Friends & Supporters,
The other day the latest edition of SouthwesternNews arrived in the mail. On page 64, seminary professor, Dr. David Mills, starts his article by saying: "One could say that it is nearly impossible to exaggerate when speaking of the importance of personal evangelism."
His statement causes me to reflect on the "tagline" for EE-Brazil's new Workshop training for personal evangelism: "Easy to learn...fun to share...and hard to forget!" In the Workshop that I taught in São Paulo on April 26th, the participants found this to be true. Since personal evangelism IS so important, how cool is it that EE-Brazil can offer training for a Gospel presentation that is easy to learn, fun to share and hard to forget? God is certainly good!
I just spent 26 days in São Paulo. It was the latest in my string of marathons! Much of the time was spent on finalizing the Portuguese materials for our Workshop. PTL this phase of the project is completed, as the materials are at the publishing house! God is really good!
Upon returning, I remember saying to one Brazilian in São Paulo in an online conversation that "so many good things are happening within EE-Brazil that I can't keep up!" Truth is that when good things are happening, it generates additional work, too. I confess to being a little overwhelmed right now by all the opportunities and resultant new tasks! But, God is good, and "His Word is a lamp to our feet and a light for our path." (Psalm 119:105) We'll appreciate your prayers during these busy days!
Here are a few Praises:
Praise the Lord for the excellent contacts made among pastors while in São Paulo.
A Kids’ EE clinic was held in Rio de Janeiro in April.
We met with the director of a hospital chaplaincy ministry and discussed how we could work together in training chaplains and hospital volunteers, using our new Workshop and Kids' EE.
A Share Your Faith Workshop was held April 26th in an English-speaking church in São Paulo , as part of EE-Brazil’s intercultural ministry to other language groups in Brazil.
Praise for the Lord leading us to a Brazilian pastor who is well-connected in the Korean
among the Korean churches there. We want to offer our training in Korean to these
pastors/churches.
Continued praise to the Lord for the churches, Christian businesses, friends and family that pray
for us and give faithfully to our support!
...and, a few Prayer Requests:
Please pray for my next major project, as I begin to adapt/translate Youth EE materials into
Portuguese for Brazil. There are other projects in line, too, awaiting the completion of this one.
So, please pray for good time management.
Please continue to pray for EE-Brazil’s need for a greater number of clinic teachers for both
Adult and Kids´ EE.
Plans for a Chinese clinic in São Paulo have been shifted to 2009. Please pray for these plans to
mature and for a possible Workshop in April 2009 to promote a training clinic later in the year.
Pray for the launching of the Kids' EE EvangeCube in Brazil. I am working now on details of how
EE-Brazil will become the exclusive distributor for this witnessing tool in Brazil. This should
generate training opportunities and needed income for EE-Brazil.
Pray for the development of a new website for EE-Brazil. Work began last week.
Pray for the filming of two short videos to be used in conjunction with our new Workshop.
Pray for training material sales in Brazil to continue to increase in order that adequate funds for
the ministry will be available.
Our family must find economical health insurance without sacrificing too much more on
coverage. Pray that we can find a solution to this constant financial burden.
And, perhaps the most urgent at the moment: Please pray for adequate family support and that
eventually we can raise sufficient funds in order to return to full financial support.
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