"For the Word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing assunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints nad marrow, and is a discerner of the thougts and intents of the heart."-Hebrews 4:12
Once again, Johnny used his paints to present the simple and beautiful message of the Gospel. Young or old always seem to enjoy this method! Bible College student Bruno, seated between these 2 ladies, went with us to help. It was in fact through him that we had the initial contact with this nursing home. Pray for this new ministry which we plan on doing every 2 weeks. We know that not usually many results are seen with this age group but we cannot underestimate the power of His Word and Spirit!
"For the Word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing assunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints nad marrow, and is a discerner of the thougts and intents of the heart."-Hebrews 4:12
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As soon as we returned from Japurá we "regrouped" and headed south 4 hours to São Jose in the state of Santa Catarina where our daughter Sharon is a missionary with her husband David. They work with David's brother & wife, James & Christen. That's OK, Louro, I'll do the telling... Travel with us to the northwest part of our state of Paraná! It was a 1100 km trip but we were delighted to see the rolling hills with huge fields of grain...wheat, soy, corn and other grains which we weren't able to identify. We were often reminded along the way about the fields that are "white unto harvest" and for the tremendous need for more workers in this harvest. We passed a small town called California where there was a huge statue of St. Francis of Assis and a Catholic church of Ukranian architecture. In that same town was a sign saying that Brazil's largest factory of religious articles was there. Obviously a very idolatrous little town and obviously in need of some missionaries. We finally, after 10 hours of traveling, reached our destination in the small farming town of Japurá. We stayed at the home of a couple who has a granja (poultry farm). That was a very interesting place! They have 4 buildings like the one seen here with 110,000 chicks. Every 2 months or so they receive a new batch to care for. This is the couple we stayed with, Paulo and Angelita, with a son and his wife. We were at this little church on Sunday, "Good News Baptist Church". It was begun a few years ago by our colleagues, Ray and Annette Ronk, who are currently on furlough. Reubens is an amazing blind man in their church who plays several instruments. Here he is reading his Braile Bible. "The entrance of Thy Words giveth light." We took Marcelo and Viviane, a couple from the Bible College, with us. Viviane played her violin... ...and Marcelo taught the adult Sunday School class. They also both gave their testimonies regarding salvation and the Lord's call to ministry. You must be tired by now but I can't end this account of our trip without showing the largest bread I have ever seen! I was in bread heaven...Too bad I couldn't eat as much as I wanted! "Man shall not live by bread alone but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." |
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