Last night my wife and I got back from the EDD, or Encontro de Discipluladores com Deus, or in English, Disciplers' Encounter with God. It's a weekend of ministry for people who are desiring to be more effective in their discipleship ministry, which is the foundation of the PAZ church ministry model. This is essential material for our church members!
With the MDA Conference coming up, this retreat is opened up for people from outside of our Santarém church. The result, over 700 people in attendance! There is NO facility in our city of 200,000 people that is capable of holding this kind of event, so everybody is crammed into our camp.
It's pretty amazing to think about how God is using the simple people of the Amazon to His Glory! All of the ministry is done by our local pastors, most of which came from river villages, sons of simple fishermen. And now, people from all over Brazil, "the first world" are coming to hear them minister and speak about the move of God in the Amazon Basin!
Praise God for this wonderful event that we could participate it. Pray with us for the ability to soak it all in and apply it to our personal ministry situations. Now we're preparing for the MDA conference that will start on Tuesday night, also to be filled with visitors from all over Brazil. It's sure to be a busy week. Pray for us!
With our Love in Christ,
John & Silvia
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