Inter-varsity

I have finished writing my chapter for the Brazilian inter-varsity fellowship (called ABU here) history book, and I have sent it to the editor. My chapter covers the period from 1976 to 1982 when I worked with ABU. This was a rich time of ministry which included driving John Stott around Recife in 1980 as he was here to minister at the ABU national conference.

Please pray for our Easter Camp which will take place from Easter Thursday (14th April) to Sunday (17th April) in place of the carnival camp which was cancelled owing to Covid.

Please also pray for our pastor Ângelo and his wife Adilma that God might guide them and restore them. They used to lead the Soledade church and are without a church at the moment. I am having discussions about this with our senior leadership team.

On Thursday night the Green Pastures football team was knocked out of the São Mamede Beach Soccer tournament in the semi-final by 4 goals to 2 by Boa Vista (Good View). Green Pastures had won the quarter-final beating Cágado (Turtle) by 2 goals to 1. On Thursday night in Patos the midweek Bible Study went well covering 1 John 2:3-6. There were 29 in the service. It rained 15 mm at Green Pastures on Thursday night. Rainfall continues to be very low. Please pray for abundant rain between now and the end of April. 

Last night we had an excellent meeting with headteacher Gerlânia of our Patos School, which is the largest school we have. Our social worker Marah Danielle also took part in the meeting. We had a wide range of discussions about the school which is going very well and is now back to in-person teaching. We have decided to hold weekly Bible studies for the parents of school children who are making decisions to follow Jesus. At long last, after years of trying, the planting of a church at our school in Patos seems like it will work out. We also discussed a very dangerous issue of a parent of one of our pupils who is particularly violent and ruthlessly dangerous. I can't say more about this, but I do ask you for prayer. I also ask you to support EAB action schools for just 20 pounds a month.