We had a wonderful time with my parents here in Brazil, but they have now gone back home to the States. So our lives return to normal again…sort of. Life on the mission field never feels normal. God blesses us a lot, and sometimes our valleys are deep. But this month was very blessed. My parents blessed us with a dishwasher, which has helped us so much with our daily lives! Joneia also found a new horse! Our vet took a three hour drive with us to visit this horse, and Joneia took the opportunity to talk with her about spiritual things and salvation! Please be praying for our vet Vitória to get saved! We ended up bringing a new black stallion home that week! My horse Brego, and our new horse Moby, have gotten along like brothers. It has been a relief to have two healthy horses mowing our grass for us again. We still have our sick horse Socks, who we hope will make a recovery soon. Our vet actually taught me how to give him shots! This has been an incredible accomplishment since both Joneia and I tend to get woozy around needles…but now I can do it! It’s been another opportunity where the Lord has made me stronger. Other than the horses and my parents, our ministry has been pretty normal.
Our Christmas Choir is excelling, and we’re excited for their presentation this next month. There were no holidays or events to celebrate. Robson and Jonir have helped tremendously with giving the lessons. And our discipleship with Robson and Sabrina is almost done! We have been very proud of our church as our members helped tremendously during our small vacation with my parents. Everyone stepped up and helped keep our church running and clean. We ended the month with evangelism at our local lake! We prayed with people and handed out tracts to everyone we could find. As usual, the next day, we had a visitor to our church! God seems to always bring people in when we go out and talk with people! This next month of December will be FULL of events, meetings, and programs. Please pray for us for this next month of Christmas.
God bless!