We are back at it! We had about 30 ballet girls at our “Afternoon For Princesses” where we taught them about the importance of building their lives on a firm foundation from Luke 6. Then on Saturday morning before their actual ballet class, Jiliani talked to them about the Holy Spirit and we prayed over them. We could sense His moving in their hearts and lives. Please keep these precious girls in your prayers that they will grow in the Lord. Many of them come from dysfunctional families.
We are also back to leading worship and participating in the local Presbyterian church through preaching and teaching now that everything has reopened. Zoom and Google Meet have been great tools for Robert to teach Bible studies on the book of Genesis with people from Costa Rica and Honduras. We hope to start one in Portuguese in the near future.
Visiting our friends Phil and Rita in Caruaru for a weekend brought a wonderful time of blessing. It was great to see the ministry they have built over more than 25 years and to participate by preaching, teaching, and singing in worship. Robert preached three times, taught a men’s Bible study and Roxanne taught a women’s Bible study. Robert even translated a song from Spanish to Portuguese to sing for them. We have a standing invitation to return to preach, teach, and lead worship with them.
On the drive home, we swung in to visit the YWAM base and our friends there. We were able to see the new coffee shop they have started where we hope our daughter Julianna can participate as a volunteer. Please pray for everything to fall into place for Julianna to join us in Brazil, hopefully in September of this year.
God answered prayers concerning the property for the school. It now belongs to our association! Pray for God’s guidance in its development. Continue to pray for the acceptance of the Association by the government and for our residency papers. Pray too for Ted and Patty as their wedding has had to be postponed because of offices being closed due to the pandemic. Patty will probably not be able to get the final interview here in Brazil for several months yet as there is a huge backlog. As you can imagine, this has thrown a monkey wrench in their plans, but we know the Lord is in control. May He be forever praised!
Robert and Roxanne
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