God is Working at the ARCA

Wow! Another month has flown by! Yara and Carlos, the ARCA camp managers, took a much-deserved vacation during this month and we took over their responsibilities as they had done for us during our furlough time. We hosted a couple of camps and spent much time preparing for the Youth Camp over Carnaval (Feb. 16-21).

The camp was a blessed experience! We had about 160 youth, half under 18 years of age and the other half over the age of 18. The teaching times were divided to better meet the needs of each group. The evening services were held together under the big tent we had rented for the week. Our regular chapel was transformed into a dining hall to enlarge our cafeteria space. The speakers did a great job and we rejoice in these special spiritual impact weeks to help equip our youth to live out their daily lives according to God’s guidelines empowered by His Spirit. This year the camp was a joint venture with our churches and Joanna and Silvio’s church. We enjoyed working together. It was fun to have Joanna and Silvio and baby Deborah with us in our home for the five days along with another speaker’s family.

This Saturday a new preaching point will be dedicated on the other side of Curitiba. This new work is an outreach project of the Vila Camargo church. We are donating some basic materials for them to get started and plan to encourage them with our presence and prayers as we are able. The other churches seem to be going well. Paul met with the pastors this past week to encourage them and spend some time in fellowship. Each week we are involved in three to four Bible Studies, two church services, Sunday School, personal visits in homes and the hospital, and all the extra interruptions that come our way. Life is full of opportunities and we ask that the Lord will renew our strength and give us wisdom for each situation.

Our love and thanks to you, dear friends!

Paul and Becky