Thank you for your emails and prayers! We have felt so loved and cared for as we have walked through our recent challenges! It has been clear that God has sustained us and nurtured us!God has continued to bless our hearts and lives as He has brought together a core group of leaders among the families we are ministering with! Wendy and I have been laboring with Raul and Vivi Pacheco to see God help us develop a "real" process to help equip couple's and families as laborers for God's Kingdom!
At this point we are helping them learn more about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. We desire to help them grow in the three characteristics of a disciple that Jesus shares with us through the Gospel of John 1) Identity - John 8:31-32, 2) Community - John 13:34-35, and 3) Mission - John 15:8. As we grow as disciples we are working to help each one learn how to express their spiritual gift through serving and equipping the body. We hope each person will be equipped and motivated to do this! I will try to share more about our process and plans in the following weeks!
Pray with us as we are preparing our plans for 2008 and hosting a huge family barbecue "Brazilian style" on Nov. 15th. It will be a strategic event for involving new couples and evangelistic contacts! Thanks for laboring through this with us! It is a tremendous privilege!
Please note in the Team Update to the left that Cláudia and Zé Flavio will marry Nov. 17th. (As you may remember Cláudia was one of Wendy's first disciples and dearest friends in Brazil!) Take a moment to click on the image at left to read all the latest news in full size!
It's a great privilege laboring with you!
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