Hello everybody! We write to you with praise on our lips for the wonderful faithfulness of our God, the Father, in the fulfillment of the Law through the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus! Our recent Easter Week was spent with our missionary family in the context of a member care conference. We are learning how to better interact and perform as a multi-cultural ministry. Also, we learned some ways that we can better take care of each other as field missionaries. The four-day conference was truly a blessed time of prayer, intercession, worship, contemplation, and learning. These are all essential topics for our team as we engage our task of discipling the nations!
We ended February in an amazing rush of events and trips, Silvia traveling on a health trip and then me taking some of our cell group members to the teen camp. We kicked off March with both of us traveling on a health trip where Silvia's dad performed eye surgeries and I spent some time data collecting for our church database and mapping project. Thirty hours after we returned, I was headed to the airport for my quick trip back to the US to meet up with family, supporters, and stand in a wedding. But before I could return, Silvia was off on another health trip on the Maro River which is 16 hours by boat! But we were finally reunited at the end of March after 16 days apart!
Immediately we got back in the groove and helped with the planning for a river trip for a church construction team from Indiana. We traveled with them to the Amazon River community of Auerana. We blessed that local church their with our hands by painting the church, installing a hand rail around the church, as well as installing and maintaining almost 40 water filters! We were blessed to take part in this endeavor with this team! One incident that happened on this trip that demonstrated the hand of God upon us was a case of physical protection. While installing water filters, our boat motor caught on fire with 6 of us in the boat! But, praise God that no one was hurt and the situation was under control in short order. This was just one incident that shows some of the dangers of church planting in the Amazon Basin and how quickly situations can arise. More importantly, this incident showed us the sovereign hand of God over us and protecting our bodies from physical harm!
But now we're back in the city, discipling and caring for our cell group ministry! We really appreciate your prayers for the young folks to which we are ministering. This is one of our focuses for this year is seeing our cell groups growing and the members well cared for, with young people rising up to the challenges of a God-filled, and Spirit-led life. We need your prayers for this to happen!
We want to say thanks again for all of you who are supporting this ministry in any way, shape, or form! We appreciate you all and look forward to sharing with you in years of fruitful work for the Lord! Be sure to check out our website to see more details and pictures of God's work in our lives!
Praises
- Refreshing cool rains
- A God who has chosen to demonstrate His purposes through the gift of grace, given freely to us at His cost!
- The Spirit upon Brazil and the PAZ ministry in the Amazon Basin, evident in thousands of conversions and amazing stories of God-sized power!
Prayer Requests
- Wisdom in how to manage many young disciples as well as two healthy cell groups
- Continued Growth in our cell groups - members who are excited to share their knowledge and grow in their personal relationship with the Lord
- For our disciples to maintain strong relationships with the Lord and to desire growth and embrace leadership possibilities
- Our marriage relationship, for strength and protection against the enemy, that we could model and lead as examples
- For the Lord's hand on our plans to start another cell group in our home, focusing on young adults and couples
In the Name of our Risen Lord,
John & Silvia
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| Silvia with a family in a river community. |
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| Team shot in Auerana |
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| Cell Group Getsêmani |
We want to say thanks again for all of you who are supporting this ministry in any way, shape, or form! We appreciate you all and look forward to sharing with you in years of fruitful work for the Lord! Be sure to check out our website to see more details and pictures of God's work in our lives!
Praises
- Refreshing cool rains
- A God who has chosen to demonstrate His purposes through the gift of grace, given freely to us at His cost!
- The Spirit upon Brazil and the PAZ ministry in the Amazon Basin, evident in thousands of conversions and amazing stories of God-sized power!
Prayer Requests
- Wisdom in how to manage many young disciples as well as two healthy cell groups
- Continued Growth in our cell groups - members who are excited to share their knowledge and grow in their personal relationship with the Lord
- For our disciples to maintain strong relationships with the Lord and to desire growth and embrace leadership possibilities
- Our marriage relationship, for strength and protection against the enemy, that we could model and lead as examples
- For the Lord's hand on our plans to start another cell group in our home, focusing on young adults and couples
In the Name of our Risen Lord,
John & Silvia
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