Esaú

Colonel Esaú, his wife Gisani and their two children Guila and Ian are members of our church in Patos. Esaú is a deacon and leader of our Men's Fellowship which meets together every Tuesday evening. Esaú is also the Patos Chief of Police and is doing a great job. As you can imagine it is a great challenge and responsibility policing a town the size of Patos with a population of 120,000. Please do pray for him, his family, his work as chief of Police and for his church responsibilities as deacon and men's leader.

Please pray for our Pastor Ângelo at Soledade. He was pastor of our church there until last year when he resigned as things weren't working out any longer. He is a good preacher and certainly not someone we would want to lose, so we have been praying for God to open a door for him as there are no suitable ACEV churches with vacancies. Pastor Ângelo has a degree as a Portuguese teacher as well as one in Theology so we are very pleased to report that he now has a post as a Portuguese teacher in Soledade which will provide for his family whilst leaving him available for ministry around our churches on Sundays. Hence we value your prayers for Pastor Ângelo, family and ministry.

I have finished reading the book 'Jesus and John Wayne' by Kristin Kobes du Mez. This is a fascinating book which traces at least half a century of the history of white evangelicals move to the hard right in the USA. The book is well researched and explains a lot, including similar tendencies in Brazil.