Hello,

Thank you for your continued prayers.  If I can pray for you in anyway, please let me know.  Be blessed with this month update.

Last Sunday, we told the church our plans to move to Belém / Ananideiua to plant a new church.  It did not seem like the news came as a surprise except for a small group of people.  We believe that word must have spread about the Lord’s intentions for our lives.  In addition, Elba often said on the pulpit that if the Lord calls us to another place, we are going.  We were joking around and said that we were relieved that the congregation did not give a big cheer with the words “good riddance.”  LOL.  We are grateful for your prayers and continue to ask for more as we start the process of transition out of the Mirante and into Belém / Ananideiua.  Another exceptional thing that happened at the service was this lady raised her hand to receive Christ as her Savior. 

After our travels to our future church plant in Belém / Ananideiua.  We arrived back in Altamira and went directly into a regional pastors conference.  We invited all the pastors in the Northern part of Brazil to participate.  We had over 110 pastors and leaders come and participate.  Over half of them were new leaders, which we think is fantastic! 
Our National leaders, Milton, Elba, and Clenildo, were the main speakers.   It has been a long time since we have all gathered together.  The focus of the meeting was to reinforce our values and DNA as a church.  The other focus was to talk about leadership and ministerial structure.  This time proved to be very helpful for our new leaders/pastors and us old-timers. 

The girls are doing their best to embrace this move to Belém / Ananideiua, but I will not make light of it.  It is challenging, especially for Camilly.  We would be planning to move at the start of her senior year of high school.  However, we are trying to think of alternatives for Camilly to graduate with her class.  Please pray for our girls and a workable solution.  Below are some pictures of us in Belém.  One is in the city, and another in a state reserve. 

We will keep you updated on our progress. 

Thanks and much love, Steve, Elba, Camilly, and Alyssa

We appreciate your continued prayers:

• Please pray that we will identify the new senior pastor of the Belém / Ananideiua church plant.
• Please pray for our church, leadership, and congregation to help people draw close to God as we navigate this time and leadership transition. 
• The rejection of this virus from you, your family, and friends and to be thrown out of this universe forever. 
• Please pray for our family, especially our girls, in this next phase of our lives.  
• Please pray for our spiritual, physical, emotional, and financial health.  

Much love, Steve, Elba, Camilly, and Alyssa

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