Dear Friends and Family,

Thank you for your prayers and support. They have been greatly appreciated. I hope you are doing well during these crazy times.

Like many of you, our city of Macapá is pretty much completely shut down because of COVID-19. We have watched the number of people infected go from just a handful to over 1700 confirmed in the last month. Prior to the pandemic, the hospitals here were already overcrowded, so the city is doing its best to try and keep the virus from getting out of control.

Also like many of you, we feel like our rhythm of life has been completely flipped upside down. Because of the virus we have moved all of our church meetings / services to an online format. Denise and I are by no means technically savvy, so this has definitely been out of our comfort zone. Although we would love to get back to normal services, we have found that God is still very active. He has been stretching us, teaching us, and expanding our understanding of church.

Behind the scenes of a “live” online meeting.

Zoom prayer time

Here in Macapá, many are struggling because of the economic shutdown. Vineyard Viva has been doing its best to help those in need. We have been providing food and basic necessities to as many families as we can. We have begun to do a “food drive” every Sunday afternoon at which time members of Vineyard Viva can come drop off food and other things to help those in need. Word has spread throughout our neighborhood of the food drive and we have begun to have neighbors who are not members of our church also contribute to the cause. So far we have helped over 40 families.

Denise preparing our care packages for those in need

Bob Lesher dropping off some items for our Sunday food drive

This last month Jonas had his 2nd birthday. It’s amazing how quickly these first two years passed! We had planned on doing a little party, but that was put on hold until things open back up. Jonas did enjoy a big bowl of cake and ice cream though!

I guess one spoon wasn’t sufficient!

Prayer Requests:

• Wisdom to guide the church through this time.
• Continued financial provision.
• Continued health and safety for our family and church.

Thank you for your prayers and support. They mean so much to us. Please let us know how you are doing. We would love to hear from you.

In His Service,

Christopher & Denise

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