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Some Prayers Answered!

I know, I know! God answers all of our prayers but sometimes His answers are, “No” and “wait”. I tend to like the instant or near instant answers. Most recently we’ve been praying for:

  1. The return of one of our families
  2. The possible receipt of a piece of property for our church
  3. English Class at the public school

three Family Return

In a recent update I asked for prayer for one of our families, a mother and three of her sons. They had been forced from our midst suddenly because of a question about baptism. However, before their disappearance we had promised to help them get rid of a couple of their dogs. A nearby store has a Sunday morning puppy fest and give away dogs by the dozens. So, even though our family’s departure was abrupt we had done nothing to provoke it and thus we arrived to give two dogs their first ever van ride to the pet store.

In one way we were hoping that the dogs got donated but on the other hand we knew that if they weren’t it would give us another opportunity to have interaction with the family. After church we returned to the store to find that the dogs were still there. So I prayed for God’s help with the return. As I did a thought came to me. “Why not ask mom if her three boys might still be a part of Bible Club?”

Our club has boys and girls who come each week yet don’t come on Sunday because they have their own churches. I whispered a prayer for God’s protection on my comments and made my suggestion. “I know that the boys are just missing Club SO much so I will suggest this to my husband.”

During the week the rumor was that by Saturday the three would be back in club. And sure enough I arrived to find them all ready and waiting for their ride. João was even allowed to participate in an mini youth rally that we had with Calvary Baptist and we went to Alcir’s afterward. Keep praying with us about this situation. God has given us a ray of hope and it is really exciting.

Land

We’ve heard nothing about this since our Friday visit but it’s early yet.

English ClassOficina

I know that my big brother would get a great kick out of me teaching English but I signed the papers on Friday and will begin on Wednesday.  It will be one class per week and Dawn and Joelma will be lending a hand. Pray that this class will open big doors in the neighborhood.

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