This evening I will have the opportunity to take off on a weekend retreat with four members of my cell group along with about 80 to 100 other people from the church in Santarém. These retreats are put on by the church almost every weekend and known as an Encounter, short for Encounter with God. The basis of this weekend is to give people the opportunity to lay aside all the stuff in their life and head out to the church camp and spend the weekend getting in touch with God. Most of the time spent at the retreat is being taught what the Word says about God’s creation and intent for it, man’s fallen nature, salvation, Christ’s atoning work on the Cross, abilities in Christ and the Spirit, repentance and spiritual healing, holy living and righteousness, and living in the Spirit.
Please pray with us for this Encounter weekend! I pray that God will teach me and minister to me through His Word and through the men and women of the Body of Christ who are teaching during this time. May the Holy Spirit move in the lives of every person there! Also, pleases pray for the workers at the event. The attendees are catered to for all their needs as to not have to worry about anything! But this makes for much work for the staff that puts on the event! I’m trusting in the Lord for mighty work this weekend!
We return Sunday night and then I will be joining a construction team from Canada that is heading out to the community of Puraquê, about 70 km south of Santarém. I’m not sure what to expect there exactly, but I do know that we need your prayers for the work that will be done and than it would speak loudly and boldly as the hands and feet of Christ in that community! Believing that God has ordained this work, pray with us that He will use the team these couple days (Mon-Wed) to reach out in that community! Amen!
I’ll let you know how it all went when I get home.
Grace and Peace to you!
JAE
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