Wednesday 10 September 2014

One week to Leaders' Conference

A week today the annual EAB/ACEV Leadership Conference sort of starts at Green Pastures. I say sort of starts because I warned everyone that this was going to happen, but nobody would listen so it means that those of us who turn up on day one will be a small minority. It had become increasingly obvious to Liz and I that we are all getting older which means the leaders' kids find it more difficult to miss school and so on. Hence most leaders and their families will only turn up on Thursday (day two). Oh well - hopefully everyone will see sense for next time round. I went to Green Pastures to check on everything for the Conference and all is pretty well ready to roll. We value your prayers.

I had a good meeting with Pastor Gersé who now leads the church at Princesa Isabel following the death of Pastor Manoel Jorge. He is not finding the job quite as simple as he expected. I gave him quite a bit of advice today. Please pray for him.

I also had a meeting with Chico Pinheiro who is the number one leader of the Patos church Christians in Action group. They are such a blessing. To me this group is such a lesson in how church should be as the group has no top preachers, singers or musicians but is doing a great job for God and being a real blessing - especially with the church plant in Rio Grande do Norte State at Ipueira. Sometimes church leaders only want to give space to the more polished elements in the church, but we must remember that Jesus had room for polished Paul and unpolished Peter! Everyone needs equal treatment and opportunity in the church as well as in society at large.

We keep praying for Raquel Macena who remains in a critical situation in intensive care in a João Pessoa hospital. She has cardiac insufficiency and pneumonia and continues to breath with mechanical help. Please keep praying for Maria at Green Pastures who is undergoing radio and chemiotherapy.

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