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The In-betweens!

The time between Christmas and New Year’s Day is weird! Just a week ago Sunday we had over a 100 in church to see our Cantata 2010. This past Sunday we had 19. What was that all about? Was your church service sparsely populated too? We attributed the lack to the Holidays.

Tomorrow we will be taking a group of 21 Juniors and Teens on a hike. Our Omega group from Bible Club earned this hike by doing their best in their Bible memory work. We’re going to a farm about an hour away where we’ll spend the day. We discovered this farm via our Cantata.

Cris, Amanda and JacqeOne of the ladies who was watching at the supermarket was really thrilled with our kids. We made a visit on her and she and her husband offered the use of their farm for a day. So, we’ll be spending Wednesday with this family and an American guest who is staying with them. This will give us a great opportunity to share Christ with them. Allison

Friday night we will be going to Calvary Baptist Church to pray in the New Year. We will also be baptizing two new members! Amanda (above middle) and and Allison (the boy to the right) were interviewed last Sunday and both had good answers to our questions. Their parents will be present for this special event and none of the four are believers. So it will be another great opportunity to share the Gospel.

Our cantata produced one more contact. Genese, the lady with whom Dawn and I are doing a Bible study, brought a friend. Her nick name is Táta. She is blind but very interested in our church. We invited her to come on Sunday and she said, “I’d love to but someone would have to come and pick me up.” We solved that problem immediately. She came Sunday and just loved it. She too is going with us on Friday. Pray for her Salvation too!

After the Friday night service there will be a pot-luck dinner and game time until mid-night. We’ll be tired on Saturday and that will be great! So that is our prayer list for this week. Here is a quick-list of those needing salvation:

  • Táta
  • Esmano
  • Jadson
  • Anita
  • Luiz
  • Marcia
  • Allison’s step-dad
  • Allison’s sister

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