June-July 2011

We praise the Lord for His continued protection. On July 8th I was traveling to Divinópolis, which is about an hour away, with three folks from the church in Formiga. On the way there, a large truck pulled out in front of me. There was no way I could stop or avoid the collision. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt, just some bumps and bruises. The car, however, was totaled. Please pray that God would work in this situation and give us wisdom on how to proceed.
We will be returning for furlough at the end of August. I will be contacting each of our supporting churches to arrange a time to come by and report on what the Lord has done during our time here in Brazil.
You may recall in our last prayer letter, that we asked for prayer concerning the homosexual parade that was to be held in Arcos. We were praying for rain so that they wouldn’t be able to hold the parade. It turned out, that God had other plans. The weather on that day was perfect, not a cloud in the sky. But in spite of the beautiful weather, they only had a fraction of the crowd they were expecting. Instead of ten thousand people, they only had a few thousand. In fact, the media that had promoted the parade was silent about the weak turnout.
In August we will be traveling to Catutiba to start a Bible Institute. This is a tremendous need and will be a great blessing to the church there. The pastor has desired to start an Institute for some time. Please pray for safety as we travel.
We want to thank everyone for your prayers and support. We are amazed at the wonderful group of people that God has provide to support us in our ministry.
We also want to announce that we are expecting another child. The baby is due in March. Please pray for God’s hand of protection on Ingrid and the baby.