Hello,

We are back in the USA!  Thank you for your continued prayers, love, and generosity in our lives and ministry.  We plan to be in the Columbus, Ohio, area until the end of July and then start working our way back to Brazil.  Please pray that the Lord’s continued favor will be on us during our time back in the States, personally and ministerially, as well as when we are back in Brazil.

We feel so blessed that our bible study group continues to go well.  We are having new people come almost every week.  However, we prayed that someone would want to continue the group while we are back in the States, but given the short period of meeting together, that did not happen.  We continue to pray that someone from the group will step up and do it.  Let’s pray and see. 

A lady from our group invited us to the school where she teaches to talk about the awareness of sexual abuse to the children.  For more than 10 years we have been teaching children about “safe touch” and ways to protect yourself from predators.  Unfortunately, it is a problem and we must talk straight to the children.  We had many children come and, to tell you the truth, they were very engaged, which we were pleasantly surprised.  Elba talked about the importance of not letting people touch your private parts, watching out for signs of being groomed, and the importance telling a peer if you are being abused or if someone is trying to abuse.  Again, it was well received, and we had an opportunity to pray for the children, which is always nice, especially in a public school. 

We are very excited to be back.  It feels like it has been so long since our last visit.  The girls would like to get a temporary job while they are back.  The girls would like to earn money to buy clothes, cell phones, and other items.  We pray that it works out for them and is a positive experience.    Please pray for our time back in the States and for Elba as she preaches in several churches. 

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 church plant.

·         Please pray that the Lord will continue to reveal His plans to the church and us.

·         Please pray for our church, leadership, and congregation to help people draw close to God as we navigate this time and leadership transition. 

·         Please pray for the rejection of this virus from your loved ones and its eradication.

·         Please pray for our family, especially our girls, in this next phase of our lives.  

·         Please pray for our spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, and financial health.  

Much love, Steve, Elba, Camilly, and Alyssa

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