Thankful For You!
As we return to Brazil and reflect on this year of deputation, we are so thankful for all of you who took us into your homes and into your churches. We wanted to visit many more churches and even some of you were looking for us to show up at yours. To you we send our sincere apologies. Timing and scheduling did not make it possible to visit everyone that we had planned to visit. We hope that by God's Grace we might visit you on some other date. Our goal is to someday be able
to visit every church in the Association. Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support. Without you our work is greatly impaired. So once again thanks!
Praying For Fruit
In the beginning of Creation, God told man, "be fruitful and multiply and fill the Earth and subdue it." In a spiritual sense, He wants us to do the same thing. Since I started the church plant in Maringa, this has always been at the back of my mind. My goal there in, is that our church in time, and we hope not such a long time, reaches 1% of the population for Christ. Today that would be 3500 souls. It's a very lofty goal but it keeps us looking for opportunities to share the Lord with others moving in a direction to conquer the city for Christ. Pray that God would give us those souls.
May Highlights
For the 1st time we were able to attend a child's graduation: April completed her 2 yrs of AFLBS! Now she prepares to attend Northwestern College this Fall. Also in May we traveled as a family to Brazil: Thomas & April for official reasons and the rest of us, to live and resume our work in Brazil. We had the joy of celebrating with all of Tamba's siblings & their families, her parents' 50th wedding and ministry anniversary!
Editor’s note: You can read the prayer needs for the Abels as well as see some photos in their newsletter here.
