First, let me say thank you for all your prayers for our trip back to Brazil.  Praise the Lord, we got home safely after about 2 days of traveling. 

We also want to say thank you for your prayers this last year for the sale of the property.  We got back on the 8^th of February at around 1:30pm, and at 3:30pm the following day we signed the papers to close on the property.  WOW!!!  That was a long journey of back and forth with negotiations, many contract revisions, lawyer negotiation, and key people getting sick and recovering, and so on.  Through it all, we are so relieved that we were able to close on the property.  Thank you again for all your prayers!!!

As you may imagine, we literally hit the road running, and it has not stopped.  We are not complaining, but excited for each day and seeing the Lord work in our midst.  However, I do have 1 complaint.  Upon arrival we have been fighting for about 2 weeks to get the rats out of our house.  They have been having a party on top of our ceiling, and inside the house.  We have been chasing them around with brooms to get them out….YUCK.  Thankfully we have dogs that are very good hunters, as well as the use of other means. 

The church is doing well.  Elba just started a new preaching series and the church will be participating in 40 days of fasting and prayer.  Elba preached to a full house last Sunday and it was really good to be back.  We purchased about 70 food baskets to give to our surrounding churches to bless the people that are without.  A food basket contains things like rice, beans, sugar, oil, powder milk and etc.  Like you know, it has been a tough for many people financially.  Also, starting this Thursday, we will be making hearty soup to give to people at the church.  We feel blessed to be the hands and feet of Christ to help.  

 

We are in the midst of the rainy season here in the North of Brazil.  It has rained almost every day since we have come back.  The church went to visit one of our church plants in the Suribim.  It was an adventure to say the least.  Roads were blown out, and deep water to pass through.  But praise the Lord they got through and had a great time bringing the good news, encouraging the community, and giving away food baskets.  

Continued prayers request: 

• Please pray for our church, leadership, and congregation that we help people draw close to God as we navigate this time. 
• The rejection of this virus from you, your family, friends, and to be thrown out of this universe forever. 
• Please pray for Elba and I that we may hear clearly where to put our focus and energy in this next phase of our lives.

Please pray for spiritual, physical, emotional and financial health for us.  

Much love, Steve, Elba, Camilly, and Alyssa

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