Saturday night we will start a series of evangelistic meetings in the tent for 9 days, sponsored by Paul’s dad, John Abel. We had some difficulties in securing a place for the tent, but the Lord answered our prayers and now all systems are “GO.” The first place we cleared and prepared for setting up the tent caused a stir in the very traditionally Catholic neighborhood. We were asked, under no uncertain terms, to get off the land.
The whole stir caused people to talk quite a bit, so we believe the whole area is well-informed about the week of meetings. Of course, we will send groups out door-to-door to make personal contacts and invite each family to the nightly event in the tent. Please pray for God’s mercy and love to be poured out upon the lives of the people in this area. Several families from this neighborhood already participate in our church in Campo Largo. We stop and pick them up in the ARCA bus to go to church. Now it is time for these faithful ones to reach out to their neighbors. I’ll send a picture of the tent and update sometime next week, Lord willing.
You might also remember me as I leave with a group of 25 ladies tomorrow night for a quick trip to Campo Mourão to participate in a Women’s Conference hosted by the Lar Paraná church. We will travel for 8 hours on a mini-bus, get there in time for the day-long conference, sleep overnight at the Bible Camp there, and then return on Sunday in time for the evening church services. We hope it will be a great time of fellowship!
The weather here is gorgeous! Hope our northern friends are enjoying the snow!
Thanks for your prayers,
Becky and Paul
