“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee, because he trusts in Thee.” Is. 26:3
“First of all, thank you to those of you who have prayed for us during these past two months of readjustment on the mission field. It has been more traumatic than in the past. Our return to Brazil has been accompanied by many different surprises – some good ones and some “not-so-good” ones…
Of course, it is wonderful to be reunited with family and
friends, ministry partners and grandchildren. The churches are going well for the most part, but there are always problems to work out. Paul immersed himself completely in ministry as January is vacation month for our pastors and for Carlos, our camp administrator and caretaker. Also, the Mighty Fortress church in Curitiba is without a pastor since the end of December. Paul took over preaching and teaching and visiting in the churches plus
heading up the camp maintenance at the ARCA.
I started a weekly Bible Club on Thursdays all through January in preparation for Children’s Camp. I thank God for the great team of counselors who worked together for a week of Bible Camp here at the ARCA with 65 children as we explored the theme “Who is Jesus?” We praise God for beautiful weather that week sandwiched in between weeks of rainy days. Several children made decisions for Christ and everyone apparently had a wonderful week. The week ended with an exciting cantata presented by the children to the parents. It’s fun to see their enthusiasm! I still have enthusiasm for this great ministry but I am feeling my age a little more as 
I try to keep everything running smoothly.
You may be wondering about the “not-so-good surprises” I mentioned.
Here goes…”
You can read all about those “surprises” here and find out how you can be praying for the Abel’s ministry.
