Hospital

 I continue to value your prayers for my health. I have been in 2 hospitals trying to correct my low sodium and potassium levels. One hospital was in Patos and the other on the coast in João Pessoa. My sodium and potassium levels are improving and I am now at home. I am continuing to deal with the different aspects of the work from my office.

Last night's service at Green Pastures went very well. The service was led by Dedé and the Christians in Action group and supported by the Patos youth group.

The preacher in Patos tonight will be assistant pastor Rafael. Liz will also be giving a short word.

Please continue to pray for me. I am improving but I am not feeling as I would like to.

10-day Outreach

All the people taking part in 10-day special outreach at Juazeirinho arrived their yesterday and are all installed in a school which has been kindly loaned. Everyone is sleeping on the floor of classrooms on mattresses which everyone took with them. This Saturday morning there is an intensive training and refresher course in personal evangelism and this afternoon they all get into action.

Drip

I am most unwell and on a drip. Both my sodium and potassium levels are very low and I feel awful. I value your prayers.

Please also pray for our annual 10-day evangelistic outreach which starts tomorrow. It will be held at Juazeirinho. The team this year will have over 50 in it.

New Year

Saturday night's final service of 2022 went very well. I both led the service and preached. Prior to my sermon we enjoyed the participation of a wide range of church members. It started with the youth group singing and this was followed by a quartet. Liz then did a resumé of the church's year giving thanks to one and all for their cooperation in the Gospel. This was followed by a duet and two words of greetings from different brothers. The variety of the programme was added to by ballet in praise of God by our granddaughter Alice, her friend Millena and a little 5 year old Eloisa who did very well. We heard 4 more words of greetings from brothers including our deaf pastor Luis Carlos and then there was a final duet. Everything was a lovely way to end the year with much praise to God for all those that came to make commitments to Christ.

On Sunday night (January 1st) I conducted the communion service and Rafael preached. We received two new sisters into fellowship - Maria and Salete. It was a good start to the New Year.

Yesterday newly elected President Lula was sworn into office. Thankfully all went off peacefully under a very strong police vigilance. The defeated ex-president Bolsonaro left the country prior to the ceremony!