Thank you so much for your support in our ministry here in Brazil. We have seen God working in so many ways in the short time that we’ve been here. One example of God at work was in the lives of three young girls who came to live at the Miriam Infant Home. After living there for only a couple days, they were reunited with their very concerned and loving father, whom they had not seen in months. Please continue to pray for Melina (11), MariaGuarda (8), and Gabriella (5) as they settle back into a safe home life.
God has also shown great faithfulness to His Word as we have had the opportunity to share in churches and with different individuals. When we arrived in Curitiba we were able to visit The Language House, an English school owned by Paul and Becky’s daughter Christina. Over three days, we were able to talk to hundreds of students that came through the school. Many opportunities to share Christ arose, through their questions of what four crazy Americans were doing in Brazil. We are looking forward to going back and spending a bit more time at the English school, developing deeper relationships with some of the students and teachers. Please pray that God would give us the right words to say as we are presented with these witnessing opportunities.
On the weekends, we have been able to visit quite a few of the AFLC churches here in Brazil. We are looking forward to sharing with many more churches during our time here, through songs, puppets, testimonies, and preaching the Word of God. Also, we will be able to share at the tent revival meetings that Pastor John Abel is working on in Iguazu Falls. Keep these meetings in your prayers as they’ll be lasting for two weeks and pray that many hearts will be changed.
We would like to be able to travel to all of the AFLC churches in Brazil, two of which are 36 hours away. As we look into visiting so many of these AFLC churches, we are overwhelmed with the cost of doing so. So far, we do not feel that we have the financial means to make these trips to the churches. We would like to ask for your prayer and financial support as we go forward to do what God has called us to do.
Some other future opportunities that we are looking forward to are an English camp that we are putting together for the first weekend in May and two AFLC children’s camps in July. We are currently putting much work into structuring the English camp since it’s about a month away and we are the primary planners and staff for the camp. Please pray for many opportunities to share with the students that come, and that we would get a good turnout. We are hoping for 100 campers to spend the weekend with us.
Please continue to keep all of these things in your prayers. Check our blogs at: www.bethanyandamanda.blogspot.com and www.preachandteachbrazil.wordpress.com for more prayer requests and other updates. Thank you for joining with us in the ministry in Brazil.
God Bless,
Amanda Aldrich, Bethany Marschner, Jon Nelson, and Nathan Olson
