We are home in Patos - exhausted but happy. We got into Patos at 3.40 pm on Sunday afternoon in time to shower and have a cup of tea before leaving for church in Patos at 6pm. The Lord really helped us all with the service which was really good. I don't know where my energy came from!
The Field Conference in João Pessoa was superb. The business meetings were very good on Friday and Saturday and the final celebration on Saturday night was glorious. PTL! Here are the main decisions and information from the Conference:
The work is now divided into 5 administrative areas and no longer 4 / New works have been started this year at Pocinhos, Campina Grande - Novo Horizonte, Mata Redonda, Tavares - Belém, Princesa Isabel - Lagoa de São João / Works were closed at São Paulo and Nova Olinda / Next month Philip will launch ACEV Digital online to improve constant monitoring of our 81 works collectively and individually / This years Youth Conference in November will be held at Princesa Isabel / This year's Leaders Conference in September will be held as usual at Green Pastures and will deal with the following topics: The leader and social networks, depression and the question of gender / Next year's Field Conference (80th) will be held in Patos / This years special 10-day Outreach yielded 5 genuine conversions + another 3 people coming back to God / 4 new Ministers were ordained: Philip (Patos), Matheus (João Pessoa), Rafael (Teixeira) and Lucia (Itaporanga) / A plan for expansion of the work was presented in its initial form and will be further developed over the coming months and years / Weekend special Outreaches will be carried out periodically in addition to the annual 10-day Outreach every January / A Women's Conference will be held in 2018 / A noted improvement in the Action Child Project was reported / The tremendous challenges from drugs and violence were reported in the Desert Flower (Battered wives) Project and much prayer went up / I gave a special message on unity and another on always striving for higher quality in all we do for God / A well drilled in 2017 will be equipped with solar energy as a pilot experiment / Our annual audit was applauded for ethics and transparency. This is so important in corrupt Brazil because if the salt loses its flavor it would be useless.
Thank you for praying for us over the past weeks and especially for the Field Conference.
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