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March 2015 Newsletter

Dear Friends and Family, We never want you to stop hearing from us that we appreciate you very much! Your prayers and support continue to be so important to us. It’s been a crazy season for both of us – filled with fun times and hard times – but it has all been an adventure. March 2015 Newsletter

January 2015 Newsletter

​ Dear Friends and Family, Thank you for your prayers and support. They have been greatly appreciated! Things have been going well for Denise and me. We are learning new things every day. For me, there is so much to learn – whether it is culture, language, marriage or ministry, my brain usually is filled January 2015 Newsletter

February 2015 Newsletter

​ Dear Friends and Family, Denise and I are in the middle of a month of travel, so this will be a brief newsletter. We first went to Santarem (a city about 300 miles west of where we live in Altamira). Denise’s mother and father pastor a church there. Her two brothers also live there February 2015 Newsletter

Merry Christmas!

​ Dear Friends and Family, Denise and I just wanted to send a short message expressing our gratitude for each one of you. It’s during the Christmas season that I find myself reflecting on the ones I love, how thankful I am for you, and how much I miss you. Your prayers and support are Merry Christmas!

True Growth

Hello! I just got back yesterday from a week long visit to Altamira. I was there to take care of some things with my permanent visa. I was last there in December, but this time around felt very different for me. I realized how much my life has changed in just a few short months True Growth

April Amazon Update – Steve and Elba

We pray that this you well and that you had a wonderful and blessed Easter.  He has Risen, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord.   We had our traditional Easter early morning church service and celebrated the Lord’s resurrection and then served breakfast.  It takes a lot of work to pull this off and it April Amazon Update – Steve and Elba

No Going Back

Do you remember those paintings, the ones that just look like a bunch of blotches but hidden within is a three-dimensional image? When they first came out I thought it was ridiculous and that anyone who said they saw a soaring eagle or a skyline of New York city was either lying to themselves and No Going Back

A Video Update

Our ministries here are in full swing, kids are in school and days are full.  I find I’m without the time to let my fingers fly on the keyboard the way I would like to these days.  Saying that, we don’t want to leave our followers and supporters thinking we have sailed down river never A Video Update

Take time for God

A healthy spiritual discipline is to sit quietly, with all our electronics off, to think about who and what is around us, and to wonder about God’s hand in it all. Bella Bergen 2015

Church Last Week

Our church has a new enthusiasm since the Cristoval event. One of the powerful things that happened during this event was when Art and Cyndi Rae spoke to the young people. Even now, a month later, people are changing. Deanna preaches at Igreja da Vinha in Marabá.