Happy Belated Easter. Praise the Lord that He is Risen. Thank you Jesus!!! As I mentioned last month, let’s keep praying to Jesus for His healing upon the world. He is our only hope, especially with so much uncertainty, we need to be the light in this time of darkness. Pray the Lord’s peace and … Amazon Update – April 2020
We are in quarantine. We started our travels 2 weeks ago to minister to the Recife church leadership, and then to Joao Pessoa to have a 3 day missionary care retreat. So much can change in a two week stretch. On the way back home, we had two airline cancellations which forced us to travel … Amazon Update March 2020
Michael Hansen, the Lead Pastor in Delaware County, and Derek Blaylock, a Vineyard Pastor out of San Antonio Texas, came for a short visit. They came and visited some of our bases located in Macapá, Pacajá, and Altamira. About 20 years ago, God put Brazil on Derek’s heart and he has been praying for Brazil … Amazon Update February 2020
Dear Friends and Family, Denise and I want to first-off say thank you to everyone who made our time in the U.S.A. such an encouragement. Your love and generosity blessed us greatly. We love our home church in the States and definitely feel the support that we so desperately desire. We arrived back in Macapá … February 2020 Newsletter
Elba and I were honored again to have another baptism at the church. The church gets so excited for baptisms. During our baptism the worship band was playing and singing, and lots of people run to the front to get a better view and pictures. I know I have mentioned this many times, but I … November 2019 Amazon Update!!!
Dear Friends & Family, I wanted to give everyone a heads up that Denise, Jonas and I will be back on furlough starting in September. We are so excited to share everything that God has been doing here in Macapá! We are also excited for everyone to meet Jonas! If you are a small group … August 2019
Thank you so much for your prayers for the National Conference that was held at our church. It was a lot of work to make this event happen, but in the end, it was great. I believe we had over 300 people in attendance. This was a chore as many of them came from out … July 2019 Amazon Update!!!
Dear Friends and Family, As always, thank you for your prayers and support. They are greatly appreciated. These last few months have been super busy, very tiring, but tremendously fruitful and fun. It has been great to watch our church continue to grow. We also are continuing to see new people choosing to follow Jesus. … June 2019 Newsletter
The church is doing well and 2 highlights were that we celebrated Mother’s day and had a baptism. The Mother’s day service was really special and Elba continued her teaching series about family, marriage, children and the challenges that we face daily. After the service we prayed for the Moms and then setup a section … June 2019 Amazon Update
In the previous last 2 monthly blog updates I have written about our campaign to increase the number of home groups in the church. To recap, the idea was to have Elba create a video series called the “The Real Jesus” based off The Vineyard Columbus rendition. We would then distribute the DVD to members … May 2019 Amazon Update!!!
