Hello

Happy New Year!  We pray that you are off to a great start.  We appreciate and feel blessed in this journey with you.  We pray you enjoy the below update.

We had a standing-room church service on Christmas service.  It was a blessing to have so many come and celebrate the birth of Christ.  We feel so blessed that the Lord is drawing more and more people to participate at the church to further their relationship with Christ.  What a blessing.  We pray that we see good follow-up. 

After every church service, we have snacks, coffee, and tea for everyone to enjoy.  Different members of the church bring something for the congregants to eat.  We have found this to help people stay in the church a little longer to talk and get to know one another better.  It has helped promote community, instead of congregants leaving after the service to rush home. 

During Christmas time, we invited the kids from the church to come and make cookies.  These traditions are not typical here, but I think they went well, and everyone had fun. 

Here is a Christmas picture of the family.  We are blessed.  Also, here is Alyssa teaching the children during our Christmas service. 

These are our neighbors and friends, and they have been coming to our church.  Many months ago, I asked you to keep Elizangela in your prayers.  She has an incurable cancer and needs a miracle, which we believe God can provide.  We are thankful they could come and be at the church with us.  Continue to pray for Elizangela and her husband, Sergio. 

Again, Happy New Year!!!

We thank you and appreciate your continued prayers:

Please pray that we will identify the new senior pastor of the Belém church plant.  (We believe that this has been answered!  Thank you so much, and bless you!)

Please pray for our church, leadership, and congregation to help people draw close to God and reveal His plans for the church and us. 

Please pray for our family.  

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

Please pray that we can find permanent land/buildings in Belem. 

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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