Hello

Thank you so much for your prayers.  We pray that you had a great Christmas and Happy New Year.  Pray you enjoy our latest newsletter.  Bless you!

We have our documentary called “The Other Side of the River”.  Creative Impact Ministries created it.  It got several nominations and was one of the finalists of the Christian Worldview Film Festival.  In addition, Redeem TV picked it to be shown on their network.  If you haven’t seen it.  Check it out!  We pray it will inspire, encourage, and bless you!  If it does, please share it with your friends. 

You can watch it on Redeem TV.

https://watch.redeemtv.com/videos/other-side-of-the-river

Or you can watch it on YouTube. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-sacFZnmtU

Elba was asked to speak at a marriage conference at one of the local churches here in Belém.  Elba started the talk and probably could have ended it with the quote from Timothy Keller: “Do you want to have a successful marriage?  “Start here.  Do for your spouse what God did for you in Jesus, and the rest will follow.”

Elba talked about the power of marriage, the essence of marriage, and our mission of marriage.  She ended with another Timothy Keller quote: “One of the greatest expressions of love is the willingness to change, to commit to change attitudes and behaviors that bother or hurt your spouse.  Everyone must be willing to accept corrections and take responsibility for true and concrete changes.  This kind of change is always difficult; without God’s grace, it is almost impossible.  At the same time, it is one of marriage’s greatest signs of love.” Timothy Keller

Ultimately, it was very nice to be invited and get a chance to meet new people in this new city called Belém. 

We went back to Altamira to celebrate Christmas with our family.  Elba preached at the Mirante Church and praise the Lord 7 people accepted Christ as their Saviour.  What a great Christmas gift that they received!!!

For Christmas, we played games like Charades and BINGO.   We also got to see a HUGE Santa Clause display, which was over the top big.

During our time in Altamira, look what I found on the road.  A sloth!  He was trying to cross the street amid traffic.  They are the funniest of animals because of their gentleness and how they move slowly.  I took some pictures, and he smiled for the camera.  After taking him off the street, I put him in the trees so he would not wander back on the road.  This is life in the Amazon basin.  The other picture is a white monkey, which, I have been told, is very rare. 

Praise the Lord, we will be having three couples come and join us in starting a church in Belém.  An answered prayer!  Thank you!  I will write more in the next update.  Again, thanks for all your prayers!

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 our family, especially our girls, in this phase of our lives.  

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

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

Much love, Steve, Elba, Camilly, and Alyssa

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