, Donna and family. Pray for our two visitors who were Katia, Francisca's neighbor, and Marcio Francisca's husband. Both need Christ.

Friday afternoon we had a suprise visit by Annie, Jackson, and Gabriel. They were able to stay with us through the weekend.

Sunday we began a baptism class with three participating. Sunday afternoon I went to Habiteto to help with the ministry there. We had a group of over 40 kids. We are gaining the confidence of several families and will be making some visits in their homes soon. Pray for the work of the Holy Spirit in their lives.

Sunday evening Dawn helped put on a special presentation for Children's day and I preached from Matthew 18.1-5. There were several hands raised at the invitation.

Monday we spent the day at the U.S. consulate in Sao Paulo doing the paper chase for Jackson's visa. Praise the Lord we were able to get Gabe's birth certificate and Jack's process started.

We are planning on taking a small group to the anual seminary day at our Bible college in Curitiba on November 2. Pray for God's work in the lives of several of our men and teens.

The pix are: Ann and Gabe, one of the little girls from Habiteto, and the view from our veranda.
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