Baptisms

Over the weekend two of our churches held baptismal services. At the town of Flores in the neighboring state of Pernambuco Pastor Nemias (Nehemiah) baptized three new converts. At the Caroá community in the County of Manaíra in Paraíba state Pastor Valdemy baptized five. Rejoice with us. Thank you for your prayers.

Last night my sermon went well and all the technology worked well to make it possible. It was lovely to receive a message first thing this morning from our church leader at São Vicente do Seridó 85 miles east of Patos telling me how blessed and challenged she was by the message. All glory be to God!

The Covid-19 situation here is increasingly dire. It is one big mess because the national government continues to be inept and leaves everything up to local governments to sort out. There is a total lack of national leadership and example as deaths pass the 246,000 mark. We are awaiting local government decisions this week as we may have to suspend our hybrid church services. Our church at Mata Redonda between João Pessoa and Recife has already suspended their hybrid services owing to the grave reality there. Please pray.

We have defined with our projects team that we will construct another toilet/shower unit at the little house of Francisco de Assis Bezerra whose wife is partially blind. They have two children. They live at the Barra de Oitis slave descendents community in Diamante County. The family is overjoyed that they have been selected. 

The 4-Legs goat rearing project is to distribute another five goats to desperately poor people at a new pioneer village of Mata de Oitis. There is now one family that has come to Christ through our preaching the Gospel in this village.