Hello,

 

Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support.  They are so important for us.  We pray you are blessed with this month’s update.

 

Elba started a new preaching series called “Resetting your life” at the church.  The series tries to help people reorient their life back to Christ.  With everything happening in the world, it is easy to get distracted and get caught up in everything that the world offers.  I know that you are constantly bombarded in the States with mixed messaging, click-baiting, and super-energizing headlines, and the distractions go on and on.  That problem is not just a problem in the first world countries.  It is a problem here as well.  It is so easy to get wrapped up in all these things that your attention fades away from God.  It is a battle, and we must constantly reset our thoughts to Christ.  We had three people come up to receive Christ after her sermon, praise the Lord.  Elba will preach “Why is it so hard to change” in this week’s message, and our dear friend Midge Shaw, who is visiting from the USA, will preach “Changing your life by changing your thinking.”  The focus will be on how to conquer the battle of the mind.  Please keep us in your prayers. 

 

 

 

The team of dentists from various places in Brazil came again to serve the poor in the communities.  Since the inception of this project, the leadership felt God calling them to help others to share Christ through acts of love by taking care of people’s teeth.  The team’s t-shirts read, “Because Jesus sent me.” They have had several busy weeks serving the needy by providing dental services for 549 people along the river communities of the Tapajós, doing cleanings, repairing cavities, and pulling teeth. 

  

 

 

Then they came to Altamira, and we converted an English classroom at CDR into a large dental office.  We set up four working dentist chairs, and the dentists worked almost non-stop daily.  They served 86 people in the community with many various dental services.  It was a huge blessing and success.  After their time in Altamira, they returned to Santarém and are still serving people in the community.   

 

 

 

They have provided the following:

Provided 600 children with dental kits and performed 3029 procedures

We are so grateful for everyone’s participation in helping promote the Kingdom of God and give good dental care. 

 

Guess who we saw while we were visiting Belém?  Elvis Presley.  Who would have thought?  He gave a show at a restaurant and did an excellent job.  Elba and the girls essentially had no idea who Elvis was, so it was a lot of fun getting them caught up on his life.  I think they are now Elvis fans.  Viva Belém!  😁

 

 

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. 

• 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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