Travessia

The lovely little village of Travessia is in the County of Manaíra to the extreme west of Paraíba State. We drilled a well in the village a few years ago and that is being a really blessing to the place. Thus through the practical demonstration of God's love people have warmed to the Gospel and some have made commitments to Christ. Our ex-Action Child Fábio is now an EAB/ACEV worker in the village holding regular services there every week. Now we are starting to build a church at Travessia on land we previously acquired. The foundations have already been dug and building materials are being taken there. Lorry loads of sand, earth and rocks are now in place so as to build the foundations. Watch this space for the building news and please pray.

Last night's communion service went well. I preached and Rafael led. Lucas Conserva played the guitar for the worship as our regular player Tiago said he wasn't feeling up to it! He must be feeling his age in his twenties! These musicians can be a bit of a headache at times.

You may remember that on the previous Sunday (May 30th) I dedicated little Moses. Well fortunately I decided to not hold the baby in my arms, as I normally would, owing to the pandemic. The parents Caetano and Rebeca came and sat to one side on the stage and Moisés sat on his Mum's lap. We always give the parents a children's Bible on the occasion and this I did giving it to Caetano the Dad. Well yesterday, a week later, we received the news that Caetano has gone down with Covid-19 so please pray for him.

Please also pray for our senior sister Eva who has had a fall and broken her wrist. She will have to have surgery to put pins in.

I am enjoying reading in Portuguese a book by C. René Padilla on Integral Mission. Brother René I knew personally before he recently went to be with the Lord. We were together in Mexico in 2003 at a Micah Network Conference of which he was founder and president. René was born in Equador but lived in Argentina.