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Oct 24 - Nov 15
Oct 24 - Nov 15
PRAISES
We're HOME!!! Our trip was indeed "eventless" so thanks!!
We were able to gift FIFTY New Testaments to a hotel God "shone" in through us! (Great story!)
Though never enough, we had PRECIOUS, memorable family times!!
PLEASE PRAY
Here's a quick rundown of what's been up and is coming up:
We hit the ground running here Saturday, with Jan still trying to get over a cold.
-- Sunday nite we planned to go to IBCA to refill our “family” emotional tanks since we’d emptied them out leaving our blood fam. (Next opportunity isn’t til Nov 15!) So we got into our little jeep and the power gate wouldn’t open - broken! Switched into our old Santa Fe, opened the gate, and backing out there was a terrible noise with the car jumping and grinding. After 3 tries we stopped. Now it’s in the shop…towed in. Rear tranny maybe, cuz it’s an all wheel 2012.🫤
-- We just got our washer back from the shop and our whole dryer display is OUT and no one has replacements!
-- Dave speaks Saturday (today) at a manhood party for a church teen then preaches at a church on Sunday.
-- We fly 5+ hours up north Thursday to encourage colleagues and Dave preaches 3X then we bring their teens back with us for the MK Retreat a week later. The next week we host our BMM area Thanksgiving and then in mid December fly 5+ hours AGAIN to another state to speak several times at a camp and church and encourage other colleagues!
Watch the videos and check out the pics below for MORE praises and requests . . .
What a HUGE blessing a friend renting us a mini-van was!
A new cult in Brazil thanks to Michigan
IBCA English 2.mp4Here are a few beautiful testimonies of what IBCA means to a few precious members!!
CLICK THE IMAGE AND YOU'LL BE TAKEN TO GOOGLE DRIVE WHERE YOU CAN WATCH!
IBCA English 1.mp4Oct 3-21
PRAISES
Our youngest grandson, Ellis, just turned ONE!! We praise the Lord for his health and also that we'll be there for a late birthday party.
We fly back home to São Paulo on the 16th!!
The missions conference we were part of, as well as Jan's speaking at the Women's Missionary Union, and meetings at another awesome supporting church went very well over the last 2 weeks. We are SO thankful for ALL our supporters and the privilege of sharing so much about our GREAT YAHWEH!!
There are LOTS of unique opportunities to be a blessing. Want to be part of one?
Every year we buy a couple of books to give away to pastors at their annual conference. This time we want to give them to the pastors’ wives instead. So we're looking at 120 or so books.
We support a Brazilian missionary whose family is reaching an Indian tribe in north Brazil along with a big children’s ministry. They have almost all they need to finally buy a car. We’ve helped them and challenged others to as well. They’re a litte short and any amount would be an encouragement, a HUGE help and a blessing.
It's time to repaint the retreat center pool with the special pool epoxy paint.
There’s a Venezuelan refugee family that joined our church and they’re AWESOME. We’ve been able to bless them quite a bit, but a longer term amazing blessing would be to help them put their younger daughter into a Christian school because she’s getting bullied a lot, for being a Christian AND for being a Venezuelan.
PLEASE PRAY
for a safe and "eventless" trip home on the 16th.
for wisdom moving forward as we seek maximum Kingdom Impact in our "twilight" years!
for our planning for the MK retreat and especially the following bullet👇🏼
. . . We STILL NEED funding for our second BMMB MK retreat. If that's what God wants you to do, just tap right below this text block! (where it says "Tap to Give or Learn More")👇🏼
Watch the videos and check out the pics below for MORE praises and requests . . .
For Those Who Want More . . .
A BIT ABOUT US
A BIT ABOUT US
We joined BMM in 1984, after God made His will and call for our lives unmistakably clear. After finishing college and raising support, we moved to the 3rd largest city in the world - referred to as a "mini-continent" - because at 26 million, it's population is larger than 3/4 of the world's countries! It's the mega-metropolis of São Paulo, Brazil; extremely urban with the many unique challenges and danger this type of city presents to ministry.
We've been privileged to revitalize and expand a youth camp, plant 4 churches and help revitalize one more, as well as host over 2000 "short-termers" on mission trips, sent from dozens of US churches.
We have entered a new phase of ministry where we are shepherding Brazilian pastors and their wives both formally and informally, as well as training and mentoring new pastors and lay leaders. As the new Brazil Field Administrator and wife, we also have the honor of encouraging our missionary colleagues, training new missionaries as they start pre-field ministry, and participating in BMM's Global ministry through vision casting, strategic planning, and even ongoing professional development for our missionaries around the world!
Our motto for our current mnistries is "Find yourself a Timothy, place him on your shoulders. and help him see further than you ever could."
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Thanks for visiting us here!
dave & JAN
That they may know that this is YOUR Hand, that You, Yahweh, have done it! - Psalm 109:27
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